Mountain, Comfortable, Vegetable

Some of the hardest words for non-native speakers of English to pronounce correctly are mountain, comfortable and vegetable.

Although the latter two end in „-table” they sound nothing like that!

Mountain
/ˈmountn/ A geological structure which rises out of the ground forming a peak.

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Comfortable
/ˈkəmfərtəbəl/ A feeling of physical comfort, often used for clothes and furniture

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Vegetable

/ˈvejtəbəl/ A plant-based food

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