Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down12
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square228fedilink
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up124·3 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-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoAh the french…alwaysbeencelebrated for it’s…excellence!
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agooiseau – for when consonants are overrated. (it means bird).
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoEau - for when consonants are unnecessary
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 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-up3·3 months agoWiktionary has a lot of audio transcriptions too: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oiseau
minus-square🖖USS-Ethernet@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoI knew an English speaking American born well off white dude that pronounced this as “kway”. It was the most annoying thing that came out of his mouth besides all of the bragging and “I’m smarter than everyone” attitude.
minus-squareradix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up72arrow-down1·3 months agoIt’s a Q: a bunch of vowels are lined up behind it!
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·3 months agoGod damn it. That’s good.
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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.
Thank the French for this one
Ah the french…alwaysbeencelebrated for it’s…excellence!
oiseau – for when consonants are overrated. (it means bird).
Eau - for when consonants are unnecessary
How is that pronounced?
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
wazo
I knew an English speaking American born well off white dude that pronounced this as “kway”. It was the most annoying thing that came out of his mouth besides all of the bragging and “I’m smarter than everyone” attitude.
It’s a Q: a bunch of vowels are lined up behind it!
God damn it. That’s good.
Thanks, stole it myself!