Words sound weird.

[MercenaryCanary]

Ok the entire reason of this post was I've been noticing that some of the words in English class started sounding odd.For some reason this just now seems to be happening but words I've previously know of,now sound as if they shouldn't even belong in the language.For example,when I think of the word "slave" I know it means someone in debt or whatever else you'd say it means, now seems to sound as if it is a stabbing tool, not an individual.Same with the word English.It now longer serves the meaning of a language but instead it seems to mean tart.I'm not sure why this would happen but if there are any theory's that be great as this seems rather interesting,but not being able to explain this to friends as this would basically cause them to alienate me,has basically forced me to ask you guys.The Elite,and the smart all rolled into one.

 

[Mukiwa]

A friend and I often debate about this.
Say the word "fork" over and over. It loses all meaning after a while.

 

[TheGhostOfSin]

All words will sound strange if you use them too much.

 

[Mukiwa]

All words will sound strange if you use them too much.

Agreed, but I uphold fork as a shining example of this.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

Hip and egg. All I'm saying.

 

[Natch]

Slave sounds like stave, which can be used as a stabbing tool.

English sounds like Danish, which is a pastry. It can be tart sometimes.

Take from this what you will.

 

[kbag08]

'for' - just try saying it loads of times

 

[aswiftlytiltingreality]

The word tree always got to me.

 

[Versuvius]

Heh...it doesnt sound 'odd' to me particularly, repeating the word so many times makes it lose ALL meaning however, which amuses me to no end

 

[The Iron Ninja]

Puddle
confuddled (okay so that's technically not a real word)
Jerky
Krygyzstan
Finland
Duck
Lobster
Butter
Seven
Slaughter (it's only one letter away from 'laughter')

Those are a few of the many english words that I find funny

 

[BallPtPenTheif]

Typically if you take any word and phonetically deconstruct it in your mind, even to the point of abstracting the enunciations into the minimal sounds necessary to convey the word, it will sound like gibberish or like something else.

There was a funny Monty Python sketch where this old couple would sit in their living room repetitively enunciating random words and describing them as "woody" or "tinny", oftening being revolted by the tinny words.

ie, caribou, round, hearth, etc were "woody" while tank, petite, and cantankerous were "tinny".

 

[ElephantGuts]

Yeah that happens if you think about things too much. Just don't think about it and let your subconcious take over. And I think the word "head" is one of those screwy words. Start saying it a lot. You'll end up thinking of it as "hed" and having no meaning.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Slave sounds like stave, which can be used as a stabbing tool.

You can stab with a stave, it won't work too well though. Weaponized walking sticks are better for bludgeoning.

(In a poor attempt to be on topic) I think French words are spelled in amazingly non-sensicle ways.

 

[internutt]

Queue... what? That is the only word I think is weird.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

I, for one, like the word "thwart".

Go on, say it.

Thwart.

Hee hee.

 

[crepesack]

run, like the ye olde sentences see spot run run spot run jane sees spot run

 

[aswiftlytiltingreality]

I, for one, like the word "thwart".

Go on, say it.

Thwart.

Hee hee.

That is a good one! Crew kinda makes me giggle a bit.

 

[Altorin]

Krygyzstan

I'm not sure, but I don't think that's an english word.

 

[Altorin]

Earthworm Jim pointed out that if you say "Plenty" over and over, it sounds like a jackhammer

and if you say X over and over, in invariably becomes something dirty

 

[The Iron Ninja]

Well it's the name of a country.
We don't call it Qɯrʀɯzst¨»n