cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 28 days agoEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1515arrow-down16cross-posted to: linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.worksshitposting@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1509arrow-down1imageEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlcm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 28 days agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.worksshitposting@lemmy.ml
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·27 days agoSame person who named the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·27 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-up3·27 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!
List Processing, ya know?
Wait, I thought it’s a th?