What is a weird word?

Argle-bargle: copious but meaningless talk or writing. 5. Baboonery: foolishness; stupidity; nonsense. 6. Bibble: to drink often; to eat and/or drink noisily.

What’s the oldest word?

Mother, bark and spit are some of the oldest known words, say researchers. Continue reading → Mother, bark and spit are just three of 23 words that researchers believe date back 15,000 years, making them the oldest known words.

What is the longest weirdest word?

1. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) Pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust.

What is a ridiculous word?

absurd, bizarre, fantastic, foolish, goofy, impossible, incredible, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, preposterous, silly, unbelievable, wacky, antic, comic, comical, contemptible, daffy.

What are the 10 most annoying mispronounced words?

Here’s a list of the top 10 most irritating pronunciations:
  • Pacifically instead of specifically – 35%
  • Probly instead of probably – 28%
  • Expresso instead of espresso – 26%
  • Specially instead of especially – 25%
  • Artick instead of arctic – 19%
  • Nu-cu-lar instead of nuclear – 19%
  • Tenderhooks instead of tenterhooks – 18%

Why is the L in talk silent?

Many students try to pronounce these Ls, but in all these words, the L is completely silent. In walk, chalk, and talk, the L comes after an A, and the vowel is pronounced like a short O. Half and calf have an AL, too, but the vowel is pronounced like the short A in staff.

Is the L in talking silent?

L is also silent in could, should, would, as well as in calf and half, and in chalk, talk, walk, and for many people in calm, palm, and psalm.

Is the L silent in Almond?

More recent standard dictionaries say we can now properly pronounce “almond” either with or without the “l” sound. I consulted American Heritage (4th ed.), Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.), Webster’s New World College Dictionary (4th ed.), and the Random House Webster’s College Dictionary.

Does Japan have no L sound?

It’s not quite right to say, as I also did, that the Japanese phonetic system “has no L sound.” Its writing system has only Rs instead of Ls (when represented in the western alphabet), but the sound is more complicated.

Why is K silent in know?

The silent K: You need to know

However, when the letter ‘k’ precedes the letter ‘n’ at the start of a word, it falls silent; such as ‘know’. Know’ is interesting, because even though the ‘k’ is silent (we don’t say ‘cah-noh’), it is not pronounced the same way as ‘now’. ‘Know’ = noh.