# Words that just sound funny.

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**Created:** [February 12, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-funny/612572 "2012-02-12T01:31:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-funny/612572/61 "2012-02-17T09:16:07Z")

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Proboscis.

Proboscis. Proboscis. Prooobooooskisss.

Yep, Proboscis.

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**Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-funny/612572/62 "2012-02-17T09:21:20Z")

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Was

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**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-funny/612572/63 "2012-02-18T00:28:37Z")

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Turd. Even people who curse a lot blanche at the word turd because it just sounds dirty.

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-funny/612572/64 "2012-02-18T00:43:18Z")

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fasciculation

I can’t even figure out how to pronounce that, but I’m sure it sounds weird.

Of course, we’ve brought in a whole lot of foreign words. (I claimed all of French, above).  
One might say, all of Russian too. Ever listen to a tape recording of English speech played backward? (You could do that with old 2-track tape recorders.) That what Russian sounds like to me.

synagogue (mentioned above) for example, is Greek.  
halleluyah (or hallelujah) for example, is Hebrew (possibly Greek-ized, I’m not sure).

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