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BIG WORDS
BIG WORDS Below is the sign for Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaunga- horonukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a Maori-named hill in New Zealand. At 85 letters, it is the world’s longest place name. In Canada, the longest place name, at 61 letters, is Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde. In Britain, the longest place name, at 58 letters, is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in North Wales. The US can only come up with, at 45 letters, Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Massachusetts! The three longest words in Oxford Dictionaries Online are: • antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters) - the opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England • floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters) - the estimation of something as worthless • pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) - a lung disease caused by inhaling silicon (often volcanic) dust particles There is one 189,819-lettered scientific word for a protein known as titin – Methionylthreonylthreonyl ... isoleucine. What’s wrong with titin? Recently, Germany’s longest word, Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz, has been abolished. The 63-lettered word refers to ‘the law concerning the delegation of duties for the supervision of cattle marking and the labelling of beef’. The law was introduced in 1999 during the BSE crisis, but it was repealed after the European Union stopped BSE-testing on healthy cattle at abattoirs. The word is now kaput! The German language is my second language - it is a very formal and difficult language to learn, but at least I can travel to Germany, Austria and a bit of Switzerland! Why didn't I choose Spanish or French as my second language? I could have travelled to many African and Latin American countries, plus France and half of Belgium. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words! How fair is that 35-lettered word for those suffering with the phobia? Just imagine the person who has a fear of very long words being first informed of the diagnosis! I try to avoid very long words, and a long word to me is any word more than three syllables. I can never say the word, anonymity, for some reason. I avoid saying the word at all costs! What is the longest word in your everyday vocabulary? Do you have any problems pronouncing certain words? Do you speak any other languages other than your native language? |
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ty for sharing with us. A very remarkable post. Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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Never heard of the Canadian one! your questions:...."a"....most definately... a bit of Russian(just a bit...took an 8 week coarse 28 years ago)
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"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (The song by Mary Poppins) Read my diary Journal of a Taxi Driver for taxi stories and pictures of flowers and trees.
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1. Supercaleywentballisticcelticwereatrocious. Or probably 'interstitial'. I lead such an exciting life! 2. Yes, but rarely twice in the same word. 3. Si, oui.
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I don't know what long word is in my every day vocabulary. Probably a medical term. I have trouble saying the word "function" It comes out sounding like fuckion. I avoid saying this word in public. I was born into an American Jewish family but at 9 months old moved overseas. I did not return to the U.S until I was 12 with the exceptions of occasional holidays and a few months here and there when my fathers position moved him to a new country. Anyway, that said, I spoke English and Spanish with a mix of Yiddish until I was in my teens. I lost the Spanish unless I was under hypnosis. Once in a while a word or phrase will make its way into my speech. I also know Sign Language as many members of my family are deaf.
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This is a really interesting post! I have a hard time enunciating certain words with the letter "r". Though for the life of me, I can't think of one of those words off the top of my head. I speak quite clearly, but some words with "r" just doesn't always come out quite right. When I was a child, I had problems saying words that began with the letter F - finished was shinished!
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ty for sharing with us. A very remarkable post.
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Never heard of the Canadian one! your questions:...."a"....most definately... a bit of Russian(just a bit...took an 8 week coarse 28 years ago)
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"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (The song by Mary Poppins)
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1. Supercaleywentballisticcelticwereatrocious. Or probably 'interstitial'. I lead such an exciting life! 2. Yes, but rarely twice in the same word. 3. Si, oui.
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I don't know what long word is in my every day vocabulary. Probably a medical term. I have trouble saying the word "function" It comes out sounding like fuckion. I avoid saying this word in public. I was born into an American Jewish family but at 9 months old moved overseas. I did not return to the U.S until I was 12 with the exceptions of occasional holidays and a few months here and there when my fathers position moved him to a new country. Anyway, that said, I spoke English and Spanish with a mix of Yiddish until I was in my teens. I lost the Spanish unless I was under hypnosis. Once in a while a word or phrase will make its way into my speech. I also know Sign Language as many members of my family are deaf.
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I hope you got to say the full name of the village!
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