ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 9 months ago

The word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.

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The word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.

ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 9 months ago

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11•9 months ago
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
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  4•8 months ago
  Same, always fascinated me when I first learnt it

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