the hardest word

what is the hardest word in the english language

[Marylin]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what is the hardest word in the english language

well, I have two words for you: money owing :)

[Tomasz Klimkiewicz]

It depends what you mean by 'the hardest'.

'Sorry is the hardest word' Elton John sings.

To me, it's 'antidisestablishmentarianism'.

Cheers, TeeKay

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what is the hardest word in the english language

I think the most difficult words in the English language are as follows:

(a) The ones that have more than one spelling like, traveling (American English) and travelling (British English), which are spelled either way in Canada, and so I am never sure which spelling variation to use.

(b) Those -ie- and -ei- words like, believe and receive, because I can never seem to remember how they're spelled, and when you don't know how to spell a word correctly, you tend to choose another word, one that doesn't express exactly what you wanted to say.

c) Words that end in -able and -ible like, terrible and probable. Speakers pronounce the vowels 'a' and 'i' as schwa, a neutral vowel, which makes it difficult because the Roman alphabet doesn't have a letter for schwa, so I'm forever looking -able and -ible words up in my dictionary.

x-mas:

By the way, try, "What's the most difficult word in the English language?"

[Tdol]

'Phthisis' is not an easy word to say or spell.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by tdol

'Phthisis' is not an easy word to say or spell.

You can phthsay that again.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what is the hardest word in the english language

A word can only be hard to a person who's using it.

[ram]

Regarding spelling receive and believe, my mom told me to just remember the name ALICE. L is followed by i in believe and c is followed by e in receive
RAM

[twostep]

Originally Posted by Casiopea

You can phthsay that again.

Try that with a gap between your front teeth!

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by ram

Regarding spelling receive and believe, my mom told me to just remember the name ALICE. L is followed by i in believe and c is followed by e in receive
RAM

That's an excellent mnemonic device, thank you. Please tell your mom she's wonderful.