cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlcm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoSame person who named the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months 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-up0·2 months 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!