Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down11
arrow-up1147arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square216fedilink
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agooiseau – for when consonants are overrated. (it means bird).
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoEau - for when consonants are unnecessary
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 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-up3·4 months agoWiktionary has a lot of audio transcriptions too: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oiseau
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