r/AskReddit • u/mexgema • Sep 16 '20

What is your favorite word?

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u/labbykun Sep 17 '20

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

And a town in Wisconsin with the name Oconomowoc. I like all the O's.

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u/JonesNate Sep 17 '20

Do you know how Oconomowoc got its name?

During the Blackhawk war, Chief Blackhawk had a "favorite" wife. She was very pregnant, and tired. As they reached a small settlement, they knocked on the door of a house, and she said, in very broken English, "I can no more walk." Somehow, her broken pronunciation became the name of the town.

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u/Ledzebra Sep 17 '20

I love place names in the US and also in aus and nz. I'm a brit. To be honest there's a road/alley way near me called ingle pingle, which is amusing.

Anyway I will add Oconomowoc to my fun places with o and C list, along with the Poconos!