On Tue, 17 Feb 1998 15:09:00 -0800  Ted Lemon wrote:

> > They _made_ you spell it? We just knew what it was, and how to spell it,
> > solely for the coolness of knowing the longest word in the dictionary.
> 
> Ah, but you get more points for longer words in a spelling bee... :')

Which dictionary?  There's that long coal-miner's lung disease in the
Oxford dictionary that has 53 characters (pnuemonoultra-something).
Hmm, a little off topic :)

Simon.