Brits can't pronounce ‘hygge, ‘quinoa’ - and 'croissant' correctly

The most difficult foreign words Brits struggle to pronounce include ‘hygge, ‘quinoa’ - and 'croissant'.

A poll of 2,000 adults found the Greek dish 'gyros', ‘sauvignon’, and the Vietnamese noodle soup 'pho' also featured high on the list of trickiest sayings.

While 'rendezvous’, 'faux pas', and 'pain au chocolat' were also cited as some of the more awkward to pronounce French words.

Exactly three in 10 find themselves often mispronouncing foreign phrases, with 25 per cent claiming place names as the trickiest to say, and 18 per cent struggling with food and drink the most.

A spokesperson for St Pierre, which commissioned the survey, said: “Mispronouncing foreign words is a relatable struggle for many of us."