Subject: Re: (Getting far off topic) disestablish?
To: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/17/1998 18:25:23
On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Simon Burge wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Feb 1998 17:32:52 -0800 (PST) Paul Goyette wrote:
>
> > It's "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis" if I remember
> > correctly.
>
> Hmm, this obviously needs more research. A search with altavista
> returns:
>
> "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocaniosis"
> ^ ^
> and
>
> "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconeosis"
> ^ ^
> compared with your spelling:
>
> "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis"
>
> I've marked the differences. I'm not sure who to believe! The first
> entry above (at http://www.dsu.edu/~anderbea/guest/guestlist.html) seems
> believable, not I'm not commiting myself yet...
Well, I guess I wasn't as good as I thought! :) I think I like the
first one you found (...volcanoconiosis)...
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