08 April 2006

antidis... continued.

following up from a past post, there is one recorded word longer than pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, and that is the monsterous bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskaw-
ntoohoohoordenenthurnuk.

a word invented by novelist james joyce in his book finnigans wake, it allegedly is the symbolic thunderclap representing the fall of adam and eve

although not actually counted as a real word, i have to say it's probably the longest i have ever come across

links
http://robomilk.blogspot.com/2006/03/antidisestablishmentarianism.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_words
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonion...
http://www.finneganswiki.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce

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