Re: Longest words
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 4, 2001, 6:45 |
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Daniel44 wrote:
>Hei koikitin, (Hey everyone)
>
>I'm wondering, what's the longest word in a natural or constructed language
>that you can think of (and spell correctly!)
>
>Off the top of my head, Uusisuom has several good examples:
>
>'kirojarakahsoikatatsta' (22 letters)
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>lit: 'from the people who love books'
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>'halosemijanvahojansoikatattin' (29 letters)
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>lit: 'to the people who study weather'
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>
>I'm sure I can think up some more!
'Materia-antimateria-annihilationskraftverksbygge', 46 letters, not counting
the hyphens.
It's strained, to my native ears, but acceptable Swedish for "construction
of a matter-antimatter annihilation power plant". I could probably think up
something even longer, but can't seem to summon the enthusiasm for it.
Andreas
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