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so is it just th sound of the word?

I suppose, with the famous 'longest' (which isnt technically the longest) word in the english language is just a horrible cacophany of prefixes and suffixes, that sounded good to somebody at the time, but noone has used since

anti-dis-establish-ment-arian-ism ha

thank you all




Actually, the word and its kin crop up quite regularly in articles regarding the political status of the Church of England.