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No point in writing them all again. Take your pick HERE.
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Jan 30, 2009 13:36 pm Confused about the Longest English Word |
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Dear all,
Can anyone tell me or rather post some of the longest English words? I will appreciate it very much.
Thanks.
Noren
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Jan 30, 2009 14:51 pm The Longest English Word |
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This is a topic which has no definitive answer and is really not worth pursuing. If you have some interest, start HERE, FOR INSTANCE
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Apr 10, 2009 23:51 pm The Longest English Word |
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| This is a topic which has no definitive answer and is really not worth pursuing. |
Why do you say this? It would seem that quite a number of people have pursued this, and their answers often have much in common. Who is to judge worth? :-)
Let's see what Hot For Words has to say about this:
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Apr 11, 2009 0:13 am The Longest English Word |
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Yes, quite a few have pursued this-- fruitlessly. Nice chest, though.
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:15 am The Longest English Word |
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It is indeed a pointless and fruitless quest. There is no (theoretical) longest word in English.
You can always keep adding prefixes and suffixes to a word to make it longer. Granted, it rapidly becomes convoluted to the point of meaningless, but there's no limit.
Consider:
Establish
Establishment
Disestablisment
Disestablishmentarian
Antidisestablishmentarian
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Preantidisestablishmentarianism
Preantidisestablishmentarianismical
Neopreantidisestablishmentarianismical
Postneopreantidisestablishmentarianismical
Pseudopostneopreantidisestablishmentarianismicalist
Antipseudopostneopreantidisestablishmentarianismicalist
Etc. etc, ad naseum.
There, I've just beat your 45 letter word by another 10 letters, with no end in sight.
Granted, I don't have the eye candy she does to back it up, though.
Now, can we stop asking this question?
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