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1. www.bbc.com · culture · articleIs this the most powerful word in the English language? - BBC

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   The answer is two-fold, according to the BBC Radio 4 programme Word of Mouth. George Zipf, a 20th-Century US linguist and philologist, expounded the principle of least effort. He predicted...

2. thebftonline.com · 2020/06/30 · is-this-the-mostIs this the most powerful word in the English language?

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   Jun 30, 2020 · The answer is two-fold, according to the BBC Radio 4 programme Word of Mouth. George Zipf, a 20th-Century US linguist and philologist, expounded the principle of least effort. He predicted that short and simple words would be the most frequent – and he was right.

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4. www.digitalspy.com · fun · a444700'Longest' word has 189,819 letters, takes three hours to ...

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   Jan 10, 2024 · 'Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine' is the chemical name of 'titin' (also known as 'connectin') – the largest known protein. It has 189,819 letters.

5. www.npr.org · sections · krulwichWhat's The Longest Word In The English Language?

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   Jan 21, 2011 · Turns out, there are bigger molecules. Sam found a tryptophan protein that runs 1,913 letters — that, he says, is over 60 percent longer than the tobacco protein.

6. www.bbc.co.uk · programmes · articlesThe most powerful word in the English language - BBC

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   How did a word which means nothing, and didn't even exist in Old English, come to dominate our language? What makes it ‘magic’? And why do men use it more than women?

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7. www.languagematters.co.uk · is-this-the-mostIs this the most powerful word in the English language?

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   Jan 17, 2020 · 17th January 2020. The word “The” might be the most commonly used word in the English vocabulary. However, we don’t really reflect on the purpose of the individual word, but it has a significant meaning in the way we construct sentences. Read more about it here.

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   Why is 'the' the most commonly used word in English?

   • ‘The’ tops the league tables of most frequently used words in English, accounting for 5% of every 100 words used. “‘The’ really is miles above everything else,” says Jonathan Culpeper, professor of linguistics at Lancaster University. But why is this? The answer is two-fold, according to the BBC Radio 4 programme Word of Mouth.

   Is this the most powerful word in the English language? - BBC

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   What is the longest word in English?

   • Also, it has never been used in conversation by anyone, ever, and never will. It would not be a good conversation. The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' at 45 letters long. 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious', invented for – and made famous by – Mary Poppins, is 34 letters long.

   'Longest' word has 189,819 letters, takes three hours to pronounce

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   What is the most influential word in English?

   • In Word of Mouth Michael Rosen is joined by linguists Laura Wright and Jonathan Culpeper, and philosopher Barry Smith, to explore the strange history of 'The', the most influential word in English. How did a word which means nothing, and didn't even exist in Old English, come to dominate our language? What makes it ‘magic’?

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   How many letters does the word 'the' have?

   • The most commonly-used word in English might only have three letters – but it packs a punch. ‘The’. It’s omnipresent; we can’t imagine English without it. But it’s not much to look at. It isn’t descriptive, evocative or inspiring. Technically, it’s meaningless.

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9. www.reddit.com · r · todayilearnedTIL the longest word in the English language has 189,819 ...

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   TIL the longest word in the English language has 189,819 letters and takes about three and a half hours to pronounce. It is the chemical name for the protein Titin. This word is so long that it is rarely, if ever, written out in full.