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Posted By: tsuwm 11-letter words - 09/04/11 04:47 PM
apropos of nothing, except a conversation on an other board, OneLook lists 1122 "common" eleven-letter English words.. starting with the letter 'a'!

I am awestricken.

edit: but, to crossthread (1427 c-words), thaumaturgy has eleven(11) letters, along with 628 other t-words.
Posted By: BranShea Re: 11-letter words - 09/04/11 05:02 PM
apropos of nothing

applaudable ( does this one belong to the list? )
Posted By: tsuwm Re: 11-letter words - 09/04/11 05:36 PM
sure. applaudable has an OLi = 12.
Posted By: BranShea Re: apropos of 11-letter words - 09/04/11 07:38 PM
And 11-11-11 is coming closer.

some spooky things ?
Posted By: tsuwm Re: apropos of 11-letter words - 09/04/11 08:24 PM
and 9/10/11 (in U.S. reckoning) is just down the week.
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: apropos of 11-letter words - 09/04/11 11:34 PM
Originally Posted By: BranShea
And 11-11-11 is coming closer.

some spooky things ?




Spooky, for the superstitious.
Posted By: tsuwm Re: apropos of 11-letter words - 09/05/11 12:48 AM
>superstitious..

has thirteen(13!) letters - now *that's spooky!!
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: apropos of 11-letter words - 09/05/11 02:47 AM
I thought I was on ignore.
Posted By: tsuwm Re: apropos of 11-letter words - 09/05/11 03:05 AM
I can't help myself from checking on your blather, now and then, since it's so easy to click the "Toggle the display of this post."
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: apropos of 11-letter words - 09/05/11 04:05 AM
You are so inconsistent: on ignore, off ignore, on again.
I really get to you don't I?
Blather: takes one to know one. At least I don't feign
intelligence.
Posted By: tsuwm Re: apropos of 11-letter words - 09/05/11 04:31 AM
>At least I don't feign intelligence.

no; how could you?!
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: apropos of 11-letter words - 09/05/11 04:38 AM
still playing with your toggle button???
Posted By: BranShea Re: apropos of 11-letter words - 09/05/11 01:20 PM
'Spooky, for the superstitious.'

If you read this with attention and without haste you might find that superstitious and the word 'survive' are in this same little paragraph. A little superstition is never a waste. More than that, it's a bit of FUN.
(no, I don't mean witch burnings )

superstitious
late 14c., from O.Fr. superstitieux, from L. superstitiosus, from superstitionem (nom. superstitio) "prophecy, soothsaying, excessive fear of the gods," perhaps originally "state of religious exaltation," related to superstes (gen. superstitis) "standing over or above," also "standing by, surviving," from superstare "stand on or over, survive," from super "above" (see super-) + stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). There are many theories for the L. sense development, but none has yet triumphed.
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: apropos of 11-letter words - 09/05/11 03:03 PM
I think of the current fad and fascination with vampires.
TV, Movies,etc. There was so much superstition in earlier
days, giving rise to such creatures. Ancient religions
or the lack of religion, being filled by these superstitions.
A need to be filled, and filled it was.
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