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Taumatawhakatangihanga koauauotamateapokai whenuakitanatahu
#1
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu

Does that ring a bell? Specially any NZ folks?
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#2
its the sound kiwi makes when __________ .

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#3
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
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#4
wait...thats real?
lol!?
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#5
wait, you never thought to google it? :P
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#6
I just found this deeply interesting :D
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#7
It's a hill in NZ isn't it?
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(08 Nov 10, 08:23PM)Mael Wrote: It's a hill in NZ isn't it?

It is. Weird people around tho...
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#9
Ahah, why not just Tau? :D
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#10
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")
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#11
Isn't this the longest place name in the world?
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#12
Looks like it.
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#13
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
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#14
This thread makes me hungry and I want a Lopadotemakhoselakhogaleokranioleipsanodrimypotrimmatosilphiokarabomelitokatakekhymenokikhlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokinklopeleiolagōiosiraiobaphētraganopterygṓn

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#15
I remember being impressed by Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
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(09 Nov 10, 03:35PM)DES|V-Man Wrote: I remember being impressed by Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

LOL...Wales!

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#17
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.
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#18
And in English there's the specially-tailored "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis"!
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#19
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.
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#20
These last three words that got thrown out all start with "p".
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#21
Lol O_O a person with fear of long words may be scared to be in this thread xD
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#22
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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ive heard of "pa-pa-toy-toy"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahoehoe#P.C4.81hoehoe
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http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&source...1,,0,-1.91

Papatoetoe :P
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#25
Lewl
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