Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spell Check Dictionary

The place names referenced are indeed used in English speaking 
countries, but it ought to be borne in mind that the small town's name 
is actually not an English word, bet a Welsh one (Welsh being a Celtic 
language) & the one from New Zealand is actually Mauri, rather than 
English.

~ George

On 05/23/2014 02:53 AM, David Love wrote:
> MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The longest word in any English language is the name of a small town in
> > Wales - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch (see
> > Wikipedia if you're curious about what and where this is).  I had
> > thought it was 56 letters, but this one is 59.  Hmm.
> Sorry, that's the second longest.  The longest is in the North Island of
> New Zealand.
>
> Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu
> (85 letters) which means  "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big
> knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about,
> played his nose flute to his loved one"
>
>
> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long_place_names
>
> David

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George E Noon < ge.noon@verizon.net > < noongeorge@yahoo.com >

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