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A quotation from A. A. Milne

Owl was telling Kanga an Interesting Anecdote full of long words like Encyclopædia and Rhododendron to which Kanga wasn’t listening.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 8 “Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition” (1926)

More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80986/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #winniethepooh #kanga #owl #inattention #bore #ignoring #anecdote #blather #boredom #conversation #longwords #longwindedness #loquaciousness #vocabulary

A quotation from A. A. Milne

Owl was telling Kanga an Interesting Anecdote full of long words like Encyclopædia and Rhododendron to which Kanga wasn’t listening.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 8 “Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition” (1926)

More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80986/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #winniethepooh #kanga #owl #inattention #bore #ignoring #anecdote #blather #boredom #conversation #longwords #longwindedness #loquaciousness #vocabulary

A simple word choice can be the difference between people accepting or rejecting your apology

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/a-simple-word-choice-can-be-the-difference-between-people-accepting-or-rejecting-your-apology

A simple word choice can be the difference between people accepting or rejecting your apology

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/a-simple-word-choice-can-be-the-difference-between-people-accepting-or-rejecting-your-apology

A simple word choice can be the difference between people accepting or rejecting your apology

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/a-simple-word-choice-can-be-the-difference-between-people-accepting-or-rejecting-your-apology

A simple word choice can be the difference between people accepting or rejecting your apology

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/a-simple-word-choice-can-be-the-difference-between-people-accepting-or-rejecting-your-apology

Kuntapäättäjä! Haluaisin tehdä valituksen!

Miksei meidän kadulla ole kunnalliskultaledivalosarja-oopperalaulajaprinsessapallopyllytuttisuumulkosilmämerihevosnuottiavainmuumipapua?

😄 #finnish #longwords #ChristmasLights

Hm. Let's try that long word thing. I have some perfectly good Swedish laying around.
'Ecklesiastikministerium'
(Ministry for church questions - long since abandonded)
'Skadeståndsanspråk'
(Reparations claim)
'Biografpersonalansvarig
(Movie theater staff manager)
'Fanihelvetesdjävlasatans!'
(*bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!*)

#LongWords #language

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #12: #hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. Just.... why?
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#fearoflongwords #english #englishisinsane #language #linguistics #words #vocabulary #trivia #funfacts #strangebuttrue #cartoon #cartoons #webcomic #bizarrefacts #comic #art #comicstrip #art #wtf #why #whywouldyoudothis #insanity #nextleveltrolling #longwords #bigwords #whyisthisathing #uselessfacts #themoreyouknow #didyouknow #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #12: #hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. Just.... why?
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#fearoflongwords #english #englishisinsane #language #linguistics #words #vocabulary #trivia #funfacts #strangebuttrue #cartoon #cartoons #webcomic #bizarrefacts #comic #art #comicstrip #art #wtf #why #whywouldyoudothis #insanity #nextleveltrolling #longwords #bigwords #whyisthisathing #uselessfacts #themoreyouknow #didyouknow #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #12: #hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. Just.... why?
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#fearoflongwords #english #englishisinsane #language #linguistics #words #vocabulary #trivia #funfacts #strangebuttrue #cartoon #cartoons #webcomic #bizarrefacts #comic #art #comicstrip #art #wtf #why #whywouldyoudothis #insanity #nextleveltrolling #longwords #bigwords #whyisthisathing #uselessfacts #themoreyouknow #didyouknow #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #12: #hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. Just.... why?
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#fearoflongwords #english #englishisinsane #language #linguistics #words #vocabulary #trivia #funfacts #strangebuttrue #cartoon #cartoons #webcomic #bizarrefacts #comic #art #comicstrip #art #wtf #why #whywouldyoudothis #insanity #nextleveltrolling #longwords #bigwords #whyisthisathing #uselessfacts #themoreyouknow #didyouknow #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #12: #hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. Just.... why?
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#fearoflongwords #english #englishisinsane #language #linguistics #words #vocabulary #trivia #funfacts #strangebuttrue #cartoon #cartoons #webcomic #bizarrefacts #comic #art #comicstrip #art #wtf #why #whywouldyoudothis #insanity #nextleveltrolling #longwords #bigwords #whyisthisathing #uselessfacts #themoreyouknow #didyouknow #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #5: #hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. Just.... why?
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#fearoflongwords #english #englishisinsane #language #linguistics #words #vocabulary #trivia #funfacts #strangebuttrue #cartoon #cartoons #webcomic #bizarrefacts #comic #art #comicstrip #art #wtf #why #whywouldyoudothis #insanity #nextleveltrolling #longwords #bigwords #whyisthisathing #uselessfacts #themoreyouknow #didyouknow #uselessfactsbadlydrawn