"शब्दकोश" च्या विविध आवृत्यांमधील फरक
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*The longest word in the English dictionary is [[pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis]] (45 letters) this is a lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust.
==English without `e'==
Once Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar jokingly asked Madhusudan Dutt, "As you are a Master in English, can you make a sentence without using a single 'E'?"
"I doubt I can. It’s a major part of many many words. Omitting it, is as hard as making muffins without flour. It’s as hard as spitting without saliva, napping without a pillow, driving a train without tracks, sailing to Russia without a boat, washing your hands without soap. And, anyway, what would I gain? An award? A cash bonus? Bragging rights? Why should I strain my brain? It’s not worth it."
==Step-by-step improvement in English Alphabets - suggested by Mark Twain==
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet.
The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later.
Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all.
Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants.
Bai iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli.
Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
==List of major English dictionaries==
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