Saturday, April 16, 2005

Words on 'Roids

From a scan of a local newspaper, here are the words I see that are in the 15+ letter range.
doktersassistenten
onderhandelingen
voorschrijffouten
onderzoeksproject
veiligheidskaart
gebruikersoverleg
verhuisbewegingen
studieverenigingen
ouderenbigeenkomsten
verbouwingsopruiming
inspraakbijeenkomsten
uitvoeringsprogramma
interieurarchitectuur

whew!

Now the good news is that the Dutch LOVE compound words - look at the first and last words in the list. What English-speakers would write as two words, the Dutch have made into one word. Nevertheless, there are still lots of BIG words in this SMALL country.

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