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    What is the l-o-n-g-e-s-t spelled word in the English language?

    Question #107329. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Jul 23 09 12:08 PM)


    star_gazer

    		Please see 61699.

    http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question61699.html

    Jul 23 09, 12:33 PM
    buffyUK

    		The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word which refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano. Research has discovered that this word was originally a hoax; medically, it is the same as silicosis. It has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim

    Jul 23 09, 1:18 PM

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