Paleooology is my favourite word because it has three “o”s in a row. What’s not to like? Also the idea that there’s a science devoted solely to fossilized eggs is quite pleasing.
James
UK
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If you spell it palaeooology then it must be one of the few (only?) English words with 5 vowels in a row!
i stumble upon this blog.. nice one.. just like my morenewwords.com blog.. but since english is not my language, what i put there are plain stupid simple to the english speakers.
Paleooogy is for eggs huh.. well that’s all 0 0 0 0 eggs..
I’m afraid that I think you’ve got two words mixed up: paleozoology (study of fossils) and paleology (study of antiquities).
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Paleology
you better count them again =)
Didn’t find this one in Dictionary.com, but there is another with 3 o’s: Paleozooogy, the science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology.
HOWEVER, here’s an interesting link indicating that Paleooology (or one of its cognates) may be nominated for addition into the Oxford Dictionary. (They say the purist would insist on a hyphen separating the third o from the other two…
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http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Palaeoology/message/164
The word queueing also has five vowels in a row. It can also be spelled queuing, but that’s not so much fun!