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Scared of this? You must be lutraphobi
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1-11-2008 12:18 AM
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1-11-2008
8:55 AM
mickfinn
I suffer from
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-
llantysiliogogogoch-
phobia
Mainly because I can't pronounce it !
1-11-2008
10:49 AM
michellezm
That makes two of us Mick.
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