c/showerthoughts · by Philo@lemm.ee · 2y

Whomever named lisp was extremely cruel because those who have it can't pronounce it.

Whomever named this was extremely cruel because those who have it can't pronounce it.

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ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Don't look up the fear of long words

kostel_thecreed@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 2y (1 reply)

"Hippopotomonstroses-quippedaliophobia" hahahaha. props to whoever made that.

Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.tf · 2 pts · 2y

It sorta works to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpalidocious

Crozekiel@kbin.social · 23 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I thought this was going to be about the programming language. :/ I blame XKCD

joby@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2y

I did also, because my feed is mostly coding stuff and I actually use lisp.

Mudkipology@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y

Similar to kerning (the spacing between letters); fonts with bad kerning make the word look like keming.

jesterraiin@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y (3 replies)

The entire showerthought must be in the title

Philo@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Should I delete it and redo it?

rikudou@lemmings.world · 11 pts · 2y

Just edit it.

kostel_thecreed@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 2y

You can edit titles on Lemmy.

rockerface@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

So is rhotacism (inability to pronounce "R"). Funnily enough, it also has the "R" sound in Ukrainian (картавість - Cyrillic "р" corresponds to the rolling "R" sound) and Russian

volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y

As a Russian who cannot roll the R I feel the burn every time.

Tujio@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Same thing with the guy who named it 'dyslexia.'

TeckFire@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

This word is actually not named maliciously at all. From Greek:

“Dys,” meaning “bad,” or “abnormal,” like in Dysfunctional

“Lexia” from “Lexis,” meaning “reading.” Think of “lexicon.”

So now you have a perfectly normal word in Greek that came to the modern age and now is ironic because it’s not exactly native

Jolan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Named what??

EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

Try pronouncing "stuttering" while stuttering

Tankaus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Partials and dentures come to mind.