Interstellar_1toAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish·2 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squarearrow-up1153arrow-down12message-square228 fedilink
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1toAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish·2 months agomessage-square228 fedilink
minus-squareKecessaarrow-up11arrow-down2·2 months agolinkfedilinkMiscellaneous, no one that isn’t a native English speaker knows how to pronounce that word Acknowledge, no one that isn’t a native English speaker knows how to write that word
minus-squareanamearrow-up10arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkYou give too much credit to natives on writing proficiency. Neither of those are particularly hard words.
minus-squareviralJarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agolinkfedilinkNon-native English speaker here. Disagree.
minus-squareKecessaarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agolinkfedilinkI’m one myself and have been tested as being fully bilingual, so it doesn’t come from a bad place (just to be clear that I’m not laughing at the expense of non native speakers).
minus-squareviralJarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agolinkfedilinkOh I didn’t take it as such 🙂 I just disagree.
minus-squarerammerarrow-up2arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkI sometimes think that native speakers are worse at spelling.
Miscellaneous, no one that isn’t a native English speaker knows how to pronounce that word
Acknowledge, no one that isn’t a native English speaker knows how to write that word
You give too much credit to natives on writing proficiency. Neither of those are particularly hard words.
Non-native English speaker here. Disagree.
I’m one myself and have been tested as being fully bilingual, so it doesn’t come from a bad place (just to be clear that I’m not laughing at the expense of non native speakers).
Oh I didn’t take it as such 🙂 I just disagree.
I sometimes think that native speakers are worse at spelling.
How about segue?