“Cellar Door”One of the most famous theories comes from Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, who proposed in a 1955 speech that “cellar door” is the most beautiful word (or phrase) in the English language. What is the hardest word to say? The Most Difficult English Word To ...
Top 10 Hardest Words to Spell Misspell. Pharaoh. Weird. Intelligence. Pronunciation. Handkerchief. logorrhea. Chiaroscurist. What is the longest word in English language? The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that ...
The word I have the hardest time with is 'embarrassing' (I always forget it's two R's, how embarrassing, right?). It usually happens when my fingers are flying across the keyboard faster than my brain can keep up. It's more of a rushing thing and less of an "I really don't kno...
The people of North Dakota should also feel an immense amount of shame as Google reports that the word, "sorry" is the state's most misspelled word. Everyone knows that Mississippi is one of the hardest states to spell, but did you know that its residents have a hard time spelling "inde...
So, a palindrome is like a word, phrase, or number that “runs back” on itself. This bit of wordplay is not the same thing as when you rearrange the letters of a word or phrase to spell another one. That’s called ananagram. ...
O.K., so what about Illinois. This was a "popular" word for a few years, and hopefully it is behind us. The word Illinois has the hardest time spelling..."Coronavirus." I can remember right away when all that stuff began, thinking the beer and virus...It just kinda stuck...and ...
“borne”—but remembering which word to use is the hardest part. An easy way to remember the difference is to think about the word “childbirth”: There is no -e in the word, just like how there is no -e in “born.” By thinking about the ‘e’, you can make sure to use ...
This language is also rather unusual because it’s the only one that doesn’t have any structures, change of word order, or intonation in place in order to distinguish a yes-or-no question from a statement. In other words, there’s no way to really tell whether someone is saying somethi...
Homophones and Spell-Check The problem with most homophones is that if we’re typing too quickly or not paying close attention to what we’re writing, we could accidentally end up with a properly spelled word, except it’s the wrong word. It doesn’t work in the context of the sentence...
I tackled the driveway while my wife took care of cleaning off the decks. She’s been my partner/wife for over fifty years now-an artist, a homemaker, a mother, and one of the hardest workers I’ve ever known. She has this way of making every task look effortless, even when I kn...