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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ravellion" data-source="post: 360239" data-attributes="member: 538">No, 4 to 5 syllable words are quite common, but that's because we combine our compunds in one word, ie. "telephonerepairman" (YUCK! It really doesn't work in English <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ).The stereotypical long dutch word is "Hottentottententententoonstelling" A Hottentot (some 3rd world tribe) tent exhibition. Of course the 4 identical "ten" syllables are very silly, and it is a word you will never ever use, except in demonstrations of the Dutch language like these.Oh, I don't mean to get into a political discussion, but when I read the right=conservative, left= liberal, I though that in the Netherlands the VVD, the 2nd biggest party (we have a multi party system) are right wing liberals... Is that unique in the world?We also had a right wing populist who was outspokenly gay till last may, but then we had our first political murder since 1558 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> . Didn't agree with the man, but he didn't deserve to get shot.It's a silly country, The Netherlands. I'll be missing it the next nine months though (I'm going to be living in Falmer, Brighton for one Academic year)...Rav</blockquote>

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