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cyclonefence

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2. They are all foreign words

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2019, 03:14 PM

May 2019

I was expecting genuine English words, like "foreign". Those words are marked "of (foreign language) origin," but they're not English words rooted in another language; they're foreign words in foreign languages. I call horseshit. (from the Dutch)

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These are the hardest-to-spell words in the English language, CNN: [View all] Stuart G May 2019 OP

I can pronounce the first, guillaumeb May 2019 #1

They are all foreign words cyclonefence May 2019 #2

And yes, of course, these are words we use every day. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #3