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To: abigailsmybaby

I remember from english class, it is the longest word in the english language. And you spelled it AOK too!


17 posted on 05/07/2009 7:33:41 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty ("Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force." George Washington)
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To: TheConservativeParty

My brother, who is 8 yrs older than me, taught me to spell it when I was about 6. I think he was learning about it in history class. I’ve never forgotten.

He never did try to explain what it meant. :)


18 posted on 05/07/2009 7:58:07 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (To understan' the livin' you got to commune wit' da dead.)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Actually it’s not the longest word. As far as I know, that honor belongs to

Pneumonotramicroscopicsiliconvolcanoconosis

A lung disease you get from breathing very fine quartz dust


19 posted on 05/08/2009 12:06:48 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat (I'm learning Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Russian so someday you won't have to)
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