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Most "Q" words are weird to start with, then just adding a bunch of silent vowels at the end doesn't make it any less so.
Thank the French for this one
oiseau -- for when consonants are overrated. (it means bird).
How is that pronounced?
wazo
You can toss it into google translate and listen to audio. It would probably be better than any attempted typing I can do here.
Wiktionary has a lot of audio transcriptions too: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oiseau
Ah the french.....alwaysbeencelebrated for it's.....excellence!
I knew an English speaking American born well off white dude that pronounced this as "kway". It was the most annoying thing that came out of his mouth besides all of the bragging and "I'm smarter than everyone" attitude.