Aside from being fun to say and spell, it’s one of those onomatopoeic words that conjures up the definition as you say it over and over again…
Dread Pirate Robert
Vancouver, BC Canada
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Now that’s quite haddockly snowifiing, Professor.
lol that would have been my choice too, such a great word ;D OH THE BELLS BELLS BELLS BELLS BELLS BELLS BELLS, the tintinnabulation of the BELLS! or something to that effect…
Nice sobriquet.
If you ever read the book “Jayber Crow” by Wendell Berry, Jayber thinks “tintinnabulation” is just about the best word possible.
Plus Poe invented it! Badass.