Fear of Long words
Mon, 19 Nov 2001, 02:40 pmcrgwllms5 posts in thread
Fear of Long words
Mon, 19 Nov 2001, 02:40 pmWhile the current rant is about shortened (mis)spellings and abrreviations, I found this in a list of all the various types of phobias. ...Maybe this alone would justify the emergence of 'netiquette'.
Fear of long words = Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia !!
Cheers,
Craig
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Fear of long words = Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia !!
Cheers,
Craig
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RE: Fear of Long words
Tue, 20 Nov 2001, 07:20 pmPamela wrote:
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"Or an even dodgier '70's rock musical written by The Who."
Hey! Don't knock Pete Townsend!! Knock The Who by all means, but not "our Pete"!!
Eliot
"Thou saucy fat-kidneyed measle! "
Pah! My kidneys are the only fat part of me.... or should I rephrase that before the diseased mind of Dean Schulze gets to it? Nope- too late...
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"Or an even dodgier '70's rock musical written by The Who."
Hey! Don't knock Pete Townsend!! Knock The Who by all means, but not "our Pete"!!
Eliot
"Thou saucy fat-kidneyed measle! "
Pah! My kidneys are the only fat part of me.... or should I rephrase that before the diseased mind of Dean Schulze gets to it? Nope- too late...