this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024
117 points (94.0% liked)

Ask Lemmy

27225 readers
2254 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Rules: (interactive)

1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them

2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?

3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.

4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].

5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija

Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
candyman337@lemmy.world
Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world
TheSaneWriter@lemm.ee
TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com
candyman337@sh.itjust.works
Asudox@lemmy.world
can@lemmy.ca
lemmy_bot@lemmy.world
beefbaby182@lemmy.world
asudox@discuss.tchncs.de
ModeratorCan@lemmy.world
117
What is the funniest one syllable word you can think of? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 months ago by Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
207 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I say "bum" and my wife says "boob"

Interested to hear what you think.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Bjork!

I know it’s not a word, but a name… still if you use it with ! I think it’s particularly funny. Like it’s an exclamation, or a warning.

[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago

Bjork is my goto nonsense muppet sound. Bjork bjork bjork Bjork!

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Icelandic dogs:

[–] Swerker@feddit.nu 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You know Björk in swedish is a tree

[–] matengor@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

It's birch.

[–] Banichan@dormi.zone 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Isn't it two syllables

[–] Yaysuz@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s pronounced as one syllable in the Nordic languages

[–] Banichan@dormi.zone 3 points 2 months ago

I've been saying it wrong for DECADES 😭

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

B-york – never thouht of saying it that way

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
  • Mom! Look! This frog says my name every time I press down on its belly!
  • Leave the poor animal alone, Björk!
[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, and you have to say it while sucking in air, not breathing out.

[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Holy shit that makes it 10x funnier!

I tip my cap to you, PrayerWaxpaint