Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days 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-up2·21 days agoIt’s a Q: a bunch of vowels are lined up behind it!
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days agooiseau – for when consonants are overrated. (it means bird).
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days 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-up1·19 days agoWiktionary has a lot of audio transcriptions too: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oiseau
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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).
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