These are described by the 1992 guinness book of world records as the longest words in common usage. Whether you landed on this page out of curiosity or because you needed a little help for a. Of all the ancient writings, most scholars agree that the old testament of the bible is the oldest of religious books. It refers to a law for regulating the labeling of beefall in. Miss macintosh, my darling by marguerite young 750,000 words, 1198 pages.
The longest word in the world and other weird wordy wonders when is the longest word actually a word. The longest word ever to appear in literature comes from. Finding the longest word that describes something real can be a challenge especially when you are competing with mary. To get a glimpse of the longest word, read roughly the first third of it below, which is all our webpage could handle. Anyway, i just finished rereading my longest text ever. In their book infographica quercus, martin and simon toseland rounded up some of the longest words in different languages, along with their definitions. Top 10 longest novels in the english languagetop 10 longest novels in the english languagei love a long book that i can really get into, so i decided to compile a list of the longest novels ever written. However, it was not possible to find an estimate more accurate than above 1,000,000 words for these later editions. The identity of the longest word in english depends upon the definition of what constitutes a word in the english language, as well as how length should be compared words may be derived naturally from the languages roots or formed by coinage and construction. Luke is the third and longest out of the four gospels, and is the longest book in the new testament as well.
The longest words in literature interesting literature. Worlds longest word takes 2 minutes to say video by david moye. Alan moore finishes millionword novel jerusalem books. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world. Jack parked a little way out of the small town near nate, loaded up his new backpack with camping gear and the things he was bringing for nate, and then started walking. Oct 15, 2010 longest english word titin spelled out.
I know it is a type of protein nicknamed titan that in over 186,000 letters long. Ever wondered which are the longest fantasy series of all time. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. The longest word in the english language leaving literature to one side for a moment is a. According to writers digest, grammar reference book garners modern american. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact. The book gives 100page excerpts from the longest word, sentence, novel and poem. Jan 21, 2011 whats the longest word in the english language. Although word records may not seem like material ripe for comedy, cantrell knocks it out of the park. This is the longest word that can be written without a space. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course. Its hard to define exactly what constitutes a long novel, as some come in more than one volume, which is counted, but others are more of. Sirona, texas by madison cooper 840,000 words, 1,731 pages.
Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. At 85 letters, it has been listed in the guinness world records as the longest place name in the entire world. Top 10 longest novel books in the world world most. The word count of 969,000 words is true for the first edition of clarissa, but later editions seem to have climbed to above 1,000,000 words.
This is a list of languages arranged by the approximate dates of the oldest existing texts recording a complete sentence in the language. The gospel of luke details a variety of key events in jesus life, including his journey into the desert, his miraculous healings, and his. In honor of the event, i searched for world s longest palindrome and found that in 1980, giles selig hales claimed to have written the world s longest palindrome, which consisted of 58,795 letters. It took up,095 pages spread over 10 volumes, with over two million words, and a french name which is the reason why were not even bothering to write it out for you. Is the bible the oldest religious book in the world. Either way, it was the best of times, it was the tseb of times, it was a palindromic time. Fancy something a bit more challenging for your next read.
Here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. Sep 10, 2014 there is no word yet on an official release date for the book, and comics beat reports that it has not yet got a publisher. Armen shekoyan, an armenian writer committed to producing the worlds longest novel, says. Sylvia plath made mention of it in her semiautobiographical novel the bell jar, when the protagonist. You see, i periodically read the longest text ever to check the constant downward spiral of my sanity. Clavells written memories became his first novel, king rat. Two chemical terms 3,641 and 1,9 letters long have appeared in the guinness book of world records. It is the longest word in the world, according to guinness world records. Todays word documents dont have problem counting them, but how was in the past, lets say in the 17th century when books were written with actual holding oily pens or pencils in this article we will also talk about longest books in the world and how the writers managed to write those books.
The written language abounds with compound words in which each constituent word is delimited by spaces, just like any freestanding word. The longest coloring book in the world yoon, sarah on. Climb down to the depths of the ocean in this amazing foldout coloring book, the longest in the world. Have you ever wondered which is the longest book on audible. Women and men by joseph mcelroy 850,000 words, 1192 pages.
How many pages were in the longest book ever written answers. This was a 1999 german word of the year, and it also won a special award as the longest german word for that year. The longest words recorded in oed with each vowel only once, and in order, are. Additionally, the book of job is written differently from all the other books in the bible and it also makes no reference to any other books or events in the bible. The longest novel ever published was written in the 1600s. This hyper word references a beef labeling regulation and delegation of supervision law. The 15,145page, singlespaced fantasy manuscript called the story of the vivian girls, in what is known as the realms of the unreal, of the glandecoangelinian war storm, caused by the child slave rebellion by henry joseph darger jr. Armen shekoyan, an armenian writer committed to producing the world s longest novel, says. Check out some of the coolest and quirkiest writing world records and videos.
Dr subramonian, principal, dr r v arts and science college, karamadai, about 25 km from coimbatore, has written a book about daniel radcliffe, the young actor, who gave life to j k rowlings character harry. Kevin might not rewatch the sopranos, on the other hand, leaves much less. Lengthy concatenations and some compound, agglutinative and nonce words can be written in the closedup style of a single word. Nov 19, 2007 these are described by the 1992 guinness book of world records as the longest words in common usage.
In the image above the blah story books taken from prleap. Worlds longest word takes 2 minutes to say video huffpost. For now, the longest word contains 3,609,750 letters and is published in nigel tomms novel the blah story, volume 19. Seeking an entry in the guinness book of world records, a college principal on monday released a book with the longest title of 1022 words with 4805 characters and no space.
Longest todo list written in one minute mick cullen. It was in fact larger but the publishers managed to convince him to shed a. The book begins with the longest words in the english language, which is somewhat hard to read, but the book quickly goes into more digestible material. Amen, is the longest english word spelled without any consonant letters. Fantasy books are usually longer than in other genres. There are some disputes about what counts as the longest word. From the seven longest speeches ever given to twelve of the most popular passwords used today, each of these entries reveals the history behind the world s most noteworthy expressions. The longest word in any of the major english language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano. In this article, you will get to know about 16 of the longest books on audible, each with a running time of over 78 hours. Longest word has 189,819 letters, takes three hours to pronounce. The longest english words to ever appear in literature huffpost. Reading the longest english word 190,000 characters youtube. List of languages by first written accounts wikipedia.
Dec 11, 2012 world s longest word takes 2 minutes to say video by david moye. With the book of word records, youll uncover hundreds of bizarre, ugly, gross, and otherwise extreme words that have what it takes to break some serious records. As i did more research, i realized that there were many issues i had to take into consideration when deciding what to include on this list. In this video i read the longest english word to ever exist. Jan 01, 2014 guinness world records, known until 2000 as the guinness book of records, is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Fasten your imaginary seatbelt cause were about to take to the skies looking for the longest word in the world. The events in the book of job are believed to have taken place before the time of moses, possibly during the era of the bibles patriarchs. The longest word in the english language leaving literature to one side for a moment is a staggering 189,819 letters long. Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world records, theres no doubt that prousts masterpiece could quite easily double up as a mightily effective doorstop, with volumes clocking up nearly 1. Spell out each of those acid names in a row and you get, well, a really.
Longest english word titin spelled out this fact is disputed. The word is cited as the longest ancient greek word ever written. However, not all words in vietnamese are single morphemes. Longest word has 189,819 letters, takes three hours to. Book of world records calls floccinaucinihilipilification the longest real word in the. A man has been recorded spending more than three hours to pronounce what is supposedly the longest word in the english language. Apr 10, 2010 in the guinness book of world records 2008 it does not say what the longest word in the english language is. Impress your friends by breaking or inventing your own writing world records on. A suitable boy by vikram seth which is an amazing piece of literary work and personally i consider his lifes masterpiece is simply magnanimous.
Synonyms for written at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. It also does not include inscriptions consisting of isolated words or. Our new book project, a collection of ideas for making the world a better place entitled the world transformed, has been going by the nickname the worlds longest book. The name of the protein titn is 189,819 letters long and the longest one in english.
What is the longest word in the english language according to. Before we start looking for the longest word, we have to put in a word about words. However according to me, the longest word in the english language is. The longest word ever to appear in literature comes from aristophanes play. The word kuulilennuteetunneliluuk meaning the hatch a bullet flies out of. If you have, you are at the right place to feed your curious mind. I want to be quick to point out that the proposed abridged edition of the the world transformed will not be anything remotely approaching the worlds longest book. This enormous tome is based on the video game franchise super smash bros. To get a glimpse of the longest word, read roughly the first third of it below, which is all. Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. Below is list about longest novel books in the world. The ones that begin so grandly then morph into multivolume nightmares that never seem to end.
I wanted to identify the shortest novel ever written in order to solve a mystery thats been plaguing me. Whether you landed on this page out of curiosity or because you needed a little help for a hangman game, get ready. The book itself holds a world record, as the bestselling ed book series of all time. On the very first page of the novel, joyce uses the 100letter word. The identity of the longest word in english depends upon the definition of what constitutes a word in the english language, as well as how length should be. Even the authors know they are bloated beasts, for example take tad williams, writer of. It does not include undeciphered scripts, though there are various claims without wide acceptance, which, if substantiated, would push backward the first attestation of certain languages.
Jul 27, 2019 if you set out to find the worlds shortest novel, as i recently did, youll run into a crazy pile of misinformation, unsourced quora and yahoo answers pages, ethnic slurs disguised as jokes, and general confusion about the difference between a novel, a novella, and a short story. Hope you dont have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia fear of long words, because were diving into some of the contenders for the. The title translates to remembrance of things past. This is the longest word shakespeare ever used readers digest. Author christian, writing under the name aurachannelerchris, began writin. May 31, 2008 what is the longest word in the world, written out in full. Now, how many years do you think it will take to give the first draft. The subspace emissarys world conquest, a 4 million words plus and counting piece of fan fiction. Use arrows to rank one item in the longest novels ever by word count vs another. The identity of the longest word in english depends upon the definition of what constitutes a. At the end of this article, i will also share with you the trick that was used to obtain this list. Oct 17, 2014 todays word documents dont have problem counting them, but how was in the past, lets say in the 17th century when books were written with actual holding oily pens or pencils in this article we will also talk about longest books in the world and how the writers managed to write those books. Luke associated closely with apostle paul and is believed to have written the book of acts in addition to his own gospel.
Dec 12, 2012 a man has been recorded spending more than three hours to pronounce what is supposedly the longest word in the english language. Shareranks is about ranking things that are top, most, greatest, or even worst in all categories. Four letter word woman takes on world s longest name. What is the longest word in the world, written out in full. If you set out to find the worlds shortest novel, as i recently did, youll run into a crazy pile of misinformation, unsourced quora and yahoo answers pages, ethnic slurs disguised as jokes, and general confusion about the difference between a novel, a novella, and a short story. If you write a book according to the usual criteria, one person may like it, the other may dislike it, but when you write ten volumes, no one will say that the book is in eight.
Four letter word woman takes on worlds longest name. The longest known example is a compound word of 195 sanskrit characters transliterating to 428 letters in the roman alphabet describing the region near kanci, tamil nadu, india, which appears in a 16thcentury work by tirumalamba, queen of vijayangara. Its 27 letters long, making it the longest word in any of his works. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact of. In honor of the event, i searched for worlds longest palindrome and found that in 1980, giles selig hales claimed to have written the worlds longest palindrome, which consisted of 58,795 letters.
The longest regular word to appear in the dictionary pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is only a puny 45 letters in length, reported, adding that some lexicographers arent sure whether the name of a chemical actually qualifies as a word. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published 164954 in ten parts, each part in three volumes. Guinness world records 2015 by guinness world records. Bacons offspring, are preserved for the world simple, eh. The 1992 guinness book of world records calls floccinaucinihilipilification the longest real word in the oxford english dictionary, and refers to pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis as the longest madeup one. Its not spelled correctly it only has 97856 letters.
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