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    WSRuff_Hi
    AskWoody Lounger
    March 24, 2005 at 8:07 pm #417536

    What is the longest word in the English language (an oldie but a goodie)?

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    • WSsdckapr
      AskWoody Lounger
      March 24, 2005 at 8:17 pm #937043

      pneumonoultramicroscpicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the “official’ 45-letter word. But perhaps you are looking for smiles – there is a mile between each s

      Steve

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      • WSRuff_Hi
        AskWoody Lounger
        March 24, 2005 at 8:27 pm #937045

        yup – the second one. Well done. Now, I just have to work the first one into a conversation.

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        • WSsdckapr
          AskWoody Lounger
          March 24, 2005 at 11:40 pm #937078

          Memorizing it was one of the “geeky things” I did in High School. I still (after over 20 years) have it etched in my memory…

          Steve

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      • WSLyra_J
        AskWoody Lounger
        March 30, 2005 at 7:44 am #937983

        Sorry to take John Gray’s job, but isn’t it pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis rather than pneumonoultramicroscpicsilicovolcanoconiosis? evilgrin

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