the wonders of English
Jun. 23rd, 2006 08:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fpbFrom the blog of Ruth Gledhill (surprisingly capable religious affairs correspondent for the otherwise wretched London Times):
I was particulary proud of this piece, because after 19 years on The Times, I finally managed to get what I think is the longest word in the English language, antidisestablishmentarianism, into the paper. Of course I could only ever have succeeded in that enterprise in an article about Rowan Williams... Meanwhile, Philippe Naughton from Times Online has emailed me saying: 'Please don't accuse me of floccipaucinihilipilification, but didnt you mean disestablishmentarianism?' Oh dear, I think perhaps I did. Proud no more, just fallen....
I was particulary proud of this piece, because after 19 years on The Times, I finally managed to get what I think is the longest word in the English language, antidisestablishmentarianism, into the paper. Of course I could only ever have succeeded in that enterprise in an article about Rowan Williams... Meanwhile, Philippe Naughton from Times Online has emailed me saying: 'Please don't accuse me of floccipaucinihilipilification, but didnt you mean disestablishmentarianism?' Oh dear, I think perhaps I did. Proud no more, just fallen....
