RE: #Engrish Challenge Week #2 🙌 Celebrating English Language Failures__ Straightening the English Language Through Tongue Twisters
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Love it! I taught English in Cambodia for many years alongside many Filipina co-workers from Cebu. They have some very similar pronunciation problems. The difference between "thick", "sick," "think," and "sink" is completely unnoticeable by most Cambodian English speakers.
Another thing that always makes me laugh....many Cambodians confuse the words "kitchen" and "chicken," and it's very funny because chicken is cooked in the kitchen.
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Yes, I can relate to that! Can you imagine how many times in a year we've done those drills since our elementary grades until we graduated in high school? They gave all the credits to our teachers (me too) of what we've become today and they spoke good English by then. Our school president (he's American) even asked the assistance of their Peace Corps for our English drills.
One of my classmates also had a hard time in pronouncing words with 'th' on the first syllable and those with 'r' at the end. He would pronounce THREE as teeye and FOUR as poy. Our teacher would silently glare her eyes to us which meant "don't laugh" so we cover our mouths instantly so he won't hear our giggles.