Author Topic: weird words (Read 16814 times)

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #150 on:** October 29, 2021, 09:00:07 AM »

arduous.. it's arduous for me to even say it aloud

BIG APPLE CAT · « **Reply #151 on:** October 29, 2021, 09:01:24 AM »

like sure, i get it, if we're at the big game and i'm cheering GOOD JOB TEAM! and my wife gets up to get me hot dogs and then says "what do you want on your sandwich?" then yeah, i'm going to have a bit of a puzzled look on my face when i say "just mustard" but she wasn't wrong to call it that

Kat Kid · « **Reply #152 on:** October 29, 2021, 10:15:22 AM »

took some time out of my day last week to go over cinnamon with my 7 year old.

Kat Kid · « **Reply #153 on:** October 29, 2021, 10:20:21 AM »

All those British/US East coast towns that have tons of unpronounced letters:

Worcestershire
Gloucestershire
etc.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #154 on:** October 30, 2021, 10:06:02 PM »

My family wants me to "spatchcock" a turkey for Thanksgiving

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michigancat · « **Reply #155 on:** October 31, 2021, 06:42:25 AM »

Quote from: Kat Kid on October 29, 2021, 10:20:21 AM

All those British/US East coast towns that have tons of unpronounced letters:

Worcestershire
Gloucestershire
etc.

I watch Crystal Palace matches and some (all?) announcers pronounce Conor Gallagher as "Gal-a-her'

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #156 on:** November 01, 2021, 08:42:56 AM »

avuncular. I really like that word but it is weird at the same time.

BIG APPLE CAT · « **Reply #157 on:** November 01, 2021, 08:57:03 AM »

i was making my list of top 10 weirdest words and i was very surprised to see on that list the word akinetopsia. I just really didn't see that one coming.

Kat Kid · « **Reply #158 on:** November 01, 2021, 08:59:31 AM »

Quote from: michigancat on October 31, 2021, 06:42:25 AM

Quote from: Kat Kid on October 29, 2021, 10:20:21 AM
All those British/US East coast towns that have tons of unpronounced letters:

Worcestershire
Gloucestershire
etc.
I watch Crystal Palace matches and some (all?) announcers pronounce Conor Gallagher as "Gal-a-her'

Højbjerg--Spurs player is pronounced: Hoy-Be-Air

mocat · « **Reply #159 on:** November 01, 2021, 09:08:54 AM »

oh man if we start including non-English words itt who knows but i bet you might find some weird ones haha

star seed 7 · « **Reply #160 on:** November 01, 2021, 06:13:50 PM »

resign sounds weird but re-sign does not

CHONGS · « **Reply #161 on:** November 05, 2021, 04:27:37 PM »

Canoe

I just today realized how strange that word is spelled.

mocat · « **Reply #162 on:** September 29, 2022, 01:25:35 PM »

gauge

mocat · « **Reply #163 on:** January 04, 2024, 10:25:40 AM »

occasion just does not look right

michigancat · « **Reply #164 on:** January 04, 2024, 12:08:11 PM »

Quote from: CHONGS on November 05, 2021, 04:27:37 PM

Canoe

I just today realized how strange that word is spelled.

this was a real stinker on wordle

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #165 on:** January 04, 2024, 12:37:46 PM »

Quote from: mocat on September 29, 2022, 01:25:35 PM

gauge

I always get tripped up trying to spell this one. This word is so tricky to spell that I once met a person named Guage (pronounced "Gage").

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #166 on:** January 04, 2024, 02:29:43 PM »

Quote from: mocat on January 04, 2024, 10:25:40 AM

occasion just does not look right

I just used this word in the KC Restaurant Suggestions thread and was thinking the same thing! I guess two time fattyfest championship teammates think alike.

mocat · « **Reply #167 on:** January 04, 2024, 02:43:02 PM »

Quote from: Stevesie60 on January 04, 2024, 02:29:43 PM

Quote from: mocat on January 04, 2024, 10:25:40 AM
occasion just does not look right

I just used this word in the KC Restaurant Suggestions thread and was thinking the same thing! I guess two time fattyfest championship teammates think alike.

that's right

nicname · « **Reply #168 on:** January 04, 2024, 03:22:03 PM »

Quote from: Sandstone Outcropping on January 04, 2024, 12:37:46 PM

Quote from: mocat on September 29, 2022, 01:25:35 PM
gauge
I always get tripped up trying to spell this one. This word is so tricky to spell that I once met a person named Guage (pronounced "Gage").

White people names

star seed 7 · « **Reply #169 on:** November 29, 2024, 04:35:51 PM »

Drawer

Spracne · « **Reply #170 on:** November 29, 2024, 04:58:57 PM »

frisbee

mocat · « **Reply #171 on:** November 29, 2024, 07:22:07 PM »

Quote from: Spracne on November 29, 2024, 04:58:57 PM

frisbee

Disagree. frisbee is exactly right

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #172 on:** December 01, 2024, 09:17:20 PM »

Quote from: star seed 7 on November 29, 2024, 04:35:51 PM

Drawer

Are you referring to the thing that you put stuff in and it goes back and forth, or are you referring to one who draws?

star seed 7 · « **Reply #173 on:** December 01, 2024, 10:13:15 PM »

The in and out thing

BIG APPLE CAT · « **Reply #174 on:** December 02, 2024, 08:28:32 AM »

the more i think about it, the more i realize i pronounce it drore. that's a v good one.

almost kinda has a j sound in there too, like how i say "drawer" is very similar to how i say "juror"