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ble, and your mi-na-ble, and your bo-mi-na-ble, and your a-bo-mi-na-ble.”

Thus they spelled on down to the final syllable, and the matter ended thus: “O double f, off there’s your off, and your cut off, and your tail cut off, and your his tail cut off, and your with his tail cut off, and your ble with his tail cut off, and your ble bee with his tail cut off, and your bum-ble-bee with his tail cut off, and your ble bum-ble-bee with his tail cut off, and your na-ble bum-ble-bee with his tail cut off, and your mi-na-ble bum-ble-bee with his tail cut off, and your bo-mi-na-ble bum-ble-bee with his tail cut off, and there's your abominable bumblebee with his tail cut off!”

This spelling was very exciting, tongue-tripping, and laughable, and not many could carry it clear through to the end.

Spelled in the same way was the word, “Ho-no-ri-fi-cabili-ni-tudini-tu-tebus-que.”

Also the word “Incomprehensibility.”