Difficult Words in the English Language

One correction, when I said Dutch is the Origin of English, I meant to say that they both have the same origins. One of the Dutch dialects, Frisian, is on of the original groups that invaded Britain with the Saxons.

Some of the words we will talk about:

Rural
Otorhinolaryngologist
Colonel
Penguin
Sixth
Isthmus
Anemone
Squirrel
Choir
Worcestershire

Bamboozled
Bumfuzzle
Cattywampus
Discombobulate
Flabbergast
Foppish
Gardyloo
Jalopy
Lothario
Taradiddle
Tergiversate
Snickersnee
Collywobbles

beau beaux beaus
formula           formulae formulas
vertex vertices vertexes
index indices indexes
cherub cherubim    cherubs
seraph seraphim seraphs
bandit banditti bandits

crisis crises stratum strata
thesis theses radius radii
hypothesis    hypotheses    parenthesis    parentheses
focus foci synopsis synopses
datum data basis bases
alumnus alumni automaton automata
alumna alumnae analysis analyses
oasis oases nucleus nuclei
axis axes phenomenon    phenomena
genus genera

and more