BougieBirdie to Ask LemmyEnglish • 23 hours agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-square161fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up190arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie to Ask LemmyEnglish • 23 hours agomessage-square161fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Vandals_handlelinkEnglish6•17 hours agoAs a mountaineer I enjoy the word “cwm”. Sounds like it should nasty but in reality it’s just Welsh for cirque.
minus-square@idiomaddictlink1•26 minutes 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-squareBougieBirdieOPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•17 hours agoHow do you pronounce that, is it something like “coom” ? I can totally get why it would sound gross
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 hours agoEven better, the Welsh political party called Cumrag
As a mountaineer I enjoy the word “cwm”. Sounds like it should nasty but in reality it’s just Welsh for cirque.
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.
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