Hi Bill thanks for reading -I was really just trying to use two of the
longest words in English in a four line poem using minimum number of
words -I did do longer versions but they did not click for this poor old
tired head
cheers Julen beckons it's gready maw!
On 14/12/2016 09:31, Bill Wootton wrote:
> So he pooh-poohed the disease or its effect on him? Not quite sure how to
> read this, P.
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> B
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> On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 at 7:14 PM, Patrick McManus <
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>> *HE*
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>> suffering
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>> pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
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>> embraced
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>> floccinaucinihilipification
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>> /pmcmanus/
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>> pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis//
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>> is an English word that refers to a lung disease that is otherwise known
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>> assilicosis <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis>.
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>> floccinaucinihilipification
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>> The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of
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