11-08-2002 19:31									#1
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And I don't mean word with the worst meaning, just the aesthetically least pleasing word in the language.

I vote for "probably". Not only does it look stupid, it's pronouncement is an atrocity. It always comes out as something like "rubulubu". I believe it would be best for everyone if it was just replaced with "prolly", with "prolle" for "probable".

	11-08-2002 19:39									#2
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I think it's busy. I would change the way it is being read to "bazi" instead of "bizi". Also word lorry is very annoying, word "truck" is better. I would also change the way it is read of word nuclear (to naklea instead of njuklea).

	11-08-2002 19:42									#3
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'specific' is an annoying word, if for no other reason that so many people seem to pronounce it 'pacific', like the ocean ... i don't know why, but they do.

	11-08-2002 19:44									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Sonic I would also change the way it is read of word nuclear (to naklea instead of njuklea).

[Homer Simpson]Nju-kju-lar, it's pronounced as nju-kju-lar...[/Homer Simpson]

	11-08-2002 21:45									#5
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whistle… such a tinny word!

	11-08-2002 21:51									#6
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Lisp, as pronounced by people with a lisp.

	11-08-2002 22:43									#7
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"the"

	11-08-2002 22:51									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Sonic Also word lorry is very annoying, word "truck" is better.

Yes, we all know that Americans are the best. . .

Stefu, my friends and I actually do use "prolly" in place of probably. It's not proper, but people understand it easily, and it really is a better word.

	11-08-2002 23:05									#9
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Perhaps even worse is "probability" or "robolobobobo... bo." Should be replaced by "prollity".

	11-08-2002 23:08									#10
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Incidentally is an annoying word.

	11-08-2002 23:33									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Sonic Also word lorry is very annoying, word "truck" is better.

Especially when saying: red lorry, yellow lorry. red lorry, yellow lorry. red lorry, yellow lorry. red lorry, yellow lorry. red lorry, yellow lorry. red lorry, yellow lorry. red lorry, yellow lorry. red lorry, yellow lorry. red lorry, yellow lorry. red lorry, yellow lorry. red lorry, yellow lorry. red lorry, yellow lorry.

As is a common practice for speech therapists.

	11-08-2002 23:42									#12
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i loathe the word specific. not to menation the people who have "pacific orders".

	11-08-2002 23:42									#13
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rubber baby buggy bumpers

Seriously though, the word "sixth" is probably one of the worst.

	11-08-2002 23:43									#14
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I've never been a big fan of the word "ill" course it's not as commonly used at the word "sick" but it's used enough that it bothers me.

Well, it bothers me as much as a word CAN bother someone anyway. . .

	11-08-2002 23:46									#15
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quote: Originally posted by connorkimbro I've never been a big fan of the word "ill" course it's not as commonly used at the word "sick" but it's used enough that it bothers me.

I use it all of the time, like when I'm saying that somebody got ill tore up at the bar last night. It's less ambiguous when used inappropriately, whereas "sick" is sometimes used as a synonym for "disgusting" but is also sometimes used as a synonym for "fantastic."

	11-08-2002 23:48									#16
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I was thinking along their standard meanings, not their slang meanings.

	11-08-2002 23:54									#17
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quote: i loathe the word specific.

"Loathe" is also an annoying word.

	11-08-2002 23:54									#18
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Slack.

It sounds like it should mean 'tight' but it actually means 'loose'. Awful.

	12-08-2002 00:23									#19
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wrist.

	12-08-2002 00:25									#20
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annoying is pretty irritating. mainly because it's so nasal sounding.

	12-08-2002 00:27									#21
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ankle.
that and indivisibility. too many I's...

	12-08-2002 00:30									#22
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quote: annoying is pretty irritating.

And let's not get in that 'irritating'.

Words starting with 'ir' aren't too hot in any situation. Irresistible, irritating, irrigation...

	12-08-2002 00:32									#23
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Another one: 'trousers'.

It definitely doesn't give enough respectability to this noble garment.

	12-08-2002 00:32									#24
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Guru...I find that a b*tch to pronounce properly...I always end up saying Goowoo

	12-08-2002 00:34									#25
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By contrast, 'paws' and 'gouache' are incredibly cool words...

	12-08-2002 00:34									#26
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Patent as well, I always get this urge to put an 'n' in before the first 't'

	12-08-2002 00:35									#27
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gouache?

	12-08-2002 00:38									#28
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paws isn't that hot.
and gouache just sounds too highfalutin.

	12-08-2002 00:38									#29
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I dislike the word proctoscope.

	12-08-2002 00:38									#30
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Gouache.
From dictionary.com:

gouache

\Gouache\, n. (F., It. guazzo.) A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.