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Why is the word smiles the longest word in English?



 
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Why is the word smiles the longest word in English? Fri Sep 29, 2006 21:30 pm  Why is the word smiles the longest word in English?		  
Hi,

Why is the word smiles the longest word in the English language?

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Max allowed speed Fri Sep 29, 2006 22:08 pm  Max allowed speed		  
Hi Alan,

I don?t know about the allowed max speed in the UK but as much as I know in the US it is 55 mph. So it definitely would take a car driver in the US more than one minute to pass your word. But also if the allowed max speed in the US would be 5 mph higher you couldn?t pass it in one minute, could you?

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A-mile-a-minute Fri Sep 29, 2006 22:48 pm  A-mile-a-minute		  
Hi, Michael! Smile

Your the mile-a-minute answer has given no chance to such a slooooooooooooow-witted peeeeeeeeeerson as me Smile

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the allowed max speed in the UK
70 mph
Smile Wink

By the way, once I met that record-holder (the longest-English-word) somewhere on the Internet...
That's unbelievable... what people can do with their language, I mean Smile

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Max allowed speed Fri Sep 29, 2006 22:57 pm  Max allowed speed		  
Fan of Arabian horses wrote:
I don?t know about the allowed max speed in the UK but as much as I know in the US it is 55 mph.

Hey Michael! Cool

Which state (or states) do you think has a speed limit of only 55 mph ? Laughing

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Why is the word smiles the longest word in English? Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:42 am  Why is the word smiles the longest word in English?		  
Alan wrote:
Why is the word smiles the longest word in the English language?
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Because you can find between the first "s" and the last "s" there is "mile" , s_mile_s . Of course, Joking! Very Happy
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Why is the word smiles the longest word in English? Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:55 pm  Why is the word smiles the longest word in English?		  
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Because you can find between the first "s" and the last "s" there is "mile" , s_mile_s . Of course, Joking!

Fang, I agree.. Laughing thousands of miles Laughing
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