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06-03-2004, 04:46 PM | #21 |
Harper
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Vađlaheiđarvegavinnuverkfćrageymsluskúr
Icelandic's longest word. I could tell you about Icelandic grammar, were every verb has 54 diffrent versions... but I would need a whole forum for it... [img]smile.gif[/img] |
06-03-2004, 04:47 PM | #22 |
Osiris - Egyptian God of the Underworld
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PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
Just one I grabed out of the air. A lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles.
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06-03-2004, 05:03 PM | #23 | |
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Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki maungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. Game, set and match to our Kiwi cousins I think.......
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06-03-2004, 06:09 PM | #24 |
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Ahem. The largest word ever to appear in the English language is...
Ornicopytheobibliopsychocrystarroseioaerogenethlio meteoroaustrohieroanthropoich- tyopyrosiderochpnomyoalectryoophiobotanopegohydror habdocrithoaleuroalphitohalom- ybdoclerobeloaxinocoscinodactyliogeolithopessopsep hocatoptrotephraoneirochiroon- ychodactylarthstichooxogeloscogastrogyrocerobleton ooenoscapulinaniac. "Medieval scribes used this word to refer to 'a deluded humain who practices divination of forecasting by means of phenomena, interpretation of acts, or other manifestations related to [long, long list of stuff.] Source: The Top 10 of Everything 2001 EDIT: So the formatting doesnt mess up the page. [ 06-03-2004, 06:11 PM: Message edited by: True_Moose ] |
06-03-2004, 06:13 PM | #25 | |
Gold Dragon
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06-03-2004, 06:21 PM | #26 | |
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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia seems to be the proper response to all of the above... It basically means "fear of long words".
Oh, and a very interesting site on this matter, definitely worth reading: [img]smile.gif[/img] http://www.informationgenius.com/enc...n_english.html And there are words on that page that make True Moose's entry look as long as "ouch". Quote:
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06-03-2004, 06:57 PM | #27 |
Harper
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When they named that hill they just picked random letters and arranged them until it looked like a very long word... [img]smile.gif[/img]
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06-03-2004, 07:39 PM | #28 |
Jack Burton
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you guys are talking gibberish to me [img]tongue.gif[/img] . seriously! im a simple minded guy and cant even say the first 7 letters of all the words you guys presented to me.
Jorath: your sig of lotr is cool [img]smile.gif[/img]
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06-03-2004, 09:01 PM | #29 |
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'you guys are talking gibberish to me . seriously! im a simple minded guy and cant even say the first 7 letters of all the words you guys presented to me.'
Even Homoautonecroeroticism?
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06-03-2004, 09:04 PM | #30 |
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Dirty Meg, for a second there I thought you were saying you're a guy and that you feel the same way as Hark Then I realised you just don't know about the quote feature see the little quote button with the red arrow above each post?
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