Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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In a recent video I mentioned a word that always makes my wife laugh whenever I try to pronounce it. But it's not one of the classic "German words that are impossible to pronounce", so what's going on?

Chapters:
00:00 The word I struggle with
00:36 Where foreign accents come from
02:13 What is a "dark L"?
04:34 The Bristol L
05:16 Why I can't say "Maulwurf"

Music:
"Hot Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Creative Commons Attribution licence

Try this video next: youtube.com/watch?v=Vw678P7ABzg

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