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Scrooge McDuck  Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1058 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: 19308 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: 1058 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: 21072 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: 22436 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: 21072 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: 20941 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: 22436 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: 36314 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21072 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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Carlos  Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 30437 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157
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Toasters might be a little left field. When I saw the word incentive I immediately thought of the incentive we all had when we joined Seti@home. Free toaster. Or was that for opening a bank account? |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22436 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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I thought it was the incentive for having one old version of MS Windows? Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 30437 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157
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The incident a 2014 sci/fi thriller |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36314 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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Carlos wrote:I think that you got that wrong Julie. |
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Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 30437 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157
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I did write crenelated but that was months ago. Wiggo had the last word. In the prior thread, but looks like we have a new start. It's just for fun anyway. |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20941 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Ben (film) -> The Wind in the Willows 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: 22436 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Nice obtuse connection Martin :-) 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: 21072 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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Nice obtuse connection Martin :-) Better than what I was thinking Hoss.
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20941 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Cargo Cults were a thing in the past. ... And still today?? 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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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20941 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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For a very good giggle: Worms (series) 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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