What's The Longest Word In The English Language?

2014-07-16

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http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - I'm getting a bit linguistic in this week's video, from the Welsh village of Llanfair­pwllgwyn­gyllgo­gery­chwyrn­drobwll­llanty­silio­gogo­goch. And as often happens with linguistics, the answer depends on how you define things. What counts as a word, after all?