Prt 2 "antidisestablishmentarianism" -- the longest English word
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In a former question, I asked how many prefixes and suffixes in this word.
When I was a little boy I proudly knew this word as the longest word in the English Language. Since then, a number of other words also make that claim.
Did you ever hear that the longest word is "smiles"? because there is a mile between the first and last letters.
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antidisestablishmentarianism.
anti-dis-establ-ish-ment-ari(=ary)-an-ism.
a few people had "-ian-" and "-arian" as suffixes.
After consulting the Oxfordf English Dictionary, I think that "-ari-" and "-an" each stands alone. If anybody has anything further to add before I give the points, please weigh in.
When I was a little boy I proudly knew this word as the longest word in the English Language. Since then, a number of other words also make that claim.
Did you ever hear that the longest word is "smiles"? because there is a mile between the first and last letters.
antidisestablishmentarianism.
anti-dis-establ-ish-ment-ari(=ary)-an-ism.
a few people had "-ian-" and "-arian" as suffixes.
After consulting the Oxfordf English Dictionary, I think that "-ari-" and "-an" each stands alone. If anybody has anything further to add before I give the points, please weigh in.
20 Jun 2007 09:45
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Replying to [Professor Carl]:Dear Professor,I get your post finally,but somebody was early than me ![[em8]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_cry.gif)
21 Jun 2007 21:28
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