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Goonch

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The most not fun sentence in English for folks learning English 😀 [View all] malaise Feb 2026 OP

;-{)....... Goonch Feb 2026 #1

;-{) I borrowed one of your hearts🤣 Goonch Feb 2026 #2

Hehehehe malaise Feb 2026 #4

Nicely played malaise Feb 2026 #3

"Buffalo" is the name of a ruminant mammal and a city in NY state. It can also mean "to bully, obstruct". eppur_se_muova Feb 2026 #5

ROFL malaise Feb 2026 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Feb 2026 #7

Some punctuation might help. :-) TheRickles Feb 2026 #8

Ain't that the truth. n/t malthaussen Feb 2026 #11

That's the sentence I'd like to drag my seventh-grade teacher to and say... malthaussen Feb 2026 #9

I have coarse and fine sea salt. After skipping on the coarse I thought to myself "fine is fine". twodogsbarking Feb 2026 #10

LOL malaise Feb 2026 #14

Ah but goose has yet another meaning. If you get goosed more than once is it geesed? twodogsbarking Feb 2026 #17

Love it malaise Feb 2026 #18

Do you really want to know? Chellee Feb 2026 #29

I always want to learn something malaise Feb 2026 #31

You're welcome Chellee Feb 2026 #37

That letter is silent until I sez it aint! paleotn Feb 2026 #12

French is the worst.. Permanut Feb 2026 #28

Perhaps learning to read English. Igel Feb 2026 #13

Spelled "ghoti" sounds exactly like "fish." Kid Berwyn Feb 2026 #15

Haha malaise Feb 2026 #16

When I was living in Catalunya, it was a requirement to learn the one about the setze jutges (sixteen judges) DFW Feb 2026 #19

Haha malaise Feb 2026 #20

When my daughters were very little I taught them the first part of that DFW Feb 2026 #21

Clearly not wimps malaise Feb 2026 #22

Here is the ultimate test of all time (you have to click on "watch on youtube" ) DFW Feb 2026 #23

LOL malaise Feb 2026 #24

5.8 million views DFW Feb 2026 #25

Well I know every word for this one malaise Feb 2026 #26

These words were part of one of the very very early I Love Lucy episodes sdfernando Feb 2026 #27

Fascinating malaise Feb 2026 #30

Interesting video! If you'd like to know how English ended up with those spellings/pronunciations, I posted highplainsdem Feb 2026 #32

Thanks malaise Feb 2026 #33

You're welcome! I love the OED. Have the compact edition I bought about highplainsdem Feb 2026 #34

Have mine right here malaise Feb 2026 #35

Great! highplainsdem Feb 2026 #36