Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square214fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down12
arrow-up1150arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square214fedilink
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up122·2 months agoqueue Most “Q” words are weird to start with, then just adding a bunch of silent vowels at the end doesn’t make it any less so.
minus-squareradix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up71arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s a Q: a bunch of vowels are lined up behind it!
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·2 months agoGod damn it. That’s good.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agooiseau – for when consonants are overrated. (it means bird).
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoEau - for when consonants are unnecessary
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYou can toss it into google translate and listen to audio. It would probably be better than any attempted typing I can do here.
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoWiktionary has a lot of audio transcriptions too: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oiseau
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoAh the french…alwaysbeencelebrated for it’s…excellence!
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Most “Q” words are weird to start with, then just adding a bunch of silent vowels at the end doesn’t make it any less so.
It’s a Q: a bunch of vowels are lined up behind it!
God damn it. That’s good.
Thanks, stole it myself!
Thank the French for this one
oiseau – for when consonants are overrated. (it means bird).
Eau - for when consonants are unnecessary
How is that pronounced?
wazo
You can toss it into google translate and listen to audio. It would probably be better than any attempted typing I can do here.
Wiktionary has a lot of audio transcriptions too: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oiseau
Ah the french…alwaysbeencelebrated for it’s…excellence!