As a lover of linguistics, I'm intrigued by the logisticsnOf the oral peril lurking when a word's embarked uponnBut when twisted vowel and consternance are gonenOne word gives more grief than all of the remaining lexiconnnIs it the diphthong in Goodbye that makes it difficult?nOr do the D and B conspire to trap your tongue?nOr is the G right at the start what tends to be the awkward partnThat catches in your throat before the word has yet begun?nOn paper its phonetic structure's not atypicalnAnd yet the glibbest wits still choke on it each daynIf not the diphthong in Goodbye, it makes no sense whynWe seem to find it such a tricky word to saynnWhile Help and Sorry challenge somenOne word can leave me dumbnEvery time I try, like now, to say Goodbye.