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<p>I trust that we all realize it was only a matter of time before
the discussion might stray in the direction of "what is the
longest word in the German language?"</p>
<p>And even then we need to clarify our terms. The way the German
tongue works, there are ways that a speaker or writer might very
naturally conjoin some words to make a longer word. So probably
the interesting question is along the lines of "what is the
longest word in the German language that is likely to turn up in a
dictionary?" or "what is the longest German word in common use?"<br>
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<p>And the answer might be:</p>
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<p>Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz</p>
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<p>which, for those keeping score at home, has 63 letters.</p>
<p>It means <br>
</p>
<blockquote>Beef labeling supervision duties delegation law<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Today I
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I am advised that it means to take something bad and try to
make it better, but in the process, you make it worse than
before. We NEED a word like that in English - particularly
for many recent PTO "improvements"!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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