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Though importantly, it's a word made up by a comedian for comic effect.
The 'longest' single chinese character (most strokes required to write) is also the name of a dish. The 'biang' in "biangbiang mian" has 58 strokes, and you have to write it twice. It's also thought to have been made up specifically for it's complexity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biangbiang_noodles
Traditional mandarin too complicated? Good news! There’s a simplified version:
They are also delicious
Recipe please
The recipe's embedded in the word.
(/jk)
hehe, cock’s-brains
I kinda want to hear someone pronounce it correctly.
Imagine you a young monk and you finally feel like you have a strong understanding of Latin writing. Your boss hands you a book of Greek philosophy and you get to this part....
For a Finn that's actually easy. You are used to an obscure writing system where the letters alone have no meaning, but you need to look at what letters are near what ones to know if you should pronounce an a or e or u or i.
In Greek pronounciation you just look at each letter and pronounce it. Forget the big picture of the word, just concentrate on three consequtive letters at a time.
Ahh hello LeeLu
Reminds me of the German Baroque composer Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitzweimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm