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Thread ID: 29008 2003-01-07 21:02:00 Mike's word for the day - Sesquipedaliphobianism Mike (15) Press F1
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111839 2003-01-08 02:15:00 FWIW, PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
(45 letters; a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) and is the longest word in any English-language dictionary
godfather (25)
111840 2003-01-08 02:19:00 Whoooooh, I dare ya to try saying that one in ONE breath :D Chilling_Silence (9)
111841 2003-01-08 02:26:00 ARGH
School hasn't even started yet, and here you are giving out new words...
*tries to write them onto hand incase he ever needs them*


CyberChuck
cyberchuck (173)
111842 2003-01-08 02:31:00 Paradoxically, I guess that anyone who suffers from Sesquipedaliphobianism, by definition, will never know about it. :D

Cheers
Miami
Miami Steve (2128)
111843 2003-01-08 03:13:00 Two. ]:)
And if anyone has GF's disease, they can't say it in one breath: they haven't got the lung capacity. :p
Graham L (2)
111844 2003-01-08 03:14:00 > Two. ]:)

You mean you can say the thing? I cant even say it AT ALL!! :)
Chilling_Silence (9)
111845 2003-01-08 03:38:00 >>> I cant even say it AT ALL!!

It's easy Chilling - break it up a little and you will see:

PNEU MONO ULTRA MICROSCOPIC SILICO VOLCANO CONI OSIS

Mike.
Mike (15)
111846 2003-01-08 04:12:00 > Its not a word as we would describe it in English
>
> It looks like (and probably is) Finnish and contains
> many joined words (as you can do in that language)
> but overall it has no meaning .
>
> And as Graham says there is one spelling mistake as
> well . :)
>
>


*cough* ( . hut . fi/~jpakkane/sana . html" target="_blank">www . hut . fi)
-=JM=- (16)
111847 2003-01-08 05:08:00 Baldy, you spelt it wrong. tango (2697)
111848 2003-01-08 06:59:00 And

LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLANTSILIOGO GOGOCH!!

to you all!!! :-)


Place name in Wales.
Elephant (599)
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