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[-] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago
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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

Miscellaneous, no one that isn't a native English speaker knows how to pronounce that word

Acknowledge, no one that isn't a native English speaker knows how to write that word

[-] viralJ@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Non-native English speaker here. Disagree.

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I was just thinking "umbrella" is weird. It just seems so random.

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[-] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago

strengths

it breaks so many linguistic rules yet feels just fine to say

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[-] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago

Dyslexia - it's hard to spell even if you're not dyslexic.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I think "once" is spelled strangely. In Spanish it's 11 and pronounced as you would expect.

In English the same string of letters is pronounced wonss. Plus the whole once twice thrice for one time two times three times is odd, though at least consistent but then no fourse or anything it just stops.

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[-] 6U2cKs9fcF@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Onomatopoeia - the word for making a word for a sound

[-] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

"Fuck"

I think adjective is the only grammar variation it doesn't cover.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You have no fucking clue.

Edit to add the classic: George Carlin - Usage Of The Word Fuck - YouTube

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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Glossolalia

[-] Juice@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago

"Kitsch" is hard to define weird. "Absquatulate" is the weirdest word I use on a semi-regular basis because it just means to leave quickly.

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[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I think thats just the sound a cat makes when it wakes up.

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[-] merari42@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Most of the examples here are perfectly cromulent words.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago
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[-] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 months ago

Vainglorious.

[-] Eiri@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I dunno if it's the weirdest but "pronunciation" is pretty weird.

Why is it "pronUnciation" but "pronOUnce"?

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[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago
[-] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Flabbergasted

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

onomatopoeia (edit) - the word should have been something akin to soundsalotlikea but no one consulted me.

noun

  1. The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
  2. The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
  3. A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle" or "hiss".
[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago

Isthmus. I don't claim to know if it's the weirdest, but it's gotta be one of the most difficult to pronounce!

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[-] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

"fine"

because it can mean so many different things, like if you say something is fine, it's not very good, but "fine dining" is fancy and good.

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