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Scrooge McDuck  Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 762 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 
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Othewise-we-go-all-German?I strongly support this. I never understood why you break words down into pieces to write them down separately. A strange habit... ;-) And if I get to follow a posting of 'Shakespeare' I am going to post 'Strafford–upon–Avon' (En dashes)Btw. in German we would write: "Strafford upon Avon" without any dashes. Why form a compound word from several different ones? .... strange habits. example: Bavarian medieval town "Rothenburg ob der Tauber" |
W-K 666  Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19130 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 
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Why form a compound word from several different ones? .... strange habits. Indeed. With the dashes you can see it is compounded, as opposed to this German example, Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung where a non-German doesn't have a clue about the separate words. |
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Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 762 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54
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With the dashes you can see it is compounded, as opposed to this German example, Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung where a non-German doesn't have a clue about the separate words.Okay, I meant "jointed" or "merged". Mark Twain named them "compound words" in the chapter "The Awful German Language" in his book "A Tramp Abroad" (1880). You quoted the longest word from dictionaries. There are many much longer ones. But dictionaries must draw the line somewhere, so it leaves this sort of words out. Currently the longest (67 characters) is: Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung, a former federal law dealing with land conveyance permissions. Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung, abbreviated: GrundVZÜV Regulation on the delegation of authority concerning land conveyance permissions Have fun! |
Admiral Gloval  Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20460 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 
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The beast I have is when the post you want has two words and is referred as two words by everyone on the planet. Example is New York.  
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rob smith    Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22258 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Just posting one of the words can really make folks scratch their heads and lurch the game off in unexpected ditections Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20460 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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I couldn’t put the word I wanted. “T” I would have been labeled political and hidden.
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 ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20456 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Use the word F..t instead?? Add a biohazard suit and gas mask for safety?! See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22258 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Flatulence is such a great word :-) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Wiggo  Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35083 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20460 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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What does so Beit mean? if it be so that; provided that conjunction. , Archaic. if it be so that; provided that.
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