get tongue around

get your tongue around/round something

to pronounce a difficult word or phrase I just can't get my tongue around some of those Welsh place names.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Joe	JO	English
Birgitta	bir-YIT-tah (Swedish), bir-GIT-tah (Swedish), BEER-geet-tah (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish
Mikha'il	-	Arabic
Ala Al-Din	-	Arabic
Pravina	-	Indian, Marathi, Tamil
Shelby	SHEL-bee	English