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Thanks, Keiva. That question, now answered, is no longer unbearable.
So, to add to the phobia list, arctophobia would be fear of teddy bears? I mean, in case it comes up on Quiz Night...
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>arctophobia would be fear of teddy bears?
I'd think that would be reserved for use in cases where real bears need be feared -- we have to try to maintain a semblance of context in these things, afterall.
arctophile : cute and cuddly; arctophobe : big and grizzly
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Dear tsuwm: As always, thanks for the clarification.
I checked my collection of phobias and found some related to bears in the woods, especially at night:
Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals...particularly the big and grizzooly ones;
Dipsophobia- Fear of drinking--belongs on the anti-fuzzle thread
Hylophobia- Fear of forests.
Noctiphobia- Fear of the night.
Walloonphobia- Fear of the Walloons. Threw this one in because I have no idea what a Walloon is.
In the spirit of contributing to Quiz Nights,
WW
No anemophobes out there?
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WW, you are a nice person and all  but have you noticed how you're monopolizing this place? Pretty soon, you'll achieve the 'fastest climb to pooh-bahdom' .... is that a good thing? 
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WW, I kin bear it and so can minnie of the rest. Don't let this Creepers make you cry.
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Dear Max: I'm fairly confident that the Walloons below are not the Walloons you're holding in the bag...and this probably belongs on the mill thread. But in the spirit of the Great Steel Bearings, here 'tis a bit of trivia:
The iron-ore was the base of the Swedish steel industry during the 1600-1700s. The father of Swedish industry, Louis De Geer, brought his skilled workforce to Sweden from the Netherlands, Walloons to be precise. That is why the factories came to be known as Walloon mills. The Walloon steel soon became famous for its "sound" and "body". The English blacksmiths chose Walloon steel when high quality was required.
Beast regards,
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Remembering of course that a phobia is an irrational fear...
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Thanks to Jackie, WWH & Jackie.
Was still a bit confused on the "arcturus" thing so took a squiz at Chambers....
They say that the word came from the greek for bear - Arktos.
Call me a hair splitter (been around you guys too long), but there4 doesn't arctophile simply translate as a lover of bears - ALL bears???
Wouldn't a Teddy Bear lover more correctly be referred to as a "Theodophinous arctophile"?
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(IMHO, Gilbert created the term "pooh-bah" to echo a toddler's lisping name for his stuffed bear)
Not so, Keiva. I wouldn't be surprised if WS Gilbert's opinion of chidren equalled that of W.Fields. Pooh and bah were common Victorian expressions of contempt. If you wished to rubbish someone else's opinions, you might well say, "Pooh to that, Sir." Bah was a rather more irate response in the same vein. Using the two epithets as a name, apart from being a crude pastiche on Japanese names, gave a clue to Pooh-Bah's contempt for the rest of the human race, who were so much more lowly bred than he.
To she of the Airy Words, Walloons are, indeed, inhabitants of Belgium - the name is also used for the language that they speak, which is very similar to French. They are cordially hated by the Flemish-speaking population of Belgium, I gather. Certainly, I have found that I get better service in Zeebrugge if I speak English than if I use French!
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