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a wombat is an animal, that i know.... is it one of those australian mammals perhaps?

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In reply to a question by Ommmigosh back in the early days of this thread, it was a Python sketch that discussed words being woody or tinny ...

*tootles off to find said sketch*

Any bloviated words that are consipcuous in their complexity always make me titter ...

*thinks of the beginning of the Python Cheese Shop sketch ...

"Wenslydale: What can I do for you, Sir?

Customer: Well, I was, uh, sitting in the public library on Thurmon Street just now, skimming through "Rogue Herrys" by Hugh Walpole, and I suddenly came over all peckish.

Wenslydale: Peckish, sir?

Customer: Esuriant.

Wenslydale: Eh?

Customer: 'Ee, Ah wor 'ungry-loike!

Wenslydale: Ah, hungry!

Customer: In a nutshell. And I thought to myself, "a little fermented curd will do the trick," so, I curtailed my Walpoling activites, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some cheesy comestibles!

Wenslydale: Come again?

Customer: I want to buy some cheese.

Wenslydale: Oh, I thought you were complaining about the bazouki player!

Customer: Oh, heaven forbid: I am one who delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse!"

Thanks Ekki, I tought it was the Pythons. (Your name is very tinny by the way).

Unremarkable, a wombat is used for playing wom isn't it?
Aha aha haha haha! hmm.

No it's not ...

Marsupials
...better have wallaby and opossum, while we're on the subject.
Snack
Fred
Gauntlet
Chicken

some other great non-english words:

-machismo (espanol)
-bushido (japanese)
-en fuego! (spanish again)

i have no idea concerning the wombat... i dont think its neither a wom, nor a bat, but something completely unique. the marsupial comment was a total stab in the dark, as they say.

On That's Life (crappy old BBC TV show) there was once a man who couldn't say 'flannel' without laughing uncontrollably. He'd be a great man to have at a party.

gormless - a person lacing in gorms. ha ha i'm so witty. (that was sarcasm kiddies )

you can do lacing inside gorms...wow...oh and machismo has been translated into a english word..as in 'that guy has machismo'
oh and i know its a pair of words..but how about
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zygomorphism
zounds

has anyone mentioned dingo?

or dodo

or dodo?

or lurgies as in 'you'll catch the dreaded lurgies' (did anyone elses parents use that one on them as a child?)

"Lurgies" is in quite common usage here in the east of Scotland. Strangely there is an area of Montrose Basin (an area of tidal mud/goo flats) actually called "The Lurgies".

Dingo and dodo are funny, a wombat is indeed a marsupial (with a funny name).

Douglas Adams coined an alternative word for "sandwiches" for my family. They are now known as "Zarniwoops" after a character in the Hitchhiker series. (developed from the short form "sarneys")

The lurgies is the dreaded disease feared by all preteen girls....the only known way of catching lurgies is by kissing or holding the hands of a girl. Its generally better for pre-teens to avoid touching members of the opposite sex altogether (Puberty seems to bring numerous antibodies into the system of male and female teenagers that result in the nullification of Lurgies and also makes the prospect of touching, kissing and holding hands (and then some..that's for sure) seem suddenly remarkably attractive an idea.....very embarrasing to be the last person in the class to be cured of lurgies...I seemed to keep them until i was fifteen (what we call a late bloomer) (although I've more than made up for it since then...isn't that right amy..if she's here ) (that might be the wrong forum code..i can't remember)

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He's right you know. It is.

Gazpatcho

Always reminds of Rimmer's final words in Red Dwarf.

"Gazpatcho Soup!!"

Rama

Thrupenny. Or was it thrupny. Dear me, none of them look right. It doesn't appear in dictionaries any more. Thruppenny. Thrupence even. Thrupenny bit. Your know, funny little coin, that you could swap for 12 Blackjacks, or perhaps 12 Fruit Salads if you were that way inclined. Two of them made a tanner.

Maybe I dreamt it.