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What is the most oddly pronounced/spelt word in the English language?

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  1. Castor27

    Castor27 Moderator
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    A term i am all to familiar with now since i just bought a house:
    Mortgage

    CK

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    #21 Castor27, Jul 23, 2001
  2. JettaKnight

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    onomatopoeia


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    #22 JettaKnight, Jul 23, 2001
  3. DAROckets

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    league.

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  4. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    spelled (see topic title) [​IMG]

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    I cut all the heads off of a Hydra, and all I got was this StupidMoniker.

    "God is dead" - Friedrich Nietzsche ~1880

    "Nietzshce is dead" - God 1900
     
    #24 StupidMoniker, Jul 23, 2001
  5. Jumanji

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    even worse is when the phantom "r" appears and makes it "Warsh".



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    #25 Jumanji, Jul 24, 2001
  6. IROC it

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    The longest one syllable word is "screeched", but how many times do you use it, or would it even be considered a "big" word?

    seminiferous tubules

    (Beavis & Butthead flashback) [​IMG]
     
    #26 IROC it, Jul 24, 2001
  7. Behad

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    Longest word typed entirely with the left hand.

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    It looks like a veteran can Be had.
     
    #27 Behad, Jul 24, 2001
  8. Lobo_Louie

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    hah!

    stewardesses
     
    #28 Lobo_Louie, Oct 31, 2001
  9. moestavern19

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    Has to be "often" half of all people say it like it sounds but its really "off-en"
     
    #29 moestavern19, Oct 31, 2001
  10. heypartner

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    Yeah, Hah! Behad,

    <b>reverberates</b> is longer, too.

    <b>vertebrates</b>
    <b>afterwards</b>
     
    #30 heypartner, Oct 31, 2001
  11. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    yarmulke
     
    #31 bobrek, Oct 31, 2001
  12. fadeaway

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    #32 fadeaway, Oct 31, 2001
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    The most oddly pronounced is actually, actually.
     
    #33 ROXRAN, Oct 31, 2001
  14. Hottoddie

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    How about:

    Their

    There

    They're

    Thayer

    & I thought Spanish was hard to learn. :D
     
    #34 Hottoddie, Nov 1, 2001
  15. MadMax

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    anything with a silent k....like knob...or knock.
     
    #35 MadMax, Nov 1, 2001
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    rapport

    facade

    crepe

    cooperate
     
    #36 HOOP-T, Nov 1, 2001
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