A list of 30 words by uselessness.
- interrobang appears on 121 other lists
- viviparous appears on 33 other lists
- irredentist appears on 18 other lists
- hypotension appears on 2 other lists
- betelgeuse appears on 11 other lists
- hough appears on 8 other lists
- infrared appears on 12 other lists
- ghoti appears on 29 other lists
- gloucester appears on 8 other lists
- colonel appears on 16 other lists
- oases appears on 1 other list
- aposiopesis appears on 85 other lists
- frillless appears on 1 other list
- indefatigable appears on 131 other lists
- raring appears on 4 other lists
- rural appears on 32 other lists
- murderer appears on 12 other lists
- terrorist appears on 15 other lists
- squirrel appears on 44 other lists
- merengue appears on 14 other lists
- inchoate appears on 344 other lists
- cinematographic appears on just this list
- acetylsalicylic appears on just this list
- hypocorism appears on 29 other lists
- isthmus appears on 55 other lists
- cthulu appears on 4 other lists
- twelfth appears on 18 other lists
- cacoepy appears on 15 other lists
- phthalate appears on 8 other lists
- caoineadh appears on 2 other lists
uselessness Yes, that'll do it. I find the dance name pronunciation of the word much more stumbly than the frothy white stuff, though. :-P Mar 26, 2007
reesetee And while I'm at it...meringue. I can't pronounce this word without swallowing my tongue. Must be the "gue" thingue. ;-) Mar 26, 2007
uselessness Those are terrific! I mean, terrifically bad. Thanks! ;-) Mar 26, 2007
abraxaszugzwang I'm with you on rural. What a terrible word. Mar 26, 2007
alguien I simply cannot pronounce rural. Murderer, terrorist, and squirrel are almost as bad. Mar 26, 2007
uselessness I agree that aposiopesis is fun to say, once you know how. It's getting there that's troublesome. I can't stand indefatigable because it's supposed to emphasize fatigue but instead emphasizes fat. Finally, Glaucester is a nice name too but demands to stay on this list for virtue of the fact that is looks NOTHING like it sounds. I used to know a girl from Glaucester, and I made a point to mention it phonetically every time I saw her. Drove her plum crazy, it did. Mar 26, 2007
abraxaszugzwang aposiopesis and indefatigable are two of my favoritest words to say, hoo hoo hoo hoo. And Gloucester isn't bad if you say it right. Same with Worcester. Mar 26, 2007
uselessness Ooh, that one's almost bad enough for the list, but it inspired me to add raring. :-) Mar 26, 2007
anthroposophist roar has been one for me
this list is superb Mar 24, 2007