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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: > > 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. >> >> B >> >> On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 at 7:14 PM, Patrick McManus < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> *HE* >>> >>> >>> >>> suffering >>> >>> >>> >>> pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis >>> >>> >>> >>> embraced >>> >>> >>> >>> floccinaucinihilipification >>> >>> >>> >>> /pmcmanus/ >>> >>> >>> >>> /s064/ >>> >>> >>> >>> / >>> >>> / >>> >>> >>> >>> // >>> >>> >>> >>> /for those few not familiar with these words/// >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> // >>> >>> >>> >>> pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis// >>> >>> >>> >>> is an English word that refers to a lung disease that is otherwise known >>> >>> assilicosis <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis>. >>> >>> >>> >>> floccinaucinihilipification >>> >>> >>> >>> The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of >>> >>> having no value or being worthless. >>> >>> Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress). Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). Venerable Optimist He saw the dark as a ragged garment spread out to air. Through its rents and moth-holes the silver light came pouring. Denise Levertov