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In thinking on Elana's "curl: you cant rush it" thread, my contrarian nature had me ask the question "What words require rapidity in their pronuciation?" - rapiditiy being an example
tintinnabulation is another
tintinnabulation is another
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Re: A need for speed
Sun, June 7, 2009 - 10:40 PM(my contrarian nature had me ask the question "What words require rapidity in their pronuciation?" - rapiditiy being an example
tintinnabulation is another)
I dunno. I always took my time when reading about the exploits of Tin-Tin, Snowy and that hapless inebriate Haddock!
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Re: A need for speed
Sun, June 7, 2009 - 10:53 PMhumuhumunukunukuapua'a...don't slow down or you'll stall out!
English words, though...
Aggregate
Hustle
Chop
Docket
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Re: A need for speed
Sun, June 7, 2009 - 10:59 PMClink
Dink
Cluck
Clique
Dupe
Dope
Brute
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Re: A need for speed
Sat, June 13, 2009 - 8:50 PM<oenemonepia >
Oy!
(Oy is a word that fits in either category, depending on how you say it...) -
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Re: A need for speed
Sat, June 13, 2009 - 9:22 PMlots of native words
up here in washington
that necessitate such
rapidity just cause they're
fun to say:
sammamish
swinomish
klickitat
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Re: A need for speed
Sun, June 14, 2009 - 3:36 PMsammamish -- pertaining to sam's mother.
swinomish -- pertaining to a sloppy wino.
klickitat -- the sound that a train in motion makes.
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Re: A need for speed
Sun, June 14, 2009 - 9:32 PMthose are great bill
thanks for those.
when i first moved up here
i'd exclaim to my
partners in crime...
i'm sammamished!
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Re: A need for speed
Mon, June 15, 2009 - 12:14 AMI still remember with pleasure reading a charming story to my then-young son about the Mulkilteo to Friday Harbor auto race of the San Juan rabbits many years ago. Place names in Washington state continue to hold immense pleasure for me.
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Re: A need for speed
Mon, June 15, 2009 - 12:51 AMI was hungry the first time I saw the sign 'Issaquah - Sammamish'...my immediate thought was 'what's on an Issaquah sammich?'...
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Re: A need for speed
Mon, June 15, 2009 - 5:12 PMMaybe "sammamish" is Lushootseed for "very hungry for a sandwich?"
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Re: A need for speed
Sat, June 13, 2009 - 11:50 PMAll the Batman fight words:
POW
ZAP
BANG
ZING
ZIP
ZOWWY
