Wordie: Raccoonnookkeeper: Comments

Comment by oroboros, 11 months ago

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:48:48 +0000

And if your raccoonnook was at the zoo in Haiti where they display the animals used in native hex rituals you'd be a voodoozooraccoonnookkeeper?

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:26:58 +0000

In a sane world, yes, the acronym would be shorter. But this is the federal government, don't forget, where No Acronym Can Be Too Long (NACBTL). Those in the know, however, call it the RacCivServ.

You actually start at G-5, but you can go up to G-12 and you get locality pay. And, you know, all those federal holidays. Npydyuan, I think you'd like it.

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:16:25 +0000

Wait, isn't the acronym actually USRCS? Also, can you be hired as a G-9 or above, or do you have to start at G-4 and get promoted?

Edit: Ha! I read "USRNKCS" over again and it looked like ronks. Ha!

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:34:16 +0000

I can tell you. First, you need to take your raccoonnookkeeper's civil service exam. If you score 700 or higher, you're eligible to be interviewed at your state's U.S. Raccoonnookkeeper's Civil Service (USRNKCS) employment office. If you're deemed qualified, you will be contacted when the next available position is open. You must serve at least one year as a Raccoonnookkeeper Apprentice (RA), then another as a Raccoonnookkeeper Intern (RI), before you can be certified as a Master Raccoonnookkeeper.

Very stringent rules, as you might imagine for such an important position.

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:40:15 +0000

So, npydyuan, do you think you have to go to school for this career? Get a certificate, maybe?

What kind of classes do you think they offer on becoming a raccoonnookkeeper?

Comment by seanahan, 11 months ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:20:05 +0000

I know what it means because I read the etymology. I think the average English speaker would have a difficult time parsing this word. Compound words in English pretty much max out at 2 pieces, bookkeeper, firehouse, lukewarm, all pairs. Of course, I have madeupicalized words that have far less reason for existence.

Comment by trivet, 11 months ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:01:03 +0000

Excellent career choice, npydyuan!

Comment by npydyuan, 11 months ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:57:08 +0000

At last, I know what I want to be when I grow up!

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:46:03 +0000

*loves this word*

Comment by sionnach, 11 months ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:27:01 +0000

seanahan : but you know exactly what it means, right? So, it's a specific word to describe a very specific idea. Which makes it legitimate, in my book. Besides which, the statement that English is not agglutinative cannot be entirely true, or the word "bookkeeper" would not be admissible.

Comment by seanahan, 11 months ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:06:39 +0000

I just can't justify this word as existing. English is not agglutinative!

Comment by yarb, 11 months ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:25:21 +0000

At last, I can write that poem about the bookkeeper.

Five sets of double letters

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:45:19 +0000

Bookkeeper is (i think) the only word in the English Language that has three-sets of double-letters. Someone suggested subbookkeeper, which has 4 sets of double-letters. (i can't take credit for this word) but someone suggested that if you have raccoons and you keep them in a nook, then you would be a raccoonnookkeeper, which holds the record at 5 sets of double letters.