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!
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5 comments:

  1. Samantha8/16/2006 10:23 AM

    I like that word :D

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  2. Stan8/16/2006 11:41 AM

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

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  3. Laurie8/16/2006 12:17 PM

    How about neumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanickenisis?

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  4. Stan8/16/2006 2:07 PM

    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.

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  5. Refreshment in Refuge8/18/2006 4:44 PM

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

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