Pronunciation that makes you cringe

[Cudzoziemiec]

I don't know how you actually say Ncuti Gatwa, the new Dr Who actor – I'd never heard of him before – but I guess that could be another example?

I saw/heard a video with an African.

It's 'Shootee Gatwa'

Thanks! Now I'll have to find an excuse to talk about him.

[pcolbeck]

That particular consonant cluster doesn't seem to come easily to English speakers.

I knever had any trouble with it.

Surely most people can say 'knock-knee' without it sounding like 'knocker-knee', even if they live in Hackney...

Is it still a cluster when it's separate words though? Don't we insert a micro-pause? The final k of knock is attached to the preceding o, and the n of knee is attached to the following ee.

Knipex is pronounced sort of like kn'ipex. The k isn't silent and is like the first k in kick. Its like if you pronounced the k in "knight"

[Peter]

What is knipex - and why (or y)?

I've just thought.  Maybe a correcting fluid for unnecessary consonants?

[Kim]

What is knipex

Molishment of the highest quality wrong tool for the job.

[pcolbeck]

What is knipex

Addictive.