Re: [dinosaur] Dinosaur name most difficult to pronounce

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> *Bistahieversor* anyone?

Seriously? That's one of the easiest ever. Just, like, pronounce one letter 
after another. :-)

The Nahuatl names become much easier if you know that Classical Nahuatl 
spelling consists of 16th-century Spanish spelling conventions, so H is silent, 
and that there is no "oo" sound in the language, so the letter U is not needed 
for a vowel; both hu- and -uh mean [w].

Similarly, *Xiongguanlong* and the like are easy once you know the HÃnyÇ 
PÄnyÄn spelling system. (...and once you can articulate the rather unique 
sound that X stands for, unless you're happy with a generic southern accent, in 
which case it's simply in the middle between s and sh.) It has three syllables: 
xiong-guan-long.

I nominate *Seitaad* (the T is ejective: basically hold your breath while 
you're saying it â 20% of all languages have such sounds) and *Nqwebasaurus* 
(though nasal clicks are actually surprisingly easy).