BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-squaremessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square161fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVandals_handle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoAs a mountaineer I enjoy the word “cwm”. Sounds like it should nasty but in reality it’s just Welsh for cirque.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 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-squareBougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoHow do you pronounce that, is it something like “coom” ? I can totally get why it would sound gross
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 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