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Offline GordonA

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The longest word in the Turkish language !!
« on: June 17, 2015, 18:35:17 PM »
Believed by many renowned Turkish scholars to be the longest , single word in this fascinating language , ( to me at least )  ;

The tongue-twisting, 70-letter " Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine " , or “as if you are from those we may not be able to easily make a maker of unsuccessful ones,”

I initially struggled to make sense of the English translation  but , if one really analyses and thinks about it, there is a definitive reasoning in there !!



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Re: The longest word in the Turkish language !!
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2015, 19:00:46 PM »
Any chance of your explaining what that reasoning might be. "You are pretending you not a teacher of failure" perhaps?

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Re: The longest word in the Turkish language !!
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2015, 19:07:06 PM »
I believe that I shall " let it ride " for a wee while, work it out Colwyn, you have the capability to do so , if anyone has , my friend .    ;)

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Re: The longest word in the Turkish language !!
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2015, 19:22:30 PM »
Or, you can Google the explanation if you can't wait for Gordy.

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Re: The longest word in the Turkish language !!
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2015, 19:35:45 PM »
I'm pretty sure it isn't "antidisestablishmentarianism"

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Re: The longest word in the Turkish language !!
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2015, 20:34:29 PM »
Anyone can join in. . . . .  ;)




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