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Re: [OT] Long words (was: How to enter for example \200 offered by ispel


From: Marcin Borkowski
Subject: Re: [OT] Long words (was: How to enter for example \200 offered by ispell in its buffer *Choices*)
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:44:28 +0200

On 2015-06-22, at 12:20, Jürgen Hartmann <juergen_hartmann_@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>
>>> Donau­Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschafts­Kapitänskajüten­Schlüsselloch
>>>
>>> ...
>>> and means "keyhole of the captain's cabin of the Donau steam shipping
>>> society".
>>
>> Am I right that under the "old" rules, there should be a double "f", not
>> a triple one?
>
> Yes, that's right. You seem to be very familiar with this language--I guess
> that there are even many German native speakers that don't remember that.

Not really.  I learned German in the period 1992-1998, with varying
levels of diligence, and do not remember very much...

> So with the "new" spelling the word became even longer. They are growing...

;-)

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University



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