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The list identifies the words that proved most challenging for newsreaders and people on television to pronounce this year.

“Cheugy” is apparently a lot to chew on. Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common — broadcasters butcher their names. And virtually everyone is having trouble with “omicron.” 

“Cheugy” is apparently a lot to chew on. Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common — broadcasters butcher their names. And virtually everyone is having trouble with “omicron.” 

We take a look at some of 2021’s most mispronounced words.

“Cheugy” is apparently a lot to chew on. Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common — broadcasters butcher their names. And COVID-19's latest variant, omicron, is pronounced differently, depending on which side of the pond you live.

“Cheugy,” “omicron” and Billie Eilishs name made it onto this year’s list of the most mispronounced words as compiled by the U.S. Captioning Company.

Virtually everyone is having trouble pronouncing the latest coronavirus variant “omicron.” Other words, like "Dogecoin" and "Chipotle," also top the 2021 list of words that proved most challenging for newsreaders and people on television to pronounce this year.

Here are 13 of the year’s most botched pronunciations as compiled by the US Captioning Company, which subtitles real-time events on TV and in courtrooms.

This year has thrown broadcasters tricky names and difficult words, but these are the hardest for broadcasters in the United States.

“Cheugy,” “omicron” and Billie Eilishs name made it onto this year’s list of the most mispronounced words as compiled by the U.S. Captioning Company.