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What is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?

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What is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?

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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

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Be, is, are, was, am, were, being, been… are all the same word.
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  “be” is an irregular verb in all languages, so it’s not unique to English. Bonus fun fact: Russian doesn’t have the verb “to be”.
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  Languages that conjugate every verb for every person:

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