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These are the hardest-to-spell words in the English language
CNN ^ | 21 May 2019 | Mallory Hughes

Posted on 05/21/2019 5:02:30 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

(CNN) Bondieuserie. Bewusstseinslage. Ayacahuite.

Most of us wouldn't even know how to pronounce those words, let alone spell them. The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a week away and it is sure to be filled with a plethora of problematic words. An international team of linguists from the language-learning app Babbel partnered with Merriam-Webster to analyze a decade's worth of words and find out what knocked out Bee contestants in the final round.

Bondieuserie [bohn-dyooz-ree]: banal and often shoddy religious art (almost all religious art)

Zenaida [zen-eye-da]: any bird of a genus of tropical American pigeons (know of some Mexican women with this name)

Schwärmerei [schvair-muh-RYE]: excessive unbridled enthusiasm or attachment (Hillary or Obama fans)

Ayacahuite (Spanish) [ah-jah-kah-WEE-tay]: a large Mexican pine tree with long needles and extremely large yellowish red cones (nope - it's Indian dialect, probably Aztec)

Minhag (Hebrew) [min-HAHG]: Jewish religious custom (of name calling your wife)

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: borrowed; clickbait; english; fakenews; foreignword; french; german; spelling; spellingbee; words
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Ha ha ha....had to comment.
1 posted on 05/21/2019 5:02:30 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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Can’t believe CNN published an apolitical article. Hardest word for them to spell is “truth”.


2 posted on 05/21/2019 5:03:30 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious


3 posted on 05/21/2019 5:05:24 AM PDT by 3boysdad (The very elect.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Laughing at “MinHag”.


4 posted on 05/21/2019 5:06:44 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

I didn’t follow the link, but the first few words there are not English. We may have borrowed them, but they are very clearly of foreign origin.


5 posted on 05/21/2019 5:07:07 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady ( Political correctness forbids discussing any negative outcomes of Left-wing ideology. -PMcL)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Misspelling an occasional word is bad enough. Getting “help” from Apple is infuriating.


6 posted on 05/21/2019 5:08:09 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

buttigieg


7 posted on 05/21/2019 5:08:26 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

CNN continued: “Trump claims he can spell these words, but he’s lying.”


8 posted on 05/21/2019 5:08:31 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Mein Hag?


9 posted on 05/21/2019 5:15:04 AM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Spelling Bees are platforms to showcase the abilities of savants.


10 posted on 05/21/2019 5:19:45 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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“Buttigieg”

My first though exactly.

On the other hand I took a rather good Poop-ig-gig this morning so I’m gonna have a real great day!


11 posted on 05/21/2019 5:20:12 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: plain talk

buttigieg: definition—a place where excrement comes out


12 posted on 05/21/2019 5:20:14 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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buttigieg

When I double click on this word with my dictionary software, it comes back with "No definition found." Yep, that's about right. I think the word should be added to a list of banned words.

13 posted on 05/21/2019 5:22:20 AM PDT by plsvn
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Floccinaucinihilipilification
14 posted on 05/21/2019 5:27:24 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Comey,Brennan and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

It isn’t apolitical. Nothing they do is anything but political. You didn’t catch the anti Christian propaganda? “banal and often shoddy religious art (almost all religious art)” Teaching the cool kids to hate all Christian art, which is what American society hears with “religious “...


15 posted on 05/21/2019 5:30:42 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

HONESTY?


16 posted on 05/21/2019 5:31:52 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: backwoods-engineer

They took a shot at Jews too.

Seems like a very easy word to spell.


17 posted on 05/21/2019 5:33:34 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

English does not contain accent or diacritical marks.
Nor does it contain spanish, hebrew or other stuff.


18 posted on 05/21/2019 5:34:19 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/bondieuserie

from FRENCH

Origin
1940s: from French, from bon ‘good’ + Dieu ‘God’.


so much for “English”


19 posted on 05/21/2019 5:36:25 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
An international team of linguists from the language-learning app Babbel ...

It is hardly apolitical if Babbel is involved. Remember their coniption fit when they found an ad of theirs was recently shown during Fox News' Tucker Carlson show? Ban Babbel!

20 posted on 05/21/2019 5:40:26 AM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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