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Inspired by some of the random spellings of Kretzschmaria that I see, and smug because I always spell it right, here's something I offer for people to ponder in an idle moment.The reason I always get it right is because I have noticed it bizzarely has 6 consonants in a row, and when I write it down I usually check that they are all there. But I keep hoping someday to come across another name of a fungus or plant that shares (ooh, or exceeds) this 6 consonant mnemonic. Anybody go any?

So, it's tz (as in Judie Tzuke, singer). sch (as in school). maria.

 

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15 minutes ago, daltontrees said:

Inspired by some of the random spellings of Kretzschmaria that I see, and smug because I always spell it right, here's something I offer for people to ponder in an idle moment.The reason I always get it right is because I have noticed it bizzarely has 6 consonants in a row, and when I write it down I usually check that they are all there. But I keep hoping someday to come across another name of a fungus or plant that shares (ooh, or exceeds) this 6 consonant mnemonic. Anybody go any?

So, it's tz (as in Judie Tzuke, singer). sch (as in school). maria.

 

Laugh, I nearly pissed myself! Anybody go any?

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28 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

I know if a whippy branch gets you in the nuts it can produce far more than six consonants.

 

Aaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!

And lifting a heavy log onto the wagon (or shifting stubborn logs of the other kind), there's 'Hnnnng'

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17 minutes ago, daltontrees said:

Is that official? And what about proper nouns, like Kretzschmaria?

No, you are right, I'm not sure about proper nouns. I remember learning that the longest strings of consonants were 6 in any English words, but that would just be dictionary words I would think. 

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Inspired by some of the random spellings of Kretzschmaria that I see, and smug because I always spell it right, here's something I offer for people to ponder in an idle moment.The reason I always get it right is because I have noticed it bizzarely has 6 consonants in a row, and when I write it down I usually check that they are all there. But I keep hoping someday to come across another name of a fungus or plant that shares (ooh, or exceeds) this 6 consonant mnemonic. Anybody go any?
So, it's tz (as in Judie Tzuke, singer). sch (as in school). maria.
 

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14 minutes ago, Bunzena said:

Rhythms

You should tell Collins. You have to read down the link a bit. 

BLOG.COLLINSDICTIONARY.COM

The longest word listed in Collins English Dictionary is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, which is the full name of the...

 

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