Talk:Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

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It seems to me that this page should be merged into the page for Number of the Beast (numerology), where most of the same information is covered better. Rcharman -- 10/19/2005 9:48 PM EDT

Everybody is sure this exist? 217.132.157.232 15:47, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Yeah...a 33 letter word. Hexaphobia seems like a more realistic term --DragonWR12LB 03:15, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
The use of -kosioi and -konta are necessary to depict 666. Just using 'Hexa' means you're phobic about the number six. Hexakosioi is 600, hexekonta is 60 and hexa is 6. --Pawchikapawpaw 19:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

How the hell do you say that?


This is probably the strangest article on Wikipedia...

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[edit] Pronunciation

Please will someone put on the page for this article how it should be pronounced?

Hex-a-koh-si-oh-ee-hex-eh-kon-ta-hex-a-pho-bi-a. Anyone familiar with the IPA, please be my guest... --65.143.28.63 20:14, 25 May 2006 (UTC) (SheeEttin)

Ok, now say that 6 times fast.--24.248.60.130 22:14, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


I would really like an IPA pronunciation key too. For now, here's a closer one.

Hek-suh-koh-see-oh-ee-hek-suh-kon-tuh-hek-suh-foh-bee-uh

Assuming that foh is the emphasized syllable (?).

theGeoffMeister 05:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

This is still a work in progress considering that this is a really long constructed word and that it doesn't really sound natural even if you've mastered the pronunciation: ˌhɛksəkəʊziɘʊiˌhɛksəkɒntəˌhɛksəˈfəʊbiə I need a linguistics expert to check this over and probably move the emphasis markers, however I'm quite sure that the IPA symbols are correct. It would be much simpler if we just re-named it something like "six-six-six-aphobia" as it is seldom used anyway. Angryafghan 02:05, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This is why I love Wikipedia

"Note that in base 12, two-thirds is 0.8, and 0.666 is the fraction 6/11."

Duly Noted, good sir.

[edit] Hell, Michigan

Someone should probably add the details of Hell, Michigan's events for today (06/06/06)... just for the hell of it.

Thank you, try the veal.

[edit] Fear of fractions?

Well now, that's just plain silly.


I think maybe its more fear of math class ;) Caleb09 01:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Illogical redundancy that is illogically redundant

from this article:

Some other Christian thinkers believe that number does indeed refer to something in the end times, but as the exact meaning is unclear, any "phobia" is illogical.

from phobia:

A phobia (from the Greek φόβος "fear"), is a strong, persistent fear of situations, objects, activities, or persons. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject.

from http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illogical:

illogical 1. Contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning.

If a phobia is unreasonable, which by definition is illogical, then isn't a phobia illogical by definition? If the meaning of the vague apocalyptic idea behind the phobia was clear, would the phobia be logical? This redundancy should be removed or significantly modified.CatastrophicToad 13:15, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


I've undone User:Dr binks' sweeping reversion back to his own edition. If some changes are necessary (which may be the case) then please discuss them. Reverting to your own version is not the same as WP:BOLD! Inner Earth 14:11, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] June 6th, 2006

I'm not sure about the factual accuracy of the claim that:

There were many people with hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia on 6/6/06, because that date reminded people of the Number of the Beast.

As I understood it (IANAMD), a phobia is strong, persistant and interferes with daily life. Is this possible on one day? Inner Earth 08:04, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Of course not. One might perhaps say,
Many people with hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia were anxious on June 6th, 2006, because that date (6/6/06) reminded them of the Number of the Beast.
Or more correctly (e.g. about certain priests in Norway),
Many people were anxious that on June 6th, 2006, satanists would carry out vandalism or other activities, because the date (6/6/06) resembles the Number of the Beast.
--Niels Ø 08:27, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Is the second of these actually hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia though? Isn't that just fear of vandalism or the Beast? How about an amendment to your first one suggestion, which is not so rooted in the origination of the fear -
Many people with hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia were anxious on June 6th, 2006, because that date (6/6/06) reminded them of the number 666.
Inner Earth 08:55, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
yes, but would you be able to find solid references for this?--Niels Ø 12:46, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
There are no references either for the old version or for any of the suggestions I made here, they are all conjecture and educated guesses. I've taken out the relevent line for the moment. Inner Earth 13:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] 616

Hasn't recent research turned up compelling evidence that the number of the beast is actually 616 anyway? That would be worth a mention here. Transentient

A link to The Number of The Beast would cover such details.


[edit] amateur numerology

The mentioned Ronald (6 letters) Wilson (6 letters) Reagan (6 letters) - 666. (Duh.) Arakrys 14 okt 2006


[edit] rarity

this article basically states that fear of 666 is rare. it is not a rare fear at all.

[edit] longest word?

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia = 29 Antidisestablishmentarianism = 28

Who else reckons this counts as the longest word in the English language?

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobics = 30 -Monkey 13!!! 19:26, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians = 31, Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobically = 33, and no doubt one could construct even longer words, with or without this root. "Longest word in the English language" is as silly as "largest integer", but you may look for "longest word in a printed English dictionary or encyclopedia published by a regular publishing house", say. "Longest word in en.wikipedia" would be problematic, though.--Niels Ø 09:08, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


I believe that the term hexa---phobian doesn't exist, it's simply hexa---phobe. But I still see your point. Antidisestablishmentarianism is NOT the longest word in the English language, it is just currently the longest word in the Oxford English dictionary. I haven't the slightest for what the longest word actually is. theGeoffMeister 05:13, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

YOu have to read wikipedia, not only write it :-) -- Longest word in English. `'mikkanarxi 05:59, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


According to Wikipedia itself, Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis IS the longest word invented to this day. This word contains 45 letters and it is a disease caused by volcanoe dust. Look it up in the Wikipedia search engine, you'll see. 67.187.159.163 04:08, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

For the curious, take a look at Lopado...pterygon and the rest of Longest word in English. John Vandenberg 04:37, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible vandalism

I don't know enough on the subject to fix the article myself, but it somehow I doubt that the word Superawesomenoobhaxors belongs on the page.

Deffinate vandalism. Ill see if I can pull back an older version, if not ill leave it to someone else. Oh well looks like someone beat me to it. Seems to be sorted though so its all good.

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