@[email protected] to Ask LemmyEnglish • 20 days agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-square228fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down12
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minus-square@BlitzoTheOisSilentlink10•19 days agoI’m gonna throw “forecastle” out there. It’s referring to a specific part/area of a ship, but it’s pronounced similar to “folks-sole.”
I’m gonna throw “forecastle” out there. It’s referring to a specific part/area of a ship, but it’s pronounced similar to “folks-sole.”
It uses apostrophes to the utmost: fo’c·'sle!
Where I’m from it sounds like “fuxle”, or indeed “fucks’ll”.