Try Saying This
N. Murray
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The longest word in the world is a Hebrew word of 126 letters. The second longest is the name of a Maori village in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, with 83 letters. The longest English word is AEQUEASALINOCALEALINOCETACEQALINIMINSACUPREOVITRIOLIC (53 letters) which describes the habits of the spa waters in Bristol.

The next longest is OSSEOCARNISANGUINEOUISCERICARTILAGINONERVOMEDULLERY (51 letters) which describes the human physique. Both of them, however, were used over a century ago. The longest recently used word is ANTI INTERDENOMINATIONALISTICALLY (32 letters). The next longest English word is FLOCCIPAUCHINIHIIPILIFICATION (29 letters) which means the art of doing nothing. After that comes ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM with 28 letters. Another long word is HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS (27 letters) which was used by Shakespear in "Love's Labours Lost", (Act V, Sc. 1.)

A very strange place name is that of Lake
CHARGOGGUGOGOGGMONCHAUGGOGGGAGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUG (45 [48] letters) in the U.S.A. It means "You fish on your side; We fish on our side; And no one fish in, the middle".

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