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Originally Posted by saucywench Berenice or anyone else who might know. Last night I made Sveeedish Meatballs, which got me thinking. What is the correct pronunciation of this word...Worcestershire?...
It's pronounced Wooster-shear in Britain. In America all bets are off.
"It's just nice to meet another human that shares my affinity for elf culture."
"It's just like Santa's workshop! Except it smells like mushrooms... and everyone looks like they wanna hurt me..."
"Cotton-headed ninny-muggins."
From Urban Dictionary:
ELF-ESTEEM
The feeling of being overworked, under appreciated and like you don't exist to others during the holidays while in actuality the season's success depends on you.
The sense of being 3 feet small when others would view you in high stature if they realized all you do to make the holiday's happen.
Ex.-I think Hermey is having some elf-esteem issues. He's pulling the stuffing out of all the teddy bears.
Floccinaucinihilipilification (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Floccinaucinihilipilification - broken link) 29 letters (and meaning the act of estimating something as being worth so little as to be practically valueless, or the habit of doing so) is the longest non-technical, coined word in the English language
Antidisestablishmentarianism (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Antidisestablishmentarianism - broken link), 28 letters, is the longest non-coined, non-technical English word. It refers to a 19th century political movement that opposed the disestablishment of the Church of England as the state church of England.
The longest word which appears in William Shakespeare's works, 27-letter honorific*abilitud*initatibus, appearing in Love's Labour's Lost.
humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua‘a, or reef triggerfish, is Hawaii's official state fish. 22 letters
The longest place name in the United States, 45 letters is Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagunga… a lake in Webster, Massachusetts.
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