> > > Funnily enough, I don't even know what the hard "kh" sound in German and Russian is like, so I just answered no. But considering how I can't roll my "rr"s in Spanish and have a horrible accent for certain words in Chinese (a language I grew up speaking), I'm guessing not.
> > >
> > > Any hints as to what the "kh" sound is like?
> > >
> > > ~Crystal"by the way, thanks for all the advice about high school drama, it really really really helped"109
> >
> > Like the Scottish "ch", as in "loch".
> >
> > winter"hope that helps"mute
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> Funnily? If that is a new word, I like it.
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> I have problems with the "tsu" sound on words like tsunami. I know English speaking people treat it as if the "t" was silent, but I hear that in Southeast Asia and Japan, it is pronounced. I can't imagine how.
> Howard

I, for one, have no problems saying "tsunami" with both the "t" and the "s" pronounced, and can't imagine how anyone would have. On the other hand, I can't say the "kh" sound properly. I end up pronouncing it as a "k" and a "h", or as an aspirated "k", even though it's supposed to sound like I'm coughing or something. I also have trouble saying "r" in that soft, purring way English speakers do. It always comes out very sharp. Oh, and I have trouble distinguishing between "v" and "w".