@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 3 months agoEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1516cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1516imageEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.ml@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaremetaStaticlinkfedilink15•3 months agoSame person who named the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 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.
Wait, I thought it’s a th?
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?