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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? #1 (permalink) Fri Sep 29, 2006 20:30 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 #2 (permalink) Fri Sep 29, 2006 21:08 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 #3 (permalink) Fri Sep 29, 2006 21:48 pm   A-mile-a-minute
 

Hi, Michael! :)

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

Quote:
the allowed max speed in the UK
70 mph
:) ;)

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 :)

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Max allowed speed #4 (permalink) Fri Sep 29, 2006 21:57 pm   Max allowed speed
 

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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! 8)

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

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Why is the word smiles the longest word in English? #5 (permalink) Sat Sep 30, 2006 5:42 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! :D
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Why is the word smiles the longest word in English? #6 (permalink) Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:55 am   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.. :lol: thousands of miles :lol:
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