I hope for your sake that you didn’t miss the latest English class by Professor Shashi Tharoor! Because he taught some really biiiiiiiiiiiig words. BIG. HUGE.
In just two tweets, Shashi Tharoor managed to give us a lot a to talk about. We learnt two new words: floccinaucinihilipilification and hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia!
Phew! Tired already.
Of course, Twitter had a lot of fun meme-ing the hell out of the latest bout of Tharoorian English to hit us illiterate folks. But here’s where it gets interesting!
Little kids, still in single digits of age, have managed to pronounce floccinaucinihilipilification! And if you ever thought that Tharoorian English was no child’s play, well, I call an exasperating farrago of distortions on it!
I kid you not, these kids are amazing!
This little kid did it. #Floccinaucinihilipilification pic.twitter.com/ivoSJQqMx0
— Ramdas (@ramdasrocks) October 10, 2018
Reminds me of the Czechoslovakia-pronouncing baby ad from years ago!
#floccinaucinihilipilification the kid is doing a better job than me or you or all of us pic.twitter.com/AVqmTKf61N
— PS (@purnimashukla) October 11, 2018
ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് പണ്ഡിതൻ ശശി തരൂർ പ്രധാനമന്ത്രി നരേന്ദ്ര മോദിയെ വരെ കുഴക്കിയ Tweet…..#floccinaucinihilipilification
( "മൂല്യം കാണാതെ ഒന്നിനെ തള്ളി കളയുക" )
പ്രിയ സുഹൃത്തുക്കളായ അർച്ചനയുടെയും സുജിത്തിന്റെയും മകളുടെ അപാര പെർഫോമൻസ്.. കാണൂ… #pronounce pic.twitter.com/rPUes7dLXH— Shan Varghese (@ShanVarghese4) October 11, 2018
OH MY GOD, you kids!
This one is from @RevathyNS kid Nihit. #Floccinaucinihilipilification pic.twitter.com/dCaHyY2Vpn
— Ramdas (@ramdasrocks) October 10, 2018
Apparently, it was like an epidemic! Not sure if these kids were really into learning Tharoor uncle’s big words, but their parents sure were proud!
@ShashiTharoor Sir you've done this to the whole country 😂
My two year old tries #floccinaucinihilipilification #tharoorianenglish pic.twitter.com/NxdxkYFaVZ— Themommysinger (@Suganndha) October 11, 2018
Insane, right?
It was so awesome, that even the master himself, Shashi Tharoor couldn’t help praising the little champs!
Apologies for doing this to the young! https://t.co/QIoZnY9CED
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 10, 2018
When the master concedes to the students!
What a cute baby & what a game trier! I doubt i could have done that at her age! https://t.co/6EBCfgLemV
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 12, 2018
So, then, do you wanna try and give it a go?
When you're asked to pronounce #floccinaucinihilipilification #tharoorianenglish pic.twitter.com/xNp3GtpVOY
— Abhinay Joshi (@abhinayjoshi45) October 12, 2018
Yeah, thought so!