Long Words, Excellent Words (I can hear them now)

[anarchist_nomad]

Gentle readers,

More than one of you has recently hinted[*] that I need to give y'all more of an opportunity to win those points that maybe redeemable for fabulous prizes!

As I am a benevolent Nomad, I am happy to comply with this request. This morning, as I was cycling to work, I found myself musing on monosyllabic[**] words. Tomorrow, I will be working at Queen Mary University with RT. I noted that "queen" has five letters but is only one syllable... whilst "Mary" is one letter shorter yet one syllable longer.

Thus, I pose the question to you, my dear friends: What is the longest monosyllabic word that you can think of? Two hundred points will be awarded to the person who can come up with the longest such word![***]

Whilst on the topic of points, I should congratulate theentwife! She scored the most votes in the poll to determine who had come up with the funniest title to this entry. Congratulations -- your two hundred points are winging their way to you right now!

Meanwhile, the game is on to find the longest monosyllabic word! Godspeed and good luck!

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[*] Or stated explicitly!

[**] It always amuses me that "monosyllabic" isn't.

[***] The Fine Print: Words must be in standard English, which shall be defined by the Oxford English Dictionary. On the hono(u)r system, contestants are trusted to come up with words on their own without the aid of Internet tools (such as a search engine).

Comments

[jadesfire55.livejournal.com]

It did, and I thank you for the fun.

And I have another smile - I have since thought of "squelched"!

[prolificdiarist.livejournal.com]

I like that you cam up with a better entry in the process of typing too, hehehe.

Also, ooh, squelched, I like!

Kx

[anarchist-nomad.livejournal.com]

Nine might end up being the winner. We shall see. There have been a handful of ten-letter words submitted, but I need to check them out with the OED tomorrow after I've given people enough time to respond.

Personally, I have thought of no ten letter words, a couple of dodgy nine letter words (like "scritched") that might not pass the OED test, and plenty of eight letter words (like "thoughts" and "droughts", to name just a couple). I can't compete for the points -- that wouldn't be fair! -- but I'm having fun playing along, too!

Any chance of seeing you at London BiFest this weekend, sweetie? It's been too long since last I had the pleasure of your company!

[prolificdiarist.livejournal.com]

I will be at BiFest!

Yay, NOMADNESS! :D

*cuddles*

Kx