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| UncleBob:
Had to look it up to get the correct spelling... Just now tried to post it... --- Quote ---The message exceeds the maximum allowed length (20000 characters). --- End quote --- heh. http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/luminaryuprise/longest-word.php It's a chemical compound. :D Apparently, there's some disagreement over if it counts as a word or not though. |
| Arseen:
That's why I excluded combination words. ;) By translating that in to Finnish would add 2-5 letters per compound name thus making it at least 10% longer. --- Quote from: UncleBob on June 01, 2011, 06:52:44 AM ---Had to look it up to get the correct spelling... --- End quote --- ;D |
| UncleBob:
Then, next up, we've got Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon |
| Arseen:
Nice One, but seens to be combination word as well. Tera, para, hypo and kephallio, at least start new words in Greek (and English). ;) |
| Arseen:
--- Quote from: Arseen on June 01, 2011, 06:30:15 AM ---FINNISH: epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäköhänkään =48 letters Translation goes something like this: [Asking while expressing double (serious) doubt] not even with his/her most disorganization causing way Or replace disorganization with methodicalness breaking Not spot on, but can't get it any better. BTW: Base word is järjestelmällisyys (methodicalness) (or järjestelmä (system) or järjestys (order) depending how much you want to backtrack) rest are pre- and postfixes. ;D BTW2: nearly impossible to use in sentence. BTW3: Probably too many pre- and postfixes to be accepted in GBWR, it used to be there though in bit shorter form- BTW4: Sweden had in GBWR combination word of 120+ letters, but Finnish could probably beat that. ;D --- End quote --- Fond new form: epäjärjestelmällisyydellistyttymättömyydellänsäköhänkään = 61 letters [Asking while expressing double (serious) doubt] not even with his/her most disorganization causing causing way Or replace disorganization with methodicalness breaking. ;D |
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