Talk:Longest word in English
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electroencephalographically[edit]
According to Merriam-Webster, electroencephalographically is the longest word. (27 letters)
Semi-protected edit request on 1 August 2020[edit]
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My change suggestion is about the following line in the table on top of the article:
Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl...isoleucine 189,819 Chemical name of titin, the largest known protein Longest known word overall by magnitudes, takes three and a half hours to pronounce.[1] Technical; not in dictionary; whether this is a word is disputed
Change the following: By reference number 1, "Longest known word overall by magnitudes, takes three and a half hours to pronounce.[1]" Actually well known Mr. Beast did read out the full word in one of his Youtube Videos in under 2 hours - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZVbzNRUlQI
So "it takes about 2 hours to pronounce" - and not 3.5 hours;-) 5.144.10.188 (talk) 12:04, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
Done Semi-protected edit request on 22 September 2020[edit]
The longest word typable with only the left hand using conventional hand placement on a QWERTY keyboard is extravagatresses.
Comments on this suggested edit:
The word has 16 letters, while the current items have only 14. If the word is valid, it supercedes those in the current article.
This is and is not original research:
A. "Extravagate" is a verb found in the American Heritage Dictionary (AHD), and other dictionaries. So, the baseline word is definitely valid.
B. It is a verb.
C. It is archaic.
D. Since it is a verb, one can form a noun to indicate a person who does the action connoted by the verb. For example, "to act" leads to the noun "actor."
E. Since it is archaic, it is not at all unreasonable to have a gender-specific representation of the noun form. For example, "act" --> "actor" --> "actress."
F. Plurals are obviously fair game, as indicated by the current candidates on the page.
G. Thus, we have: "extravagate" --> "extravagater/or" --> "extravagatress" --> "EXTRAVAGATRESSES."
So, this isn't actually "research," but an application of standard English rules of grammar and spelling to a recognized word. I came up with this about 10 years ago in response to the suggestion of "stewardesses" at 12 letters. I only mention this to observe, along with actresses, waitresses, and perhaps some others (seamstresses), that a gender specific plural is well within the realm of standard English, particularly given the archaic nature of the base verb.
68.65.35.55 (talk) 00:52, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
9/22/2020
68.65.35.55 (talk) 00:52, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
- Is it in major dictionaries? - DavidWBrooks (talk) 01:10, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
Extravagate is in various dictionaries, including the noted AHD, and various others as evidenced on a google search of the word.
Not every form is in the dictionary. For example, from the current page entry, the plurals "flagfalls" and "galahads" are not found in the AHD (flagfall is not in the 4th edition on my desk.) Nonetheless, if the singular forms are valid, one would not question the validity of the plural forms in most cases (in some cases a plural might not make any sense?)
The AHD provides a "Usage Note" at the entry for "-ess" dealing with words like sculptor/sculptress etc. The -ess ending can be considered unacceptable in usage due to a sexist slant. This does not invalidate the word sculptress, however.
Clearly, all of the pieces are in the authoritative American Heritage Dictionary.
Proposed sentence: "The patriarchy shunned the extravagatresses." (2 or more females who exceeded reasonable bounds or limits.) This is by no means a neologism; it is clearly a part of the English language as it is normally spoken and written. Both sexism, patriarchies, and the word are considered archaic to various extents; the sentence provides an harmonious confluence of this characteristic.
68.65.35.55 (talk) 03:10, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
- I've removed your email address to save you from spambots.
- I get zero hits for both Google web and Google books for "extravagatresses", which belies the claim that the word is part of the English language as it is normally spoken and written. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 07:40, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
Would confirmation from the Usage Panel at AHD be sufficient?
68.65.35.55 (talk) 10:00, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
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