Most people walk around believing they have a pretty good sense of how English works. We learn the alphabet, pick up some spelling rules, and memorize how to pronounce tricky words, feeling confident ...
This video reveals how chemical names and fictional creations produced words ranging from dozens to nearly 190,000 letters, making the true longest English word almost impossible to pronounce.
For my purposes here and now, I would make the case for a regular, easy to pronounce, word as being the longest word. You may have heard this before, but I’m reminding you now, that “smiles” is, by ...