Are there any words that you have seen regularly, or at least on several occasions, in print but have NEVER heard anyone say in real life?

I love that word! It has such a gentle sense of humour about it.
I also love all the words with "hap" in the root.
String them together, and suddenly hap takes on a richer resonance of meaning.

I am happy you liked my answer.

I've always heard that word.  I use a carabiner every day that I leave home....my keys are connected to my purse with one.  :)

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Ha! I know - I don't know why I am so out of the loop on that word! I see them everywhere and just never knew what they were called. And I've never heard anyone say the word out loud.

And I had to look to see how it was pronounced. And it sounds to me like a pre-teen insult to another - - "You're such a carabiner."   
:)

("cara beener")


EDIT: I just searched the word -- there are several videos on how to pronounce it, ha! - and even in those, there were disagreements. Ha! :)

(I think I need to get a better life for myself, ha!)

:)


This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at June 5, 2020 4:44 PM MDT

Wow! 
Wiki says it's a phylum of heat-loving sulphate-reducing bacteria.
I wonder if the bacteria could be a natural means to reduce the acidity of acid-sulphate soils in agriculture.

I'm going to wish you success in your research.  :)

And they actually spell it like that?

Yes. 

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