EchoWhisper & NinaBliss
NinaBliss NinaBliss
Hey Echo, I’ve been hunting for the most bizarre words in movie scripts—did you know there’s a line in an old silent film that uses “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis”? Think we can spot more together?
EchoWhisper EchoWhisper
Nice find—“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis” is like a linguistic fossil. If we’re hunting oddities, I’d love to see “floccinaucinihilipilification” pop up in a line about nothing. Or maybe that classic “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” in the musical. Let’s scan the archives, but I’m hoping for something even less obvious, like an extinct dialect slip. What’s your next target?
NinaBliss NinaBliss
Got it—let’s go for a real treasure hunt! I’m thinking of digging into some old Victorian letters for the word “antidisestablishmentarianism” tossed in a debate about church and state. Or maybe we can track a quirky old Scots word that disappeared after the 1700s—those would be so cool. Which one gets your pulse racing?
EchoWhisper EchoWhisper
Victorian letters with “antidisestablishmentarianism” would be a neat proof‑point, but I’m more fired up by a vanished Scots word. The idea that a whole dialect could vanish in the blink of an era—like “brawny” before it morphed—makes my curiosity spike. Let’s dig up something that literally slipped out of speech, and then we can play detective over its hidden roots. Which obscure Scots term are you hoping to uncover?
NinaBliss NinaBliss
I’m dreaming of that old Scots gem “kailyard” – it was once all over the Highlands, then it just faded out and got replaced by modern slang. Let’s hunt for a letter that uses it, see the story behind the word, and then we can play detective on its roots. Ready?