Word of the Day

[Lily]

Please chime in those of you who enjoy etymology and the beauty of language, English preferred.

First word: inchoate

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[Jack]

2. enucleate

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[Garraty_47]

3. Onomatopoeia

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[X]

Fart

- to let out a stinky from one’s anis

 

[Lily]

Fart

- to let out a stinky from one’s anis

typo!

 

[X]

typo!

Link!

 

[Jack]

4. pusillanimous

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[Lily]

Link!

"Anis" is not how it's spelled, but you know that.

 

[Lily]

4. pusillanimous

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Word of the day, yo. Tomorrow is another day. lol

 

[Garraty_47]

"Anis" is not how it's spelled, but you know that.

He has to be good-looking and/or rich because no way in hell he's survived this long on brains alone.

 

[Lily]

He has to be good-looking and/or rich because no way in hell he's survived this long on brains alone.

Something. Good lord, Xy tries to play up his tardness online. I bet he did that deliberately.

 

[Fredricka]

Whats this thread about? Really

 

[Lily]

Whats this thread about? Really

Words. Really.

I bet you have one to offer.

 

[Fredricka]

I can't think right now, but changing the subject slightly, I've always hated the way yanks say phenomenon and aluminium

 

[Lily]

I can't think right now, but changing the subject slightly, I've always hated the way yanks say phenomenon and aluminium

I'm not crazy about Aloo min nee uhm...but it is where the language comes from, so I tend to keep it to myself.

How do you pronounce "phenomenon"?

Make a vocaroo...tell us how it's done! Not that we'll listen...oh, I have a video for you.

I'll post a British guy on a rant about the word "bologna" in America.

 

[Fredricka]

I'm not crazy about Aloo min nee uhm...but it is where the language comes from, so I tend to keep it to myself.

How do you pronounce "phenomenon"?

Yanks say it aloominum. Phenomenon is said here how it looks, yanks say it phenamenun

 

[Fredricka]

Taffy, wtf is that? Toffee?

 

[Lily]

Taffy, wtf is that? Toffee?

No, it's a sweet, chewy and stretchy flavored candy...apple, banana, strawberry, grape, peppermint, etc.

 

[Fredricka]

No, it's a sweet, chewy and stretchy flavored candy...apple, banana, strawberry, grape, peppermint, etc.

Stretchy like chewing gum?

 

[Lily]

Stretchy like chewing gum?

Yes, maybe a bit more stretchy.

Look up salt water taffy for pictures.

 

[Fredricka]

Yes, maybe a bit more stretchy.

Look up salt water taffy for pictures.

The strawberry cheesecake one sounds good ,we need that here

 

[Lily]

The strawberry cheesecake one sounds good ,we need that here

It's quite good. It can be bad for dental fillings, crowns, though...lol

 

[Lily]

@Fredricka

Check this out. LOL

 

[Fredricka]

@Fredricka

Check this out. LOL

totally agree with him

 

[Lily]

totally agree with him

I watched it and showed it to my partner afterward. We laughed together. It makes no sense, but it's how we do it here.

 

[Fredricka]

I watched it and showed it to my partner afterward. We laughed together. It makes no sense, but it's how we do it here.

It's not that different here really, there's this politician whose name is quite clearly spelt menzies, yet we're expected to pronounce it ming?

 

[Lily]

It's not that different here really, there's this policing whose name is quite clearly spelt menzies, yet we're expected to pronounce it ming?

Hardest word for us in the English language has to be "Worcestershire" we butcher the crap out of that one.

 

[Fredricka]

Hardest word for us in the English language has to be "Worcestershire" we butcher the crap out of that one.

I've heard :)

 

[Garraty_47]

It's not that different here really, there's this politician whose name is quite clearly spelt menzies, yet we're expected to pronounce it ming?

That's minging.

 

[Jack]

Hardest word for us in the English language has to be "Worcestershire" we butcher the crap out of that one.

LOL I've always called it WOOstersheer.

Accent on the first syllable.

I grew up about 20 minutes from Worcester in MA so.........