#95745
02/16/2003 2:01 AM
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There's lots of good phobia words - I'm sure they've been done to death here in the past.
How about this one....(with tongue firmly in cheek)
Xylophataquieopiaphobia - the fear of not pronouncing words correctly.
stales
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#95746
02/16/2003 2:15 AM
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What?!  That reminds me of my favorite of Anu's weekly themes: words that go out of their way to contradict themselves.
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#95747
02/16/2003 2:30 AM
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that reminds me that you can tack -phobia on the back of any noun, even one you make up for the occasion.
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OED2 lists 105 phobias (plus several additional examples under -phobia), W3 has 62
-joe (I have phobophobia) friday
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#95748
02/16/2003 2:44 AM
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Dear Stales: if you can say it, you ain't got it. I think the "xylo" was composition of the
head of whoever coined that one. It just don't look right to me. I looked at the five sites
that used it, and none of them attempted to identify the roots. To put it gently, I think it
is a faulty fabrication.
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#95749
02/16/2003 2:50 AM
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wwh - I have failed.
You took me seriously.
Isn't the title of this forum 'Wordplay & Fun'?
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#95750
02/16/2003 2:52 AM
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So what's the problem here? It's pronounced just like it's spelled.
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#95751
02/16/2003 3:04 AM
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yartophobia!
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#95752
02/16/2003 3:04 AM
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is it
zy-loff-i-tah or
zy-loh-fah-tah...
formerly known as etaoin...
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#95753
02/16/2003 3:16 AM
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Xylophataquieopiaphobia (only my quick take on it) zy-loh-fah-tah-KWEE-oh-pee-a-foh-bee-a 
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#95754
02/16/2003 3:08 PM
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Dear Stales: I did not wish to rain on your parade. It's just that there ought to be an acceptable word for "fear of pronouncing incorrectly" . I have it in a mild way. I found a very long list of phobias, but many of them appear dubious, if for no other reason than mixing Latin and Greek: http://www.phobialist.com/index.htmlI tried constructing a word for it from Greek dictionary. pronounce = profero, or diloxio I chose "diloxo" So I suggest "kakodiloxiophobia" - comments invited
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