cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 days agoEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down17
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minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·10 days agoSame person who named the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoThis seems to apply to a number of speech impediments, as “rhotacism” is the term for people with difficulty saying R sounds and apparently “stutter” is a particularly difficult word for people with stutters.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoI think I first saw this question on coolsig.com in the late nineties. Also, I just discovered that site still exists. Fun!
What sadist put an S in lisp?
Same person who named the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
And who spelt dyslexia like that
This seems to apply to a number of speech impediments, as “rhotacism” is the term for people with difficulty saying R sounds and apparently “stutter” is a particularly difficult word for people with stutters.
I think I first saw this question on coolsig.com in the late nineties.
Also, I just discovered that site still exists. Fun!
Wait, I thought it’s a th?
List Processing, ya know?