Re: InQUIZitive about words

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>

> 1. Which is the longest word in any English dictionary? ( No it is not

> SMILES.. because it has a mile between the two 'S's... I asked this

> question because it is a medical term.In fact, most long winding words in

> English are from medical terms or procedures)

Postoffice is the longest word because it has the most letters in it . But

seriously, it is pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a

45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease.

> 2. What is common to the following words?:

> RECEIVE, SEPARATE, INDEPENDENT, OCCURRENCE, GRAMMAR, MILLENNIUM,

> EMBARRASSMENT, ACCOMMODATE, DEFINITELY and PRIVILEGE

A repitition of letters?

> 3. What is common to the following words?:

> SHAMPOO, GINGER, PYJAMAS, MULLIGATAWNY, CATAMARAN, MONGOOSE, CHEROOT and

> JUGGERNAUT

All these words have an Indian Origin. (eg Juggernaut = Jagannath (his

chariot))

> 5. What is common to the following words:

> JEEP, VASELINE, ASPIRIN, VELCRO, FRISBEE and THERMOS.

These are combinations of two names/ words. eg Velcro = Velvet + Croquet.

> 7. What's unique about this sentence?: 'A rough-coated, dough-faced,

> thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after

> falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.'

Enumerates all the various ways in which ough can be pronounced.

> 8. What is common to:

> TEDDY BEAR, SANDWICH, DIESEL, BOYCOTT and BOUGANVILLEA

All of them represent some person eg Teddy = Roosevelt, Earl of Sandwich,

etc.

> 9. Which is the longest name of a country which has alternating vowels and

> consonants in its spelling (E.g. NEPAL)?

AmErIcA (is that a country?)

Saturday is too far away. Give the answers after 2 to 3 days. By Saturday,

everyone may have forgotten the original questions.

Kishore Shah 1974

[Guest guest]

A very good try Kishore. You attempted 7 questions; you got 4 completely

correct. I'm amazed you didn't get questions 4, 6 and 10. They are the easier

ones of the lot. Try them too. And yes, I'll send the answers on Wednesday

evening.

Anshu

Re: InQUIZitive about words

>

> 1. Which is the longest word in any English dictionary? ( No it is not

> SMILES.. because it has a mile between the two 'S's... I asked this

> question because it is a medical term.In fact, most long winding words in

> English are from medical terms or procedures)

Postoffice is the longest word because it has the most letters in it . But

seriously, it is pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a

45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease.

> 2. What is common to the following words?:

> RECEIVE, SEPARATE, INDEPENDENT, OCCURRENCE, GRAMMAR, MILLENNIUM,

> EMBARRASSMENT, ACCOMMODATE, DEFINITELY and PRIVILEGE

A repitition of letters?

> 3. What is common to the following words?:

> SHAMPOO, GINGER, PYJAMAS, MULLIGATAWNY, CATAMARAN, MONGOOSE, CHEROOT and

> JUGGERNAUT

All these words have an Indian Origin. (eg Juggernaut = Jagannath (his

chariot))

> 5. What is common to the following words:

> JEEP, VASELINE, ASPIRIN, VELCRO, FRISBEE and THERMOS.

These are combinations of two names/ words. eg Velcro = Velvet + Croquet.

> 7. What's unique about this sentence?: 'A rough-coated, dough-faced,

> thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after

> falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.'

Enumerates all the various ways in which ough can be pronounced.

> 8. What is common to:

> TEDDY BEAR, SANDWICH, DIESEL, BOYCOTT and BOUGANVILLEA

All of them represent some person eg Teddy = Roosevelt, Earl of Sandwich,

etc.

> 9. Which is the longest name of a country which has alternating vowels and

> consonants in its spelling (E.g. NEPAL)?

AmErIcA (is that a country?)

Saturday is too far away. Give the answers after 2 to 3 days. By Saturday,

everyone may have forgotten the original questions.

Kishore Shah 1974

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Here are my answers to Anshu's English words quiz:

1. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis: I have never

diagnosed this 45-alphabet-long disease because I have no idea what

it means!

2. The most commonly misspelled words in English language!

3. Etymologically, these words owe their origin to Hindi or

Sanskrit. Shampoo, for example is derived from champi; similarly the

word herpes comes from Sanskrit, serp (snake)! Hence the disease,

Herpes is identified as " Nagin " in Marathi.

4. Widower - the masculine form takes a suffix " er " and gets

longer than the feminine form (widow).

5. These words, eponyms, were originally used and created as

proprietary trademarks or brand names. Because the public used them

so commonly, the brand names became synonymous with the common names

of the product. For example, we should not say, " Please Xerox two

copies " , because " Xerox " is a brand of a photocopy machine.

6. ? Couldn't get the simple one!

7. This sentence contains the root " ough " which can be

pronounced in nine different ways!

8. These words belong to names of people. For example, Louis

Antoine de Bougainville, C. Boycott, Rudolf Diesel,

Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy Bear).

9. United Arab Emirates

10. These are auto antonyms- they have multiple, and often

contradictory meanings. For example, cleave can mean to stick

together as well as to break, sanction can mean " to endorse " or

to " take punitive action " .

BONUS:

The five boxing wizards jump quickly.

SP

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1. The longest town in the United Kingdom is in Wales. It is:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

However, there is a place with an even longer name in New Zealand. It is the

name of a hill. Here it is:

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiw en

uaitnatahu.

However, the longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the

formula C1289H2051N343O375S8

And it is spelled:

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminyl\

leucyllysylgl

utamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthre\

onylleucylgl

ycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylasp\

artylthreonylleu

cylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylis\

oleucylprolylph

enylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylgl\

utaminylaspara

ginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreony\

lprolylalanylgl

utaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginyl\

glutaminyllys

ylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyros\

ylalanlylasparagi

nylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenyla\

lanyltyrosylal

anylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylsrylvalylleucylvalyl\

alanylaspartylv

alylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyla\

lanylalanylleu

cylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcyst\

einylprolylprolyl

aspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalan\

ylseryltyrosylg

lycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvaly\

lthreonylglycylal

anylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylaspara\

ginylalanylal

anylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprol\

ylaspartylgluta

minylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanyl\

isoleucylserylgl

ycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylas\

paraginylisoleuc

ylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylal\

anylvalylgluta

minylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine .

2.Commonly misspelt words in the english language.

3. They are the words originating from indian languages.

5. These are the trademark names of the product which themselves became words.

6. They are palindromes or reversibles.

7. Used to show the use of ough.

8. They are the names of people who became words Bobby, Caesarian.

9.Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma

(63 english letters) for LIBYA!

Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah (51) for ALGERIA and

third isItyop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik 40 for ETHIOPIA!

United arab emirates.

10. Antonyms-They are the words with two meanings. One word having two entire

different meanings. Jam.

aasawari91

scratching her brains

" Dr. Anshu " wrote:

Hello everybody.

Long time since we've had a quiz. This time let's shift from familiar Bollywood

territory to a quiz about words in English.

Let's see how many you get correct with these fun words.

1. Which is the longest word in any English dictionary? ( No it is not SMILES..

because it has a mile between the two 'S's... I asked this question because it

is a medical term.In fact, most long winding words in English are from medical

terms or procedures)

2. What is common to the following words?:

RECEIVE, SEPARATE, INDEPENDENT, OCCURRENCE, GRAMMAR, MILLENNIUM, EMBARRASSMENT,

ACCOMMODATE, DEFINITELY and PRIVILEGE

3. What is common to the following words?:

SHAMPOO, GINGER, PYJAMAS, MULLIGATAWNY, CATAMARAN, MONGOOSE, CHEROOT and

JUGGERNAUT

4. There are many words in the English language where the suffix changes the

masculine gender into the feminine. E.g. lion/ lioness, actor/actress, waiter/

waitress. Can you think of some words where the feminine gender is converted

into a masculine gender using a suffix?

5. What is common to the following words:

JEEP, VASELINE, ASPIRIN, VELCRO, FRISBEE and THERMOS.

6. Here's a simple one: What is common to these words?:

DESSERTS, ANIMAL, DRAWER, GATEMAN and DIAPER

7. What's unique about this sentence?: 'A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful

ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a

slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.'

8. What is common to:

TEDDY BEAR, SANDWICH, DIESEL, BOYCOTT and BOUGANVILLEA

9. Which is the longest name of a country which has alternating vowels and

consonants in its spelling (E.g. NEPAL)?

10. What's unique about these words and phrases?:

SANCTION, CLEAVE, SCREEN, WIND UP

BONUS:

Remember the line: 'A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.' It is special

because it has all the 26 letters of the English alphabet. It is called a

'pangram'. Here are some more pangrams I compiled.

a.. A large fawn jumped quickly over white zinc boxes.

a.. All questions asked by five watch experts amazed the judge.

a.. A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent.

a.. Would you please examine both sizes of jade figures very quickly?

Do you know some more?

I know these are not questions which will interest everyone, but do give it a

good try. Because, I'm sure, the answers will interest you.

Answers on Saturday.

Anshu

[Guest guest]

Looks like Aasawari has us all beat! Congrats Aasawari!

Kishore Shah 1974

[Guest guest]

Wow! Aasawari..... your longest word had me gasping for breath! But is it

accepted in any official dictionary?

Good attempt with all answers though!

Anshu

Re: InQUIZitive about words

1. The longest town in the United Kingdom is in Wales. It is:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

However, there is a place with an even longer name in New Zealand. It is the

name of a hill. Here it is:

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiw en

uaitnatahu.

However, the longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the

formula C1289H2051N343O375S8

And it is spelled:

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminyl\

leucyllysylgl

utamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthre\

onylleucylgl

ycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylasp\

artylthreonylleu

cylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylis\

oleucylprolylph

enylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylgl\

utaminylaspara

ginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreony\

lprolylalanylgl

utaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginyl\

glutaminyllys

ylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyros\

ylalanlylasparagi

nylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenyla\

lanyltyrosylal

anylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylsrylvalylleucylvalyl\

alanylaspartylv

alylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyla\

lanylalanylleu

cylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcyst\

einylprolylprolyl

aspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalan\

ylseryltyrosylg

lycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvaly\

lthreonylglycylal

anylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylaspara\

ginylalanylal

anylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprol\

ylaspartylgluta

minylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanyl\

isoleucylserylgl

ycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylas\

paraginylisoleuc

ylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylal\

anylvalylgluta

minylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine .

2.Commonly misspelt words in the english language.

3. They are the words originating from indian languages.

5. These are the trademark names of the product which themselves became words.

6. They are palindromes or reversibles.

7. Used to show the use of ough.

8. They are the names of people who became words Bobby, Caesarian.

9.Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma

(63 english letters) for LIBYA!

Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah (51) for ALGERIA

and third isItyop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik 40 for ETHIOPIA!

United arab emirates.

10. Antonyms-They are the words with two meanings. One word having two entire

different meanings. Jam.

aasawari91

scratching her brains

" Dr. Anshu " wrote:

Hello everybody.

Long time since we've had a quiz. This time let's shift from familiar

Bollywood territory to a quiz about words in English.

Let's see how many you get correct with these fun words.

1. Which is the longest word in any English dictionary? ( No it is not

SMILES.. because it has a mile between the two 'S's... I asked this question

because it is a medical term.In fact, most long winding words in English are

from medical terms or procedures)

2. What is common to the following words?:

RECEIVE, SEPARATE, INDEPENDENT, OCCURRENCE, GRAMMAR, MILLENNIUM,

EMBARRASSMENT, ACCOMMODATE, DEFINITELY and PRIVILEGE

3. What is common to the following words?:

SHAMPOO, GINGER, PYJAMAS, MULLIGATAWNY, CATAMARAN, MONGOOSE, CHEROOT and

JUGGERNAUT

4. There are many words in the English language where the suffix changes the

masculine gender into the feminine. E.g. lion/ lioness, actor/actress, waiter/

waitress. Can you think of some words where the feminine gender is converted

into a masculine gender using a suffix?

5. What is common to the following words:

JEEP, VASELINE, ASPIRIN, VELCRO, FRISBEE and THERMOS.

6. Here's a simple one: What is common to these words?:

DESSERTS, ANIMAL, DRAWER, GATEMAN and DIAPER

7. What's unique about this sentence?: 'A rough-coated, dough-faced,

thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling

into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.'

8. What is common to:

TEDDY BEAR, SANDWICH, DIESEL, BOYCOTT and BOUGANVILLEA

9. Which is the longest name of a country which has alternating vowels and

consonants in its spelling (E.g. NEPAL)?

10. What's unique about these words and phrases?:

SANCTION, CLEAVE, SCREEN, WIND UP

BONUS:

Remember the line: 'A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.' It is special

because it has all the 26 letters of the English alphabet. It is called a

'pangram'. Here are some more pangrams I compiled.

a.. A large fawn jumped quickly over white zinc boxes.

a.. All questions asked by five watch experts amazed the judge.

a.. A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent.

a.. Would you please examine both sizes of jade figures very quickly?

Do you know some more?

I know these are not questions which will interest everyone, but do give it a

good try. Because, I'm sure, the answers will interest you.

Answers on Saturday.

Anshu