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Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:32 pm
by Massive Quasars
A language is born.

http://www.economist.com/daily/diary/di ... d=11872071

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:48 pm
by seremtan
The longest word in Welsh, easily beating that in any other language, is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, meaning "the church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St Tysilio's of the red cave".
rubbish
The form "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaurehaeaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu" has 92 letters, and has been entered into the Guinness Book of Records as the longest officially recognized place name in an English-speaking country. It is the second longest place name in the world. In comparison, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the world's longest place name is Bangkok's full ceremonial name given by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, and later edited by King Mongkut, nearly doubles that and is called "Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit."

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:49 pm
by seremtan
also: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?u ... ony321&p=r

learn yourself wenglish by yer now in a minute like

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:53 pm
by bork[e]
what about that dna strand or whatever particle has like thousands of letters? I guess that's not considered a "valid" word?

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:02 pm
by Fender
^ :dork:

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:16 pm
by losCHUNK
i heard about the mountain, they tried applying before ? if not its taking a long time to get in the records book cos i read about it 4 yrs ago, it was just a 'knickname' for the moutain and wasnt official ?

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:22 am
by MKJ
seremtan wrote:
The longest word in Welsh, easily beating that in any other language, is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, meaning "the church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St Tysilio's of the red cave".
rubbish
The form "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaurehaeaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu" has 92 letters, and has been entered into the Guinness Book of Records as the longest officially recognized place name in an English-speaking country. It is the second longest place name in the world. In comparison, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the world's longest place name is Bangkok's full ceremonial name given by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, and later edited by King Mongkut, nearly doubles that and is called "Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit."
what part of that is 'rubbish' exactly?

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:13 pm
by seremtan
the top part you spoon

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:27 pm
by Peenyuh
Dude. Did you just call him a utensil?

:olo:

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:38 pm
by MKJ
seremtan wrote:the top part you spoon
what about it. it says the longest word is [allthatwelshstuff]. the second quote says its the second longest place name.

how exactly is this conflicting?
fork

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:14 pm
by seremtan
the welsh IS a place name. they call it a "word" because they're full of shit

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:09 pm
by HM-PuFFNSTuFF
no way man, did you just call that guy a spoon!?!!1

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:26 am
by MKJ
seremtan wrote:the welsh IS a place name. they call it a "word" because they're full of shit
oh thats a crockery of shit and you know it. (to keep up the cutlery swearing)
"The Hague" is a placename too, but its two words innit.

for someone as pedantic as yourself you should know better.

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:54 pm
by seremtan
is it national plank day today in your country?

the hill in NZ is the world's longest place name. if as you say place names are words, then it is also the longest word

also, if you look at the translations of the maoribabble and the phlegmsplat you'll notice that they are basically sentences squashed into one word/name

noodle-tong

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:18 pm
by Underpants?
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Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:39 pm
by MKJ
go away underballs, or i am forced to have a placename with you.

wait. how does it work again?
afaik, a word is a combination of letters that is a carrier of meaning. the distinction between words is made by use of a space.

i agree, however, with the faggotry that is combining words together and calling it a new word. especially when it includes adjectives.

wisk.

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:12 pm
by Underpants?
you mean like cockdocking shitotroph, or reacharound?
edit, i know rite!

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:13 pm
by seremtan
MKJ wrote:go away underballs, or i am forced to have a placename with you.

wait. how does it work again?
afaik, a word is a combination of letters that is a carrier of meaning. the distinction between words is made by use of a space.

i agree, however, with the faggotry that is combining words together and calling it a new word. especially when it includes adjectives.

wisk.
fuck u chopstick...

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:43 pm
by losCHUNK
seremtan wrote:the welsh IS a place name. they call it a "word" because they're full of shit

you lie !

its pretty common, especially in wales

the welsh version of newport is casnewydd, which means new castle on the usk

even in english newport should really be 2 words, but it aint, its just one

so ner :P

Re: Mash the keyboard.

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:39 am
by losCHUNK
The word with the most letters is a name of protein, as a name, it technically does not qualify as a word
fuck it, check this out

but at 1913 characters, we just had to include it. Theoretically these names can contain an infinite amount of characters, but this one qualifies as it has actually been used in a medical journal.

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