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.