Then of course there is xenoglossophilia (love of foreign languages). Sounds like something to do with Hamlet's late lamented girlfriend, though. ;-)
Wouldn't xenoglossolalia be utterly redundant though (glossolalia being the term for what is referred to as "speaking in tongues" in English-language Bibles)?
The irony of all this is all these terms are themselves borrowed from Greek, if I recall correctly.
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It's all Greek to me...
Date: 2005-09-30 08:45 am (UTC)Wouldn't xenoglossolalia be utterly redundant though (glossolalia being the term for what is referred to as "speaking in tongues" in English-language Bibles)?
The irony of all this is all these terms are themselves borrowed from Greek, if I recall correctly.
Re: It's all Greek to me...
Date: 2005-09-30 11:12 am (UTC)At least in English.
I have "xenoglossolaliaphobia", actually.
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Date: 2005-10-01 06:44 am (UTC)