Taumatawhakatangihanga koauauotamateapokai whenuakitanatahu

[#M|A#Wolf]

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu

Does that ring a bell? Specially any NZ folks?

[yata]

its the sound kiwi makes when __________ .

[RandumKiwi]

firstly, you've only just heard about it?

secondly, it's not that special.

thirdly, you're probably wondering how to say it? It's quite easy really. Just split it up.

Tau - mata - whaka - tangi - hanga - koaua-uotama - teapokai - whenua - kitana - tahu

[yata]

wait...thats real?
lol!?

[RandumKiwi]

wait, you never thought to google it? :P

[#M|A#Wolf]

I just found this deeply interesting :D

[Mael]

It's a hill in NZ isn't it?

[Andrez]

It's a hill in NZ isn't it?

It is. Weird people around tho...

[titiPT]

Ahah, why not just Tau? :D

[RandumKiwi]

Why not just Taumatawhakatangi? :P
("toe" "ma" "ta" "fa" "ka" "tarn" "gee")

I live in a suburb called "Papatoetoe"
("pa" "pa" "toy" "toy")

There's a town with a bit of controversy over an "H" called "W(h)anganui". Apparently, the europeans incorrectly made it spelt, for all these years, as "wanganui", when it should be "whanganui".

("thong" "a" "nu" "e")

[|EXP|KillaZ]

Isn't this the longest place name in the world?

[#M|A#Wolf]

Looks like it.

[Andrez]

Bangkok's ceremonial name is the longest name at the moment:

Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok#Full_name

[Leoi]

This thread makes me hungry and I want a Lopadotemakhoselakhogaleokranioleipsanodrimypotrimmatosilphiokarabomelitokatakekhymenokikhlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokinklopeleiolagōiosiraiobaphētraganopterygṓn

:9

[V-Man]

I remember being impressed by Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

[MykeGregory]

I remember being impressed by Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

LOL...Wales!

[makkE]

While we're at it, I present the longest official german word (unofficial combinations of nouns, verbs and adjectives can actually be infinite in german):

"Rindfleischettikettierungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz"

Rough translation: law for passing on tasks concerning the labelling of beef.

[V-Man]

And in English there's the specially-tailored "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis"!

[Andrez]

This reminds me of long discussions about the longest words in our languages :D

Precipitevolissimevolmente used to be the longest Italian word; it means "[to do something] very quickly", while the new longest one is psiconeuroendocrinoimmunologia.

[Ronald_Reagan]

These last three words that got thrown out all start with "p".

[jAcKRoCk*]

Lol O_O a person with fear of long words may be scared to be in this thread xD

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ive heard of "pa-pa-toy-toy"

[V-Man]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahoehoe#P.C4.81hoehoe

[RandumKiwi]

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&source...1,,0,-1.91

Papatoetoe :P

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