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CellarDweller:
Oh my God, I'm Honey Boo Boo! :laugh:
Sason:
Ahem......
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on June 04, 2013, 12:10:52 pm ---last one, I promise!
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Sason:
Chrissi, did you know that German has lost its longest word?
The word Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz no longer officially exists.
How sad. Such a useful word.... ::)
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/germany/130603/germany-drops-its-longest-word
CellarDweller:
How can you just 'do away' with a word?
I'm sure that now there will be people who will try to use it just because.
Front-Ranger:
So, it means "law for the delegation of monitoring beef labeling" and was created to describe the organization of monitoring for mad cow disease, but a different process is used now. Methinks the Germans secretly like their long complicated words.
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