Hant

On Sunday mornings, I am an "conversation partner" for monks who are learning English in the local monestary. The monks are new to English pronunciation, so the lessons mainly consist of the following:

Adam: Hand
Student: Hant
Adam: No, 'Hand'
Student: Hant
Adam: No, not 'Hant', 'Hand'
Student: Hant
Adam: No, look at my mouth, 'Hand'
Student: Hant
Adam: No, you're still saying 'Hant', I want you to say 'Hand'
Student: Hant
Adam: Can anyone else say Hand?
Another student: Hand
Adam: Exactly, now say Hand again
Student: Hant
Adam: No, you said 'Hant', I want you to say 'Hand'
Student: Hant
Adam: Can anyone explain how to say Hand?
Another student: (in Tibetan) Imagine that you're spitting a piece of spinach at a passing yak, but you get hit in the face with a prayer wheel that was spinning too fast.
Student: Hand
Adam: Exactly! Now say 'this'
Student: Jis
Adam: No, not 'jis', 'this'

And so on and so forth...