What makes me wonder?
Oh, loads of things;
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
And when she gets there she knows if the stores are closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
And you know sometimes words have two meanings
In the tree by the brook there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking
Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forest will echo with laughter...
... all that makes me wonder for a start...
Sirona: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is not what you say it is. The fear of long words is sesquippedaliophobia of sesquippephobia, my Greek's not good enough to say for sure. But as Hippopotomos is 'water horse', and monstro is rather obviously dervied from monster (or vica-versa) I think that you've been had.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia actually means 'water horse monster afraid of long words'. Next time I'm at a zoo I'll try yelling "antidisestablishmentarianism" or "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" or "floccinauccinihilipilification" or;
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... and I'll let you know if the hippos show signs of fear...
I will refrain from pointing out differences in our paradigms that would have lead you to realise this, as I'm being nice...