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Got Three Hours To Spare? Hear And See The World's Longest Word Pronounced [VIDEO]

Jennifer Beaudoin — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:00:18 +0000

I love words. I have always loved them and even use to win spelling bees back in the day. I want to spend my life learning as much as I can about the English language, but this is a little far-fetched. The video below shows a man pronouncing the world's longest word, which is 189,819 letters long and takes over three hours to say, no L-I-E.

Scrabble Adds Over 3,000 New "Words"

Jennifer Beaudoin — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:52:55 +0000

The infamous favorite word game Scrabble is yet again transitioning and changing with the times and modern language. It has announced its addition of over 3,000 new "words" to the official Scrabble dictionary. You might think this is awesome and exciting, but put that eagerness on hold, because the new additions are nothing but a disgrace to the wonderful and complex English language.

Ellipses Users Revolt!

Nic — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:28:37 +0000

The other day, all of us DJ’s received an e-mail with blogging guidelines per corporate and they BANNED ellipses! … deh deh deh… Ellipses are those three dots that a writer would use after an ongoing thought… yes, these… I, as well as some of my fellow DJ’s were shocked! I use these ellipses ALL [...]