Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down11
arrow-up180arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squarePiranha Phish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years ago“Sphere” That pronunciation … like WTF … did word inventors just figure we had totally exhausted the sound combinations that we could splice together?!
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoSounds like the linguists got drunk. “No no no no no… iss’not a ball, issa sphhhere”
“Sphere”
That pronunciation … like WTF … did word inventors just figure we had totally exhausted the sound combinations that we could splice together?!
Sounds like the linguists got drunk.
“No no no no no… iss’not a ball, issa sphhhere”