Zerlyna@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1160
arrow-up1148message-squareThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.Zerlyna@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 months agoThose are all heterological words, just like “phonetic”. Autological (or homological) would be words like “pentasyllabic”, “unhyphenated” and “writable.”.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoMy favorite is ‘Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia’, which is the word for the condition of being phobic of long words. Feels like the doctor who named that one was a bit of a dick XD
minus-squareSnipingNinja@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoSame, always fascinated me when I first learnt it
Those are all heterological words, just like “phonetic”.
Autological (or homological) would be words like “pentasyllabic”, “unhyphenated” and “writable.”.
My favorite is ‘Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia’, which is the word for the condition of being phobic of long words. Feels like the doctor who named that one was a bit of a dick XD
Same, always fascinated me when I first learnt it