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I'm working on an article and some of my research turned up the claim that the Clayton Antique Boat Show is "the oldest continuous antique boat show in the world." Now I'm sure that's not what they mean, since it takes place Aug. 1-3 this year....But what IS the word they want? because I want it too....I don't think they can mean "continual" either, quite. Looked up "continuous" in my dic and it has a note: " Continuous refers to something which is non-stop; continual, whith which it is often confused, refers to something happening repeatedly, but with intervals in between." So much for that. HELP! 
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Sounds like you've answered your own question. Still need help?
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Would that be anything like "the Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York", perhaps?
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The oldest, annual, antique boat show ... would give the sense without the confusion.
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The oldest, annual, antique boat show ... would give the sense without the confusion.
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But neglects the element of continuity. ?uninterrupted
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Still need help?Only for interest's sake, at this point - had to send the piece in, so left out all reference to age/continuity of boat show....But I'm sure there's a word. I was reluctant to put "oldest annual" simply because I'm not entirely sure, from the website, that the event has always been annual (ie, I wondered if it happened more than once a year at any point in its history, or if it happened alternate years, that kind o' thang). Somehow I thought there was another "c" word, but  when I looked up "contiguous" I discovered that means more like what Alaska and Hawaii are.... hi wow, hi JohnHawaii!Know how you get a feeling for a word in your head, but the word itself refuses to take shape and make sense of itself for you?  Or am I just whistling Dixie? [whistling-e]
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The Royal St. John's Regatta phrases it like this:
North America's Oldest Continuing Sporting Event
meaning that they've had races every years since 1826. Still a "c" word, but it's neither continuous nor continual. I don't know if this is the word you were thinking of.
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What's wrong with continual?
"… continual…refers to something happening repeatedly, but with intervals in between."
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What's wrong with continual?
From a dictionary standpoint (and among us word-geeks), probably nothing, but it's just not commonly used that way. Or maybe I'm biased because I've heard the Regatta tag line (see above) one too many times.
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