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From: Duane Nickull <dnickull@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:54:21 -0800
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Still amateurs.  
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
has 64 letters, almost double.    (01)

I'd love to see that guys business card.  Probably a fold out...    (02)


On 1/14/08 8:49 AM, "Randall R Schulz" <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:    (03)

> On Monday 14 January 2008 08:21, Ivan Herman wrote:
>> Well, if you want such horrendous word, take the Hungarian
>> 
>> legeslegmegvesztegethetetlenebbeknek
> 
> 36 letters!
> 
> 
>> (yes, all are 'e'-s), which roughly translates into 'for those who
>> are by far the most uncurroptibles'). It is not a compound word, but
>> it comes from the fact that, in Hungarian, all the 'modifiers' are
>> added to the root word as prefixes or postfixes.
> 
> Well, we (English speakers) have this one:
> 
>   antidisestablishmentarianism
> 
> (only 28 letters)
> 
> According to the most immediately handy dictionary:
> 
>    n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the
>    withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; --
>    used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England.
> 
> 
>> :-)
>> 
>> Ivan
> 
> 
> Randall Schulz
>  
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