Pronounce this: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Hippopo...WHAT?! Yeah..., if you are like most normal, you probably shouldn't be able to pronounce that word. Then again, if you feel a need to pronounce "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" instead of just saying "fear of long words" then you probably are not normal anyway. But enough about how abnormal you may or may not be!

The reason I brought this ridiculous word to your attention was to introduce you to a pretty awesome web site I happened upon-- howjsay.com. Howjsay.com basically teaches you how to pronounce words (it actually pronounces the word!), so you don't make a fool out of yourself during that wedding toast, thereby costing youself that hot bridesmaid's phone number, because she thinks you're dumb. All you do with howjsay.com is enter the word you're looking for in the search space at the top of the web site, hit submit, and voila! you have your word pronunciation. Sometimes, you have to hold your cursor over the word to have it pronounced. And of course, you'll need speakers to hear the pronunciation, so have them handy.

One other cool thing about howjsay.com is that your spelling doesn't have to be great for it to produce some results. As an example, I entered "kantankros" and howjsay returned "Cantankerous"...pure awesomeness. So, go out there and use some words that, until now,  you've been terrified to think about!

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