An event as big as a volcano that disrupts transportation around the globe might be expected to have its name added to the English lexicon, perhaps meaning "to cause widespread disruption," an English-language monitor said Tuesday.

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But what happens when that volcano's name is Eyjafjallajokull, as in the Icelandic volcano whose ash clouds have grounded thousands of flights worldwide?

[President and chief word analyst of the Global Language Monitor Paul JJ] Payack was not optimistic. "I've never heard anybody pronounce it right yet, and I couldn't even try," he said.