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How to pronounce long words?

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oristarA
 
Reply Mon 14 Mar, 2011 09:50 am
For example:

Floccinauccinihilipilification

More:
http://writinghood.com/style/the-most-horrible-english-words/

Especially, how to read this nasty long word (it seems unrecognisable with its 1913 letters):

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contrex
 
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Reply Mon 14 Mar, 2011 12:00 pm
@oristarA,
Both are artificial and there is no need to pronounce either of them. The long word would be universally considered to be unpronounceable, and the other is one of those words that you find in lists of long words and nowhere else. You can stop wondering how to pronounce them because nobody ever does.
JTT
 
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Reply Mon 14 Mar, 2011 06:14 pm
@oristarA,
That's methglusilsarine for short.
oristarA
 
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Reply Mon 14 Mar, 2011 07:28 pm
@JTT,
JTT wrote:

That's methglusilsarine for short.


For the one with 1913 letters? But Google search offers no results for the short word (searched from here China).

Where have you found this?
oristarA
 
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Reply Mon 14 Mar, 2011 07:34 pm
@contrex,
Thanks.
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JTT
 
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Reply Mon 14 Mar, 2011 11:23 pm
@oristarA,
That was major tongue in cheek, Ori.
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