• 17 Dec, 2025 *

"cudgel"

how is that work supposed to pronounced? (rethorical question) as a non native english speaker (though probably most native english speakers also have this problem) i seriously struggle when i come upon such words.

kudd-gel? should-gel? ku-gd-el? chud-gel?

while writing this i realize i have no idea actually. i’m just kinda presuming it’s kudd-gel... kinda... if i knew the history of the word (etymology) i could probably infer, without reading the actual phonetics how it’s supposed to be pronounced. one of the perks of having dabbled in a bunch of languages.

speaking of, i can highly recommend anyone to do just that, dabble in a bunch of languages, it makes you not only become confused when trying to speak or understand any of said languages, but you also learn the nuance of words and culture. the word clock or watch for example, in english and spanish it’s gender neutral, in most any other language it’s feminine. languages are weird, but they are in direct correlation with the culture they were created in, and yes i am 100% saying that cultures are weird. not that any one culture is more weird than any other, they are just quirky in their own way, any culture close to yours you’d find less quirky(less weird) and those further away you’d most certainly find more weird, maybe even hostile, stupid, or straight up insane.

but please remember that you are young, the language is older, the culture is even oldererererer, most old, more older, eldest(?)

please english, why are you lacking words when i need them, or maybe it’s just my brain that is lacking the knowledge of said word that i require to say correctly what i’m trying to explain.

i saw a post in a tech forum a while back, the first comment on the whole thing was a guy ranting because the author of whatever was posted didn’t write sentences properly using the big letters at the beginning of sentences, nor the big i (because that is clearly obviously the most sane thing to do, thank you english). i couldn’t be bothered reading in depth what more the rant was about, but it kept going. so now i’m writing this post in such a way 50% out of spite, 50% to allow my fingers and keyboard to rest for a bit, no need to exert myself when everything is 100% understandable anyway.

toode-loo! toodleloo? todlelo? too-deloo? to-the-loo? is this way of saying good bye just a way of saying "i’m going to the toilet" in a very charming way?