WHERE did my spelling bee list go Tuesday?

[rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com]

This word won't be of much use to most, but I'm so cross at losing my spelling bee list that I'm just going to cop out and use it.


humuhumunukunukuapuaa /ˌhumuˌhumuˌnukuˌnukuˌɑpuˈɑɑ/ [hoo-moo-hoo-moo-noo-koo-noo-koo-ah-poo-ah-ah]

noun
either of two triggerfishes, esp. Rhinecantus aculeatus, of Indo-Pacific coral reefs.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/humuhumunukunukuapuaa

Sentence:
I wonder if the humuhumunukunukuapuaa is edible?

Comments

[neoreulwonhae.livejournal.com]

I remember first hearing this word years ago and I was like WTF! It looks really intimidating at first but it's really easy if you just study it for a second. Humu humu nuku nuku a puaa. Yayyyy.

[stagknight.livejournal.com]

You just have to get those two 'a's and the lack of diphthong on the nuku-a right. It's a kind of fun word to say.

[stufsocker.livejournal.com]

Right. There's a glottal stop between the last two As. I actually saw one of these fish when I was snorkeling on Kauai. It was grooooovy.

[tsubasa-en11.livejournal.com]

i wonder when would i use it. lol thanks anyway. It somehow makes my day. :D

[dannygirl3.livejournal.com]

Amusing :)
Thanks :)

[grizzly-ripper.livejournal.com]

Marvelous!

Sounds and looks very much like a Finnish word :)

[blood-suspend.livejournal.com]

It's Hawaiian :)

[nerdfury.livejournal.com]

The Finnish name for it is humuhumunukunukuapuaa-bork.

[abstract-whisk.livejournal.com]

>.> I really want to use this one while playing hangman. Even if they get the vowels first, likely they'll still be clueless.

[ieatbubbles.livejournal.com]

hoorah! a word i knew! although yeah, it's usually called a trigger fish in pet stores. my boyfriend lived in hawaii for a while, i think it's the state fish.

[sphinxbait.livejournal.com]

can't eat that fish (at least in the states)... it's protected.

Dunno why... there are gads of them in Hawaii, but it's the state fish...

[adesteinfidelis.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"... "Humuhumunukunukuapuaa, bitch!"