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Tomasz Klimkiewicz

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It depends what you mean by 'the hardest'.

'Sorry is the hardest word' Elton John sings.

To me, it's 'antidisestablishmentarianism'. ;-)

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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?" ;-)
 

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

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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
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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:
 
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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
 

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

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

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

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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
 

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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 :)
 
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