I've been trying to work out if there are any natural 6 syllable words in common use Best I can come up with is 5 Syllables for "Congratulations" and 6 with prestidigitation(Correct technical term for "Sleight of Hand"/magic) But it's not common in English usage Anyone improve on this? or give us any other 5 or more syllable words
Posts: 13169 | Location: 6 miles west of Wigan UK | Registered: 06-05-02
And that old chestnut, antidisestablishmentarianism. You might argue it's not in common use, but you would be.... WRONG! Because it's mentioned to many school kids as 'the longest word in the English language'. Although it probably isn't, any more.
Posts: 6257 | Location: British Columbia, Canada | Registered: 06-11-02
5- and 6-syllable words may be more common than we think. And, don't forget, a Southerner can turn "bedstor" into 4 syllables without trying!
Five Syllables: association predominantly cafeteria communication fundamentally dimensionally biological reincarnation philosophical departmentally approximately observatory conversational codependency eventually miscellaneous metamorphosis
Six Syllables: indistinguishable unintentionally radiological counterintuitive internationally ecologically responsibility
Add the odd suffix or prefix and many words can have five or six syllables.
Posts: 7742 | Location: in the backwoods of North Carolina | Registered: 06-07-02
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