I suspect that readers of this blog are highly likely to suffer from the malady 🙂 known as alogotransiphobia:
The fear of being caught on public transport with nothing to read.
When I discovered that this thing had a name I felt a sense of relief that I wasn’t the only one – yes, I willingly admit that I’ve got it too. 😉
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Then of course we have its close relation abibliophobia:
The fear of running out of reading material.
Can you imagine anything worse? 🙂
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These words, and others, are offered by the Free Word Centre, a charity based in London, UK which is dedicated to literature, literacy and free expression. It hosts events and collaborates on a local, national and international level in three major programmes, one of which is entitled The Power of Translation.
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The only thing better than finding out it has a name is knowing I’m not the only person suffering from it. 🙂
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Abibliophobia: I tried my best but failed miserably (to imagine anything worse than this….:) ).