What's the first long word you learned how to spell?

[PATMAN]

the earliest long word i learned that i can think of was photosynthesis

 

[iatrospy]

as fas as I can remember - or maybe imagine - in my 37 years....maybe....
mamamamamamamama................

 

[Joshua_me]

'deciduous'

Two letters short, I know, but still a fine word.

I remember my Mom talking about the trees in our yard, and that
word *really* stood out to me....

Then again, I was an odd child.

(Go figure )

Joshy

 

[frankfrank]

I have to go with Mississippi and then it would be encyclopedia.

encyclopedia was probably my second non-capitalized word, as "modernization" came to me a year or two before the Mickey Mouse Club started (and probably even before Mississippi). I was like in kindergarten at the time. To this day I spell encyclopedia with a song running through my head...

grandmother (or grandfather) is in there "early" somewhere, too

 

[luminum]

Appreciate...but if that's not enough, probably antidisestablishmentarianism. I totally didn't understand what it was, but I did know the definition and how to spell it.

 

[dragonpearls333]

In 3rd grade, I qualified for a spelling bee, and my parents made me study my ass off for it (asian parents). I remember learning "hypocritical" and "evangelism", and this was in a Christian school...

 

[teadrinker]

especially (well, it's not MORE than 10 letters)...I learned it in grade three and remember my teacher telling me that it was a "grade six word".

-T.

 

[HourglassGuy]

My name. Kenny.

 

[blackbeltninja]

Lamborghini, then chrysanthemum.

-d-

 

[trawler69]

Why the hell did I read this? Has my life come to this? I think I need a new one What utter drivell! Intermetacarpophalengitis look it up!

 

[skinIsIn]

Probably my own last name if that counts....12 letters long.

One of those long Polish ones basically everyone butchers in pronunciation.

Same damn thing, though it's of Greek extraction, spelt exactly as it sounds, and 10 letters long.

And when it comes to pronunciation, due to the fact I live just outside the city with the largest ex-pat Polish population in the world; the Jones,' Martinez's' and Pedersens' of this town intinctively panic when trying to sound it out.

I think the real reason they panic when seeing non Western-Euro derrived Family names is their tendency to have four or more syllables, whereas "familiar" surnames seem to mostly have three or less segments per name.

Have you ever noticed this?

 

[backpacker]

Initially I thought it was Mississippi, but then Robert Marlene made me realize it was probably Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Of course I can still spell Mississippi, but I had to cheat on Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

 

[Kurn]

Antidisestablishmentarianism.
Guys in grade school bragged about being able to say the "longest word."
I could always spell anything not Polish. [j/k]

It's sort of a made-up word.
But I guess I'm one of those anti-antidisestablishmentarianists these days, come to think of it.

 

[frankfrank]

Appreciate...but if that's not enough, probably antidisestablishmentarianism. I totally didn't understand what it was, but I did know the definition and how to spell it.

I'm glad that the aforementioned "-ism" hasn't prevailed in this country. At least not yet, but some are TRYING. The concept (NOT wanting separation of Church and state) seems to be having sort of a re-emergence, except nobody uses that word anymore.

It took me a long time to understand what the word was all about...it ain't good.

 

[provenlogic]

Well, Antidisestablishmentarianism in 5th grade i think, and of course Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis the next year. That was a tough one to memorize, 45 letters ick. I hate spelling too, i'm no good at it. But i also learned such great hits as: Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism, Floccinaucinihilipilification, Honorificabilitudinitatibus, and of course the longest "kinda word" made up by the greek Aristophanes, Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon

 

[roguehunter]

eye stil havnt lernd howe toh spel anythin

 

[roguehunter]

Well, Antidisestablishmentarianism in 5th grade i think, and of course Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis the next year. That was a tough one to memorize, 45 letters ick. I hate spelling too, i'm no good at it. But i also learned such great hits as: Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism, Floccinaucinihilipilification, Honorificabilitudinitatibus, and of course the longest "kinda word" made up by the greek Aristophanes, Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon

and now you are being plain evil..... but dont worry i would never hold that against you. can you explain what they mean though, im interested.

 

[_AJ_]

first palaeontologist

most recent many chemical names like ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) see why its called edta


haemoglobin is good also

 

[provenlogic]

and now you are being plain evil..... but dont worry i would never hold that against you. can you explain what they mean though, im interested.

Well Antidisestablishmentarianism was a political movement in 19th century england, in which antidisestablishmentarians were against the proposed removal of the church's position of the state church of england.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (or Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis) is a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust that's mostly found in volcanoes.

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is a genetic disorder that is closely related to pseudohypoparathyroidism. Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is marked by the same symptoms as pseudohypoparathyroidism, but without the usual tetanic convulsions.

Floccinaucinihilipilification is the act or habit of estimating or describing something as worthless, or making something to be worthless by deprecation.

Honorificabilitudinitatibus is a word used by Costard in act five, scene one, of William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. It is the ablative plural of the medieval Latin word honorificabilitudinitas, which can be translated as "the state of being able to achieve honours."

Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon is a fictional dish mentioned in the greek playwright Aristophanes' comedy Ecclesiazusae. The dish consisted of Fish Slice, Ray Fish, Dogfish, Laserwort, crab (if unavailable, beetle or crayfish), Eagle, Cheese, Honey, Wrasse, Blackbird, Wood pigeon, Domestic pigeon, Chicken, Roasted head of dabchick, Pigeon, Hare, Wine, Dipping, Dessert fruit, and bird Wing.

 

[frankfrank]

Floccinaucinihilipilification

I remember seeing a clip probably about 8 years ago, where SENATOR JESSE HELMS of North Carolina used this word about something - I think it had something to do with China. I guess he used it "because he could" LOL. Of course he was NOT our friend at all...

AAH...the Internet has ALL the answers...I just searched it, it's in wikipedia:

* Jesse Helms (1999), in reference to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty:

"I note your distress at my floccinaucinihilipilification of the CTBT." (Helms claims he learned the word from Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan)