Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down12
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square228fedilink
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoI’d like to hear someone pronounce it as [stɹɛŋgθs] without choking.
minus-square1rrelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-221 days agoIt’s pretty common in Northern English and I think maybe also Australian: https://www.journal-labphon.org/article/id/6239/ The fact it’s not only possible but regularly used when the expectation is that it’d be hard to do without choking is why it’s such a weird word
I’d like to hear someone pronounce it as [stɹɛŋgθs] without choking.
It’s pretty common in Northern English and I think maybe also Australian:
https://www.journal-labphon.org/article/id/6239/
The fact it’s not only possible but regularly used when the expectation is that it’d be hard to do without choking is why it’s such a weird word