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Suzanne | Report | 23 Apr 2005 23:12 |
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Mike this is how you spell it, Llan-fair-pwll-gwyn-gyll- gogerych-wynrn-drobwll-llantisilio-go-go-goch hello Geoff from Holyhead from Kate in valley |
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Joy | Report | 23 Apr 2005 22:36 |
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ah well I could be wrong - and often am! - but whenever I've been asked to spell a word, it's just been a word that began with a small letter and not with a capital letter. there you go ... :-) Joy |
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Janice | Report | 23 Apr 2005 22:29 |
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Aren't place names words then?????? |
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Joy | Report | 23 Apr 2005 22:28 |
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ah John said word, not place names :-) Joy |
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Janice | Report | 23 Apr 2005 22:26 |
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Bella, The Llanfairpwllgwyn... one is a place on Anglesey in North Wales. Janice |
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Haribo | Report | 23 Apr 2005 22:22 |
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What, and all the others are real words? forgive my ignorance if i am wrong! |
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Ann-Marie | Report | 23 Apr 2005 22:20 |
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I didn't cheat before but just did now cos I was curious and found this Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk James Joyce made it up. And this: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu A New Zealand Place Name, wonder if anyone on here is from there LOL, AL |
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Ann-Marie | Report | 23 Apr 2005 22:16 |
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Does Supercali-wotsit-thingy count? Cos It's not a real word. AL |
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Haribo | Report | 23 Apr 2005 22:14 |
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Supercalafragilisticexpealodociuce...........Probably WRONG |
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Ann-Marie | Report | 23 Apr 2005 22:13 |
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanioniosis Antidisestablishmaentarienism AL. OK first is longest then. |
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Geoff | Report | 23 Apr 2005 22:11 |
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Mike I didn't cheat either! |
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Joy | Report | 23 Apr 2005 21:47 |
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supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (?!) |
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Joy | Report | 23 Apr 2005 21:41 |
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onomatopoeia |
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Unknown | Report | 23 Apr 2005 21:32 |
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hmm just trips off the tongue doesnt it lol |
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Paul (Tigger) | Report | 23 Apr 2005 21:31 |
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Longest Word Ever!! The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the part of the DNA structure, it is the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8 Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenyl- alanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl- gycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyl- leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl- serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl- glutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl- glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucyl- alanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl- alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl- glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl- glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyl- lysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl- leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl- asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl- tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl- aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl- glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl- alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl- prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl- alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl- isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl- tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl- alanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl- glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminyl- glycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminyl- valyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl- glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl- isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl- prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenyl- alanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginy- lserine. Absolutely true. Paul |
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Paul (Tigger) | Report | 23 Apr 2005 21:28 |
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sorry I did cheat but just had to put this one on lol cant say it never mind want to spell it lol aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic 52 letters lol Paul |
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Geoff | Report | 23 Apr 2005 21:28 |
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I think it's Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantisiliogogogoch - 58 letters anyway. |
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Zoe | Report | 23 Apr 2005 21:22 |
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floccinauccinihilipilification |
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John | Report | 23 Apr 2005 21:20 |
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I get it now Paul!! |
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Paul (Tigger) | Report | 23 Apr 2005 21:20 |
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but my word has a mile between first and last letters lol Paul |
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