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ethercat

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"antidisestablishmentarianism" falls from grace
« on: July 18, 2010, 21:57 »
After all my life having been told and believing that antidisestablishmentarianism was the longest word in the English language, now I read on dictionary.com that Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolc anoconiosis is the longest.

How disappointing; I'll never learn to spell that one - I can't even pronounce it in one breath!   (OoO)
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Re: "antidisestablishmentarianism" falls from grace
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2010, 03:37 »
Hey, I know what that word means! *boggles* Or I think I do: a respiratory illness caused by breathing in small mineralized particulates after a volcano eruption.
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Re: "antidisestablishmentarianism" falls from grace
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2010, 10:06 »
Quote from: Lorelei on July 19, 2010, 03:37
Hey, I know what that word means! *boggles* Or I think I do: a respiratory illness caused by breathing in small mineralized particulates after a volcano eruption.

Something like that, but with silica in general, where ever it comes from.  There's a definition linked from the word above.
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