@[email protected] to Ask LemmyEnglish • 4 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-square228fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down12
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?@[email protected] to Ask LemmyEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square228fedilink
minus-squaretiredofsametablinkfedilink11•4 months agooiseau – for when consonants are overrated. (it means bird).
minus-squaretiredofsametablinkfedilink2•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-squareBoblinkfedilink3•4 months agoWiktionary has a lot of audio transcriptions too: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oiseau
Thank the French for this one
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
Ah the french…alwaysbeencelebrated for it’s…excellence!