Philology

Five things I learned today.

1) Aibohphobia is a fear of palindromes.

2) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words.

3) Rhotacism is the mispronouncing of “r” as “w.”

4) Lisping is the misarticulation of fricative consonants like “s” or “z”.

5) Linguists can be mean.

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