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مشاهدة النسخة كاملة : The longest word in the English Language


besho
04-04-2005, 08:57 PM
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

The Guinness Book of Records, in its 1992 and subsequent editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters

Floccinaucinihilipilification is the act or habit of esteeming or describing something as worthless, or making something to be worthless . Its pronunciation is \'flx-chE-'nau-chE-ni-'hi-lE-'pi-lE-fI-'ca-shun


Can you write longer than this word

challenge is needed

yalla

besho

هيا القحطاني
05-04-2005, 09:29 PM
salam 3alaikom besho ..

tell u what ..

i came across this word when i was in college .. and we had to pronounce it .. lol .. i shall never forget it :)

هيا القحطاني
05-04-2005, 09:30 PM
salam 3alaikom besho ..

tell u what ..

i came across this word when i was in college .. and we had to pronounce it .. lol .. i shall never forget it :)

هيا القحطاني
05-04-2005, 09:33 PM
oh my ..

why did my reply have to come twice .. pretty embarrasing i guess

... anyways .. cheerz

haya

jerusalem
07-04-2005, 01:26 PM
Yah

I can write longer than this worch is .........................
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (a cracking 45 letters)

means
Alung Disease

المعلم
07-04-2005, 01:42 PM
salaaaaaaaaaaaaam
I guess I have to look for a longer word than yours, besho and Jerusalem
Wait >>>>> I'll be back sooooooon
Regards
:D

jerusalem
07-04-2005, 01:48 PM
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
we shall seeeeeee

هيا القحطاني
08-04-2005, 01:12 AM
salam 3alaikom

hey mates ..
better work hardtill u find the word you're after ;)

hayoona

المعلم
08-04-2005, 11:04 AM
OK friends >> I am back again
This is what I have found
The longest word to appear in standard English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. This is the name of a lung disease suffered by miners. It first appeared in Webster's New International Dictionary and then alter in the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

45 letters:cool:
Regards

jerusalem
08-04-2005, 01:41 PM
Thanx alot for ur efforts but
the same word that i suggested
u can see
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (a cracking 45 letters
and this is yours

) pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis

are they the same


Best Regards

المعلم
09-04-2005, 09:24 AM
Salaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam
Hi Sis Jerusalem
Sorry I made a mistake over there, but her are some words longer than than what up there
they are from the Encyclopedia
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James Joyce, well known for his distinctive style, made up nine 100 and one 101 letter long words in his novel Finnegans Wake, the most famous of which is:
Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronn- tuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnu k. Appearing on the first page, it allegedly is the symbolic thunderclap representing the fall of Adam and Eve. As this word appears nowhere else except in reference to this passage, it is not generally accepted as a "real" word.
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In the 1970s, there were advertisements for Lipsmackinthirstquenchinacetastinmotivatingoodbuzz incooltalkinhighwalkinfastlivinevergivincoolfizzin Pepsi, coining a 100-letter term. Later, the 71 letter Two*all*beef*patties*special*sauce*lettuce*cheese* pickles*onions*on*a*sesame*seed*bun was used in a McDonald's Restaurant advertisement.

Regards