Re: new word

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION
slubberdegullion
Surprisingly the online dictionary onelook.com actually gave a meaning to this collection of letters

Michael Tubuo Ngong

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:<3f8a40e8$0$28120$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
> Daniel Morgan wrote:
>
> > Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> >
> >>Daniel Morgan wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Jim Kennedy wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I must say that I had to look up slubberdegullion
> >>>>>(http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-slu1.htm). I consider
> >>>>>myself fairly erudite, but Howard certainly taught me a new word.
> >>>>>Jim
> >>>>>From: "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
> >>>>>Subject: Re: Update On Jitendra Patel & TUSC
> >>>>>Date: Sunday, October 12, 2003 4:28 PM
> >>>>><snip for brevity only>
> >>>>>I have no doubt that they will respond very quickly and very
> >>>>>emphatically to disassociate themselves from this slubberdegullion.
> >>>>>Otherwise, thinking people might come to what I am sure is entirely the
> >>>>>wrong opinion.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Regards
> >>>>>HJR
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Oh, Jim. Next you'll be accusing me of being sesquipedalian!
> >>>>
> >>>>(try floccinausinihilipilification as a true description of
> >>>>Patel's/Wilson's contributions here. One of my favourites).
> >>>>
> >>>>Regards
> >>>>HJR
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Next time spell it correctly: FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION.
> >>>
> >>>Some people. ;-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Bloody Americans!!!!!!!! ;-)
> >>
> >>Extraordinary as it may seem to those of us this side of the Atlantic
> >>(WEST), you are actually quite correct, and I hang my head in shame.
> >>
> >>It was only 1/28th incorrect, however. And from memory.
> >>
> >>Such mis-spellings are, however, flagitious, and were I not to accept the
> >>correction, I would be a mere recusant.
> >>
> >>So much for mere Arts degrees, huh?
> >>
> >>But yeah, I gottit wrong meester (add glottal stops as necessary)
> >>HJR
> >>
> >>
> > Given that I'm in Seattle we are both West of the Atlantic. ;-)
>
>
> Hoist with my own petard, p'dner!
>
>
> >
> > And for those of you thinking Howard knows more about the language
> > (English) he speaks
> > than the language he writes (SQL) ...
> > http://phrontistery.50megs.com/ihlstart.html
>
> Those of you thinking that are spot on. I'm hopeless at SQL.
>
> Select 'regards' from dual;
> HJR
Received on Mon Oct 13 2003 - 10:58:01 CDT