the hardest word

[Unregistered]

what is the hardest word in the english language

 

[Marylin]

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]

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]

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

:lol: You can phthsay that again.

 

[ARNAUD]

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]

:lol: You can phthsay that again.

Try that with a gap between your front teeth!;-)

 

[Casiopea]

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. :-D Please tell your mom she's wonderful. :up:

 

[Casiopea]

Try that with a gap between your front teeth!;-)

What do you mean?

 

[AintFoolin]

i before e except after c with a long sounding e or a long-sounding a, as in neighbor or weigh

your sort of chant it like you do the alphabet

and of course there are always the exceptions like caffeine

 

[Casiopea]

i before e except after c with a long sounding e or a long-sounding a, as in neighbor or weigh

your sort of chant it like you do the alphabet

and of course there are always the exceptions like caffeine

And just when I thought I had it all figured out. Agh. caffeine. Yup. my troubles have just begun. :-(

 

[khaosmaniac]

rock:-o or diamond:shock: maybe...hardest is the hardest word or maybe word...or the

 

[Franches_7]

jajaj...mmm
what about this one...: ultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis...XD...
try it!

 

[Jack Kramer]

My short list is:

Kewpie (as in the carnival doll)
Phlegm
Naphtha
Spigot
Khaki
This list originally had 5 other such words. It claimed that rare, indeed, was anybody found that could spell all ten! Please submit the other five words that belong to this particular list.
Thaks, Jack

 

[TCraik]

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But it's not one word; I see spaces there :-D

PS: Oh, it seems quoting the message changes it. That's a general truth by the way