Some Dumb English facts !! Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language. The world’s longest-named lake has 45 letters (Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg). In the U.S. there are 18 doctors called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon. There is also a dermatologist named Dr. Rash, a psychiatrist called Dr. Couch and an anesthesiologist named Dr. Gass. “Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel. The longest word in the English language is ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ which describes a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of volcanic matter or a similar fine dust. The word “alphabet” is derived from the first two letters in the Greek alphabet: “alpha” and “beta”. And I think Honorificabilitudinitatibus which has 2 alphabets less than the longest word is the second longest.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:59:55 +0000
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