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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Pick any of them, and repeat it over and over again. It'll quickly become the weirdest word in the language, at least for a while.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

This is called "semantic satiation" which are both pleasingly weird words now that I think about it...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I'm pretty sure "Purple" stops making sense faster than others. Just wtf? Pur-pull. Prrr-plll. What is wrong with people?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

In scots gaelic purple is 'purpaidh' pronounced "pur-pee" which is equally as strange imo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

look.

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? look ?? Is this even a real word?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

While

Whyle

Whyull

Yull

Yul

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago