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@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!
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!