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mollusque commented on the word caverniloquy
Another panvocalic milestone: a word other than an adverb with all six vowels in alphabetical order.
January 18, 2010
mollusque commented on the word caverniloquy
Caverniloquy, or cavernous pectoriloquy, is the speech of the patient as heard over an ordinary cavity.
--Richard C. M. Page, 1897, A Handbook of Physical Diagnosis of Diseases of the Organs of Respiration, p. 181
January 18, 2010
bilby commented on the word caverniloquy
The first thing that came to mind was a person speaking into a cave so he/she can hear the words echoing back.
January 18, 2010
mollusque commented on the word caverniloquy
In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner,
And his daughter Clementine.
January 18, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word caverniloquy
One wonders if the painters at Lascaux were among the first caverniloquists.
January 19, 2010