Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

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Did you know that "hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia" is the fear of long words, which in itself is a VERY LONG WORD! The longest word in the English dictionary is : pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis ~ a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis. This interesting fact, was one of the questions on a BBC game show, leaving me well educated about another Phobia. I have a phobia ~ ranidaphobia ~ which is the phobia for frogs! I dont do frogs, I cannot look at them, hear them, even imagine them - they scare me sh!tless - I looked for another appropriate word, Nothing beats this! Getting a wonderful letter opener from a friend who traveled to Australia a few years ago, seems pointless then, but this morning - THE BEST TOOL for the job! I had two letters to open - yes Letters!! Thank you Val and thank you Malu for your letters as well as accompanying postcards - more on them later. So do you have a LONG WORD to share with us . . . Mary Poppins had one . . . Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Wikipedia gives the longest word in every language and I chose the Italian one to mention: "precipitevolissimevolmente" - Hasty