Comments on: Ask Mike: The longest word http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/11/ask-mike-the-longest-word/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 25 May 2012 18:12:33 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: kaede http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/11/ask-mike-the-longest-word/comment-page-1/#comment-96369 kaede Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:40:52 +0000 http://yanswersblog.com/?p=1223#comment-96369 @ Steve J I love using that word and my best friend hates my usage of long words that fit into that category :) @ Steve J
I love using that word and my best friend hates my usage of long words that fit into that category :)

]]> By: Murphy http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/11/ask-mike-the-longest-word/comment-page-1/#comment-96208 Murphy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:47:04 +0000 http://yanswersblog.com/?p=1223#comment-96208 A word I always love to use is perogative...as Well that's your perogative...which only means something like your "choice". A word I always love to use is perogative…as

Well that’s your perogative…which only means something like your “choice”.

]]> By: Murphy http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/11/ask-mike-the-longest-word/comment-page-1/#comment-96207 Murphy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:42:55 +0000 http://yanswersblog.com/?p=1223#comment-96207 When I was younger...in the 50's the longest word was Antidisestablishmentarianism. That was a long time ago though...I'm sure there are many longer words now. When I was younger…in the 50′s the longest word
was Antidisestablishmentarianism. That was a long
time ago though…I’m sure there are many longer words now.

]]> By: HIWOT http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/11/ask-mike-the-longest-word/comment-page-1/#comment-96104 HIWOT Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:03:24 +0000 http://yanswersblog.com/?p=1223#comment-96104 it is realy long. it is realy long.

]]> By: HIWOT http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/11/ask-mike-the-longest-word/comment-page-1/#comment-96103 HIWOT Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:59:32 +0000 http://yanswersblog.com/?p=1223#comment-96103 Ohh,I ever here this word before. Ohh,I ever here this word before.

]]> By: trent castro http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/11/ask-mike-the-longest-word/comment-page-1/#comment-95981 trent castro Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:17:26 +0000 http://yanswersblog.com/?p=1223#comment-95981 dude you spelled it wrong its pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoKoniosis Koniosis dude you spelled it wrong its pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoKoniosis
Koniosis

]]> By: mike http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/11/ask-mike-the-longest-word/comment-page-1/#comment-95634 mike Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:41:33 +0000 http://yanswersblog.com/?p=1223#comment-95634 Technically, that is not the longest word, this link shows you the longest word http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/luminaryuprise/longest-word.html The link shows you the longest word 189,891 letters long Technically, that is not the longest word, this link shows you the longest word

http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/luminaryuprise/longest-word.html The link shows you the longest word

189,891 letters long

]]> By: David A. Normand http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/11/ask-mike-the-longest-word/comment-page-1/#comment-95528 David A. Normand Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:38:10 +0000 http://yanswersblog.com/?p=1223#comment-95528 That last comment was supposed to end with "work", not "word"; but I guess a Freudian Slip is as good as any ending! That last comment was supposed to end with “work”, not “word”; but I guess a Freudian Slip is as good as any ending!

]]> By: David A. Normand http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/11/ask-mike-the-longest-word/comment-page-1/#comment-95527 David A. Normand Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:36:04 +0000 http://yanswersblog.com/?p=1223#comment-95527 Mike, you rock! I've enjoyed all of your blogs, especially the ones about words. My BA is in English and writing, but my MBA is in business and accounting! Of course, the wrong word in a legal business document could cause havoc. But I just love the English language, messy as it is, and I love reading about our words. Keep up the good word Mike, you rock! I’ve enjoyed all of your blogs, especially the ones about words. My BA is in English and writing, but my MBA is in business and accounting! Of course, the wrong word in a legal business document could cause havoc. But I just love the English language, messy as it is, and I love reading about our words. Keep up the good word

]]> By: Curt Jones http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/11/ask-mike-the-longest-word/comment-page-1/#comment-95492 Curt Jones Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:34:02 +0000 http://yanswersblog.com/?p=1223#comment-95492 One of my favorite words to use on someone is, "insipid", which means: dull, flat, or tasteless as defined by Websters dictionary. Try it on some stuffed shirt, know it all and they will invariably look at you with the most amusing blank stares. One of my favorite words to use on someone is, “insipid”, which means: dull, flat, or tasteless as defined by Websters dictionary. Try it on some stuffed shirt, know it all and they will invariably look at you with the most amusing blank stares.

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