WORDS

When I was a kid, the purported longest word in the English language was Antidisestablishmentarianism.  It meant that a state church, (at the time it was the Church of England) should not be disestablished or broken away or separated from the state.  It's a word that is still in use.  I count 28 letters.  

This may not be legal but there is a lake on the common border between Connecticut and Massachusetts with this name:  Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug Lake.  I'm not sure if I spelled it correctly but who could challenge me?  The person who coined the name evidently had a stuttering problem or some mental block that wouldn't let him stop.  My guess is that this has Indian origin.  If I counted correctly, there are 44 letters.  Whatever peoples used this language must have perished trying to teach their children to read and write.  I'm told the locals call it Webster Lake (maybe because there is a whole Websters dictionary included in the name).   The name is in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

SMILE, IT'S THURSDAY.   YOU'RE OVER THE HUMP!