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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Is There Any Wonder?

Well of course English is a difficult language when a word like "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" means "the fear of long words". Sigh!

5 comments:

Samantha said...

I like that word :D

Stan said...

To me, it's simply floccinaucinihilipilification. (Yeah, look that one up.)

Laurie said...

How about neumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanickenisis?

Stan said...

Ummm, I think it's pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. For the uninitiated, it is considered the longest word in the dictionary and is intended to convey lung disease caused by inhilation of silica dust.

Refreshment in Refuge said...

As the Greeks say... That's Chinese to me LOL