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my personal favorite long word is
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
see if you can beat it
or
guess what it means :P
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it is the briging down of the church (or dislikeing churches) by henry VIII.. i think.. sumthing along thos lines
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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i thought that was something differnt
i thought antidisestablismentarism
is just where you want things to stay as they are - anti de establising
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Written by: Pigeon
antidisastablishmentarianiam... the spelling is quite possibly very wrong.. but that was the word..
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i thought antidisestablismentarism
4give me if im wrong, but they look almost exactly the same (pigeons spelling is a little (
) off but meh ) The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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lol pigeon's is probably right - words and spelling are closed books to me :P
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lol interesting lot of words guys, made me smile as i was updating my ipod
i love useless random information
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related.
Some people say that "I do." is the shortest sentence you can make.
However, considering the context, it probably is the longest sentence too.
Socks
I'm weird. Just work through that and we'll all be fine.
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dang...i was gonne say antidisestablishmentarianism!
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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how about triskaidekaphobia??
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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Location: Vermont, USA
i would have to disagree with socks about the shortest sentence... since commands are considered valid sentances even without subjects, i think
Go.
would be the shortest.
also the longest word i know is from finnegan's wake:
bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
Q:What's the difference between the Great Highland Bagpipes and the Northumbrian Pipes?
A:The Great Highland Pipes burn longer.
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singed piper - what the? i cant even imagine how you pronounce that let along understand it
and also gita triskaidekaphobia whats that one mean?
if its pronounced: tree-dax-a-phobia could it be the fear of lettuce?
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Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukaka pikimaunga horonukupokaiwhenuakitanatahutahu
It is the name of a town in New Zealand.
the name means ""The brow of the hill where Tamatea, with the bony knees, who slid and climbed mountains, the great traveller, sat and played on the flute to his beloved."
i kidds ya not. I had to learn how to pronounce it in moari class.
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
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Some people say that "I do." is the shortest sentence you can make.
"go" is the shortest sentence, it doesnt need a verb or nethin cos its a direct command, so it doesnt need ne of the other stuff that classifies a sentence
useless info to the rescue
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its a minor sentence which technically doesnt classify it as a full on sentence sentence as a sentence needs both a subject and a predicate (basiclly a verb or sring of verbs)
teehee can you tell im doing english lang coursework at the mo?? and im still terrible at spelling, but what can you do?
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*is glad he does maths where the shortest statement is x"
anyone know if theres a linguistic version of imaginary numbers?
maybe imaginary sentences - they implied bits that make no sense in isolation and depend on body language
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Location: Vermont, USA
triskadekaphobia (no i) is the fear of the number 13
the word i quoted is from a poem called finnegans wake... google it.
go. has an implied subject and as such is accepted as a full sentence by most definitions.
Q:What's the difference between the Great Highland Bagpipes and the Northumbrian Pipes?
A:The Great Highland Pipes burn longer.
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the longest word I know is "smiles"
Luke sum ipse patrem te.
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singed piper...i thought triskaidekaphobia was spelt like that cos i got it off a triskaidekaphobia website!!
it's amazing what you can find on the internet!! do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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antidisestablishmentarianism
it has been here already but spelt a different way
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But Google did ask me whether I meant Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - I'll let you have the fun of finding where the mistake is
ohhhhh.. yeah ok, i knew that really... i didn't use the help of google
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if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
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Pigeon - you spelt it a different way, they eman different things.
But if you really want:
Lauroemphodiacetate.
Hydroxyethylcellulose.
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they're chemicals!!!!!
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They clean you hair,....i got bored one day and elarned the names off a shampoo bottle
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very
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I am Jack's Raging Bile Duct...
Loving you from the deepest part of my loins.
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this si going off topic....sorry guys
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*insert-long-word-here*
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (if u say it fast enuff, it can sound atrocius)!
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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Location: Bergen, Norway
rumours says that the longest word in norwegian is "Minoritetsbærerdiffusjonskoeffisientsmålingsapparatur," it's the name of some scientific machine that measures the distance between atoms or something
Luke sum ipse patrem te.
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sounds rather expensive 0.o
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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I know its expensive cos its a machine with a name i cannot even start thinking about pronouncing
(plus it can measure atoms... but pffffffft! I can do that 4 free.. i just dont want to
) The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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rub it in why dont u. But a posh english guy speaing some horribly long norwegian word wud sound funny *starts trying to prounounce it and sticks tongue out at pigeon*
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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