Now I want to hear that one out loud…
Doug
> On Dec 14, 2016, at 10:23 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> 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
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> cheers Julen beckons it's gready maw!
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> 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.
>>
>> B
>>
>> On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 at 7:14 PM, Patrick McManus <
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>>> *HE*
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>>>
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>>> suffering
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>>>
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>>> pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
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>>>
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>>> embraced
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>>>
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>>> floccinaucinihilipification
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>>>
>>>
>>> /pmcmanus/
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>>>
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>>> /s064/
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>>>
>>>
>>> /
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>>> /
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>>>
>>>
>>> //
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>>>
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>>> /for those few not familiar with these words///
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> //
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>>> pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis//
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>>>
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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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>>> having no value or being worthless.
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>>>
Douglas Barbour
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