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Anne Kadet's avatar

So what counts as a word? Who gets to decide this?

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Oleg's avatar

Some languages have limits to how many prefixes and suffixes you can stuff into one word, still keeping it meaningful. For instance, in Turkish: çekoslavakyalilastiramadiklarimizdan misiniz? which loosely means 'Are you one of those people we have failed to turn into Czechoslovakians?'

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Anne Kadet's avatar

LOL

Now THAT'S a word!!!!!

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

WOW for that word! Until now I’d always considered the longest English word to be pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, but yours is MUCH better and knocks mine into a cocked hat!!!

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Oleg's avatar

Yeah, I thought the longest word would be something like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

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Mark Dykeman's avatar

I'm trying to remember if we had filmoscopes in North America but I don't recall them. I totally think you should buy one (as long as you don't need the money for food or rent).

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Oleg's avatar

My friend who grew up in the UK of the 80s says it wasn't a thing there either.

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