The hardest word to spell

For me it's onomatopoeia. In fact, it's so hard to spell that when I tried, just now, I couldn't even get close enough for spell check to pick it up. All I got was "No Suggestions". Thank God for google. And seriously, a T? And a poeia ending? That's ridiculous.

I mention onomatopoeia because I realized today that children basically learn to speak primarily in onomatopoeias.

A list of Eden's words (and I'm using words loosely):

- Mama (For Sarah and Molly, Jacob's chinchilla, who lives in the basement)

- Dada

- Nana

- Up

- Beep Beep!

- Wee-ooh (a siren)

- Bock Bock! (a chicken)

- Mmmm (a cow)

- Meow (a cat)

- Yum yum

- Hop Hop Hop (a bunny)

- Fly Fly Fly (A bird)

I can't think of anymore off the top of my head. But let's see: Mama, Dada, Nana, and Up and definitely words. The beep, siren, cow, and cat are definitely onomatopoeias. That's half and half. The last three are something else altogether. I suppose the hopping and flying are actual words because she knows the actions that go along with them. But yum yum - what is that?

So maybe she knows more words than onomatopoeias. But it's interesting to note that it's about half. Could you make it through a day using half onomatopoeias?

Side note: I don't think I'll ever have trouble spelling onomatopoeia again, after using it so many times. I should make this an exercise, writing blogs with words I have trouble spelling.

Also: What the hardest word to spell for you?