Professor Weinberger would like more people to send in their own samples of the sixty-nine-word paragraph.
VOA: special.2011.08.04
And so,when the English said this word, it sounded like Santa Claus.
VOA: special.2009.12.20
"When I was talking about knowing if my business is viable or not, through a profit-and-loss model, I was like 'Wow,I didn't even know the word viable before, and now I do.'
VOA: special.2011.06.30
"For instance,using the word 'preclude' to mean 'precede.' Yeah,it sounds like 'precede,' but it means 'prevent.' And yet 'preclude' is not a particularly erudite term.
VOA: standard.2010.01.16
Working for a health care system, I just don't like that word."
VOA: standard.2010.07.16
"I met a blonde man and he said, 'That's a very interesting word.' And I said, 'What word is that?' And he said, 'Kiviuq!' And I said,' What do you mean?' And he said, 'We have a word just like that.' And I said, 'Where are you from?' And he said,'Finland,' Canada's Northern House exhibit is open throughout the Games.
VOA: standard.2010.02.19
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