Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down12
arrow-up1149arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square200fedilink
minus-squareangstylittlecatboy@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-24 months ago“Cwm” One of a few words that use W as a vowel. (This is how the word “Pwn” works too)
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoI want to argue about that being technically Welsh, but I was coming in here to say foie gras and that’s French as fuck so fair enough I guess.
minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoA Welshman about to traverse a steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley: “Oh baby I’m gonna cwm!”
minus-squareandroogee (they/she)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoAll I heard was “head” ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
“Cwm”
One of a few words that use W as a vowel. (This is how the word “Pwn” works too)
I want to argue about that being technically Welsh, but I was coming in here to say foie gras and that’s French as fuck so fair enough I guess.
Literally my first comment on Lemmy!
A Welshman about to traverse a steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley: “Oh baby I’m gonna cwm!”
All I heard was “head” ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)