the longest officially recognized place name in an English-speaking country is Taumatawhakatang_ihangakoauau
ot_amateaturipukaka_pikimaung
a_horonuku_pokaiwhenuak_itana
tahu (85 letters) which is a hill in New Zealand.
The longest place name in the United States (45 letters) is Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggch
aubunagungamaugg, a lake in Webster, Massachusetts.
The longest word in any major English language dictionary is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilic
ovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease
The Guinness Book of Records, in its 1992 and subsequent editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Defined as "the act of estimating (something) as worthless", its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741
James Joyce, known for his distinctive style, made up nine 100- and one 101-letter long words in his novel Finnegans Wake, the most famous of which is Bababadal_gharagh_takammin_ar
ronn_konn_bronn_tonn_erronn_t
uonn_thunn_trovarrhoun_awnska
wn_toohoo_hoordenen_thurnuk.
hmm trying saying these word 5 times real fast without screwing up
got this at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_the_English_language
