@Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 22 days agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-square228fedilinkarrow-up1153
arrow-up1153message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?@Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 22 days agomessage-square228fedilink
minus-square@Kecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink11•21 days agoMiscellaneous, 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-squareanamelink10•21 days agoYou give too much credit to natives on writing proficiency. Neither of those are particularly hard words.
minus-square@Kecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•21 days agoI’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-square@viralJ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•21 days agoOh I didn’t take it as such 🙂 I just disagree.
minus-square@rammer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink2•21 days agoI 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?