In an interview with The Guardianin 2019, English stand-up comic Chris McCausland claimed the funniest English word is “hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.” Not only is this a silly word to say, but it also has a humorously ironic meaning, as it refers to a fear of long words.
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source credits: the guardian, wordsmarts, google images
our founding fathers irked england by inventing american english
thomas jefferson is credited with coining over 100 words — more than any other president. among the words the third president introduced are “indecipherable,” “belittle,” and “pedicure,” the latter of which means to care for the feet and toenails. “Pedicure” was one of several words that Jefferson borrowed from the French after spending many years in Paris.
next time you get your pedicure,
you’ll have TJ to thank for bringing this word to us,
otherwise you wouldn’t have known what service to ask for
when you booked your appointment.
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‘where can i find a man who has forgotten words so i can have a word with him?’
-zhuangzi
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source credits: VOA, Saturday Evening Post
headed out to do some errands
get gas, groceries, pick up garden stakes, return something
but I happened upon this puzzle
just sitting there
when I got in line to return my item
like it was waiting for me
so I bought the puzzle
figured I’d do the rest of the errands another day
couldn’t wait to get home to put it together.
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‘slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.’
-sandra day o’connor
yesterday i replied to my funny blogging friend from wisconsin
midwest mark at mark my words
https://wordpress.com/reader/feeds/132543474/posts/5777286675
who wrote about using funny fake names when making reservations
he asked if anyone else did this
which reminded me that i sometimes
use other names when ordering coffee
because for some reason
people often seem to get my name wrong
‘beth’ becomes: ben, seth, beck, bet, betty, etc.
am I not articulating well?
is it my fault that my parents
gave me such a complicated name?
with so many letters?
sometimes they ask me to spell it
B. E. T. H.
then they say
‘oh, just like it sounds.’
yes.
one time
I was with my teaching partner
whose name is judy
we each ordered a drink to go
with our own specifications
we each gave our names
when we got our drinks
they read:
‘judy 1’ and ‘judy 2.’
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‘i’ve had my name mispronounced so many times, i’m not even sure i’m saying it correctly.’
-author unknown
A collection of empty chairs is called an author reading.
A collection of Eric Carle books covered in spit-up is called a storytime.
A group of exhausted mothers covered in spit-up is also called a storytime.
A cluster of teens reading quietly is called a mystery.
A pile of books gathering dust is called a hold shelf.
A handful of change is called a budget.
A stack of books on a nightstand is called a magical thinking.
A group of people who only remember “the cover was blue” is called a patron.
A plastic prize tub of stickers is called a summer reading program.
A collection of missing pieces is called a community jigsaw.
A group of retirees is called a Scrabble night.
A shelf of books in alphabetical order is called a miracle.
A group of shushing librarians is called a cliché.
A group of underfunded libraries is called a tragedy.
by Sally Miller
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National Lazy Day on August 10th gave us permission to relax and kick back. There’s not much information regarding this annually celebrated holiday and no one felt like doing any research. Actually, no one felt like doing anything at all. Consequently, many were in hammocks with a couple of good books and glasses of lemonade and iced tea. Yes, it was Lazy Day. People choose to be lazy rather than tell much more about this day. And, it was yesterday, so once again, I’ve missed a holiday by a day, but was too lazy to look at the calendar in time.
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‘you can’t teach people to be lazy – they either have it, or they don’t.-
~ Dagwood Bumstead
on the rack at the used book store – kind of scary
what could it be?
any guesses?
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‘well it’s not secret that the best thing about secrets is telling someone about your secret,
thereby adding another secret to your secret collection of secrets, secretly…’
-sponge bob squarepants
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‘a week is a long time in politics.’
‘harold wilson
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source credit gary larson, the far side
this family has really chosen well.
their new lamp can even walk itself out of the store.
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‘ i like change. a new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room.’
-Madonna
knight in blue steel on four wheels
fixing a lot
now this is my kind of knight.
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‘We are no longer the knights who sa,y Ni! We are now the knights who say, Ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!’
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 