99 words

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For reasons which may become apparent, I decided not to attempt an audio!

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She was born Philomena, but she calls herself Mena because she dislikes words with more than a handful of letters. I wouldn’t call her hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobic though, mainly because I can’t pronounce it!

We went to a pub quiz. She did well! The capital of Italy …., singer Lady ….,  president of the USA, Donald ….., she actually said ‘Duck’, which was fitting bearing in mind that unfortunate incident a couple of years ago!

We were asked to define the word Inkling. Her face lit up, she had a vague idea what it meant.

‘It’s young tattoo artist’, she shouted!

Good try, Mena!

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Thanks to Sammi Cox for hosting the Weekend Writing Prompt

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12 thoughts on “99 words”

  1. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin May 30, 2026 / 13:59

    Wowza what a long word, Keith. I had trouble reading it much less pronoucing it. And an inkling…what a definition…lol!

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings May 30, 2026 / 14:09

      I’ve aways thought it odd that the word for a fear of long words is one of the longest in the dictionary!

      • Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin May 30, 2026 / 14:39

        Perhaps in a strange way…that is quiet fitting, Keith. Who would want to say that word without some trepidation!

  2. poetisatinta's avatar poetisatinta May 30, 2026 / 17:26

    😃So good Keith – no wonder you didn’t do an audio for it with that long word!! Love the definition of inkling 😅

  3. Sadje/ Sadie's avatar Sadje/ Sadie May 30, 2026 / 18:08

    Lol! She almost got it right. 😻

  4. Dale's avatar Dale May 30, 2026 / 18:57

    That was so much fun! And yeah… I tried to say it out loud…I don’t blame you for not wanting a lasting legacy of you trying to!

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