BougieBirdie to Ask LemmyEnglish • 3 months agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-square207fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie to Ask LemmyEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square207fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Vandals_handlelinkEnglish6•3 months agoAs a mountaineer I enjoy the word “cwm”. Sounds like it should nasty but in reality it’s just Welsh for cirque.
minus-squareBougieBirdieOPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoHow do you pronounce that, is it something like “coom” ? I can totally get why it would sound gross
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 months agoEven better, the Welsh political party called Cumrag
minus-square@idiomaddictlink4•2 months agoThat’s the only word in the (American) English language that uses w as a vowel (I hope British English has a stronger Welsh influence, but I can’t say). If you learned “and sometimes y and w” as part of your vowels, that’s the reason why.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoIt’s not the only one (there’s also Crwth and Pwn)
minus-square@idiomaddictlink1•2 months agoAh, pwn came after I learned that, but crwth is new for me!
As a mountaineer I enjoy the word “cwm”. Sounds like it should nasty but in reality it’s just Welsh for cirque.
How do you pronounce that, is it something like “coom” ?
I can totally get why it would sound gross
Exactly.
Even better, the Welsh political party called Cumrag
That’s the only word in the (American) English language that uses w as a vowel (I hope British English has a stronger Welsh influence, but I can’t say). If you learned “and sometimes y and w” as part of your vowels, that’s the reason why.
It’s not the only one (there’s also Crwth and Pwn)
Ah, pwn came after I learned that, but crwth is new for me!