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| Thread ID: 33439 | 2003-05-16 06:30:00 | WFTWE #50....Holophrasis....The entree!....Inside is the real WFTWE.... | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 144702 | 2003-05-16 06:30:00 | Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg (n.) -The Indian name for a Massachusetts lake, meaning: "You fish on your side, I fish on my side, nobody fish in the middle." Pronunciation guide: Your guess is as good as mine :p And not to forget Holophrasis which means a whole phrase or idea, expressed in one word. It seemed entirely appropriate for an entree, given that the main word wouldn't fit in the restricted space available. (How about cutting us some more slack there Bruce?) Cheers Billy 8-{) :D [pre][b]Now, if you think that is a mouthful, for WFTWE #100 (if we get there of course) I have a real doozy due around the end of April 2004! |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 144703 | 2003-05-16 07:12:00 | If it's long words you lke and why would you? PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (45 letters; a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) is the longest word in any English-language dictionary. (It is also spelled -koniosis.) |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 144704 | 2003-05-16 07:33:00 | eally Thomas, at your age I would have thought you'd know that it is not the length that matters, it is what you do with it . WFTWE is just for fun, and being the 50th, I thought I'd produce a word (or words) that fitted the overall philosophy, hence the marriage with second word that describes the structure of the first . Personally I can't see anything attractive about obscure medical terms, but who knows, it might strike a chord with somebody . Actually, the longest word in the English language describes a Tryptophan Synthetase A protein, an enzyme that has 267 amino acids, and its name has no less than 1,909 letters . It is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8, and it qualifies because it has actually been printed in various publications . Cheers Billy 8-{) :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 144705 | 2003-05-16 07:34:00 | > PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS I like Billy's word better, your one may be long, but a least I can still easily pronounce it :D ...realises she sounds like a choo choo train going up a very long, slow incline whilst trying to pronounce Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg ... |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 144706 | 2003-05-16 08:11:00 | Gosh Jen, your interpretation sounds like my first car. :^O It was a heap that belonged in the middle of a Massachusetts lake :p Cheers Billy 8-{) :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 144707 | 2003-05-16 08:29:00 | ive found one for you Billy T and i think this one says it all, this is how some PF1 people see you..... Pedagogy this is the science or art of teaching which implies practices which are informed by assumptions about the learner, the role of the teacher , the relationship which should exist between them and a host of other theoretical assumptions about teaching and learning. used in some literature to mean a theory of education. and Pedagogue means teacher ....... and this is you Billy T you teach us new words! :D LOL :D beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 144708 | 2003-05-16 08:35:00 | >I like Billy's word better, your one may be long, but a least I can still >easily pronounce it. Are you saying you like words that you can't pronounce.? Plus I think you must fancy Billy,he therfore has the advantage. |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 144709 | 2003-05-16 08:46:00 | > Are you saying you like words that you can't > pronounce.? > Plus I think you must fancy Billy,he therfore has the > advantage. LMAO. OK Thomas, I have got my laughter back under control again :D What I was meaning was your word (for me) is easy to pronounce. WFTWE is meant to challenge you, both mentally and physically (gives the tongue muscles a good workout :p). The fact that you would never use the word in everyday language, is irrelevant. Jen :D Billy ... you can come down from the hills ... it is safe to come out now |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 144710 | 2003-05-16 23:04:00 | Thank goodness for that Jen :) I was busy preparing the bivouac in the back yard in case Mrs T got the wrong idea, but now I can return to the comforts of home. Thomas certainly has a way with words, but it is too sardonic for my liking. :p No offence intended Thomas, but you appear to have a very dark, acidic and negative view of life. Even your humour is discomforting to others, though Jack and Baldy probably like it, you are birds of a feather. Cheers Billy 8-{) :| |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 144711 | 2003-05-17 01:46:00 | Even > your humour is discomforting to others, though Jack > and Baldy probably like it, you are birds of a > feather. > > Cheers > > Billy 8-{) :| LOL, who's Jack??? The only Jack I know is Mr Daniels....... Hey Billy didn't you know that me and Thomas are going on holiday together this Xmas, its fun flocking together, we birds of a feather hehehe |
Baldy (26) | ||
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