RE: [PHP] IRC and English

> -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Ford [mailto:pete@justcroft.com] > Sent: 02 September 2009 09:40 > > Words that are two lengthy: "of", "an", "to", "it" > (etc.) > Words that are too lengthy: "antidisestablishmentarianism", > "internationalisation" and that other one that begins with > "flocci..." something > > Sorry tedd :) Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Please, sir, I know that one: it's "floccinaucinihilipilification"! (God knows why I ever learnt that -- probably some pointless schoolboy challenge 40-odd years ago!! Is that the one that means "the act of valuing as worthless", or am I confusing it with something else? Back on topic, I must admit that a lot of txtspk sails by without me noticing -- I suspect as a legacy of online chatting on DEC-10s back in the 70s, using 10cps teletypes, with a line length limit of 80 characters! Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University, C507, Civic Quarter Campus, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS,  LS1 3HE,  United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm