words

[Mini-Geek]

Originally Posted by chappy

Something must go here

I have something of a different view. I guess you could call me...

[retina]

Originally Posted by Mini-Geek

I have something of a different view. I guess you could call me...

A man. A plan. A canal. Panama.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by retina

A man. A plan. A canal. Panama.

Aargh!

Now you've set off another attack of my aibophobia

[chappy]

Originally Posted by Mini-Geek

I have something of a different view. I guess you could call me...

(though why OSHA safety eyewear policy violator makes you anti-farmer I can't guess.)

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by xilman

Aargh!

Now you've set off another attack of my aibophobia

I thought is was aiboh-phobia.

[axn]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

I thought is was aiboh-phobia.

And now you have triggered it again, you insensitive clod!

[BudgieJane]

I have the opposite problem: ailihphilia.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

I thought is was aiboh-phobia.

I was so distressed I couldn't spell it properly.

[only_human]

Originally Posted by xilman

Aargh!

Now you've set off another attack of my aibophobia

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

I thought is was aiboh-phobia.

Originally Posted by xilman

I was so distressed I couldn't spell it properly.

All right old salts, bilge rats, scurvy dogs and landlubbers all, your first mistake is believing that Paul made a mistake. In Modern Greek, sensible for this recent word, it would be something like αίβοφοβία. I say something like rather than specifying exactly because this lowly worm of a scrivener feels that even the modern monotonic convention may differentiate the stress on the two usages of iota. That kind of distinction would be one that Paul is well-suited to make.

The second mistake only applies to those who do not routinely think in multiple languages and orthographies because the easy acceptance that one who does swim in these waters might all of a sudden forget how to flap his arms while swimming is a grievous error.

Do not compound these errors with a third occurance.

For now on, the correct reply is: "O Captain! My Captain!"