"Sorry" only SEEMS to be the hardest word...

[Dr_Strabismus]

...actually, it's the Polish word for may-bug, "chrzaszcz".*



*pronounced "khrrzhawntscsch".

 

[jomar]

How in the world did you stumble across that? Nine letters and one vowel. I wonder what the record is.

 

[Stella_Omega]

...actually, it's the Polish word for may-bug, "chrzaszcz".*



*pronounced "khrrzhawntscsch".

How onomatopoeic!

 

[Dr_Strabismus]

How onomatopoeic!

My Polish mother can get her tongue around it with ease. But I try not think about that too much.

 

[Guest]

My Polish mother can get her tongue around it with ease. But I try not think about that too much.

Good plan.

 

[Dr_Strabismus]

How in the world did you stumble across that? Nine letters and one vowel. I wonder what the record is.

It was in the Guiness Book of Records, 1965. I never forgot that fact, nor will I ever forget it.

There are many facts I will never forget, so be careful what you post.

 

[jomar]

It was in the Guiness Book of Records, 1965. I never forgot that fact, nor will I ever forget it.

There are many facts I will never forget, so be careful what you post.

And so I shall. What page was it on?

The fact that you have a Polish mother answers my question, but I won't think about it either. Thank you.

 

[Liar]

...actually, it's the Polish word for may-bug, "chrzaszcz".*



*pronounced "khrrzhawntscsch".

How much in Scrabble?

 

[cloudy]

I always thought the toughest one was that town in Wales...

damn, where's Zade?

 

[shereads]

"I'm Doctor Hfahrnahrnahr, Miss Mahelmahey. It's spelled just like it sounds."

~ The Man With Two Brains.

 

[jomar]

"I'm Doctor Hfahrnahrnahr, Miss Mahelmahey. It's spelled just like it sounds."

~ The Man With Two Brains.

It's late, I'm sorry. But for some reason this reminded me of Young Frankenstein, probably the silliness of it. I always loved whenever Frou Bleucher's name was mentioned the horses would bray and she'd get that pinched expression.

Goodnight. I"m going to bed now.

 

[R. Richard]

I always thought the toughest one was that town in Wales...

damn, where's Zade?

Cloudy:
How can you say that Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is tough to pronounce? It rolls trippingly of the tongue. Also you can remember it by the definition. The name is Welsh for "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave".

 

[damppanties]

It's late, I'm sorry. But for some reason this reminded me of Young Frankenstein, probably the silliness of it. I always loved whenever Frou Bleucher's name was mentioned the horses would bray and she'd get that pinched expression.

Goodnight. I"m going to bed now.

"Werewolf!"

*points* "There wolf."

ps. Horses 'neigh'.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

"Werewolf!"

*points* "There wolf."

ps. Horses 'neigh'.

No, the horse's vote was 'Aye'

 

[damppanties]

No, the horse's vote was 'Aye'

You'd know about that. You speak horsese.

 

[Xelebes]

I actually tried learning the pronunciations of Welsh.

I'm thinking nordic characters would come in handy for this as it makes no sense in Latin.

Also, that Polish word is Чрзащ. Polish-Latin is so peculiar that it's probably better to use Russian-Latin - Chrzashch.

 

[cantdog]

clear as day, Xelebes. Thanks.

 

[Xelebes]

It's basically pronounced Khrits-ashch where the i is eliminated as much as possible.

 

[cloudy]

Ojibway has some weird letter combinations too, like "gshk" - noogshkaan.

(it means "stop")

another fun one is: wiijiiwaagan ("my wife").

 

[jomar]

"Werewolf!"

*points* "There wolf."

ps. Horses 'neigh'.

Yes! I'm awake.


"Walk this way."

 

[only_more_so]

It was in the Guiness Book of Records, 1965. I never forgot that fact, nor will I ever forget it.

There are many facts I will never forget, so be careful what you post.

There were so many great records in the Guiness book before they made that damn TV show and turned it into a coffee table book. I have a 1980's version that is an inch and a half thick and probably has over a dozen different records per page.

One that I remember is the most concise word. I can't remember the spelling, but it was something from South America and was about 13 letters long. The closest translation in English: "Two people looking at each other, both wishing the other would do what they both want done but are unwilling to do themselves."

They also listed "LA" as the most concise abbreviation, since Los Angeles' full name was originally "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula"