@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 10 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-square227fedilinkarrow-up1153
arrow-up1153message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square227fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•10 months 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-squareanamelinkfedilink10•10 months agoYou give too much credit to natives on writing proficiency. Neither of those are particularly hard words.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•10 months 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@[email protected]linkfedilink3•10 months agoOh I didn’t take it as such 🙂 I just disagree.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months 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
How about segue?
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.