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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago

what’s the weirdest word in your language?

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what’s the weirdest word in your language?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago

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Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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The word ‘weird’ is pretty weird.
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  It has a weird & witchy history.
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    I like the idea that Shakespeare was looking for some uncommon word and remembered hearing ‘weird’ and running with it.
    
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