Zerlyna to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.message-square25fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down116
arrow-up1161arrow-down1message-squareThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.Zerlyna to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareEchlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoMy favorite is ‘Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia’, which is the word for the condition of being phobic of long words. Feels like the doctor who named that one was a bit of a dick XD
minus-square@SnipingNinja@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink4•1 year agoSame, always fascinated me when I first learnt it
My favorite is ‘Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia’, which is the word for the condition of being phobic of long words. Feels like the doctor who named that one was a bit of a dick XD
Same, always fascinated me when I first learnt it