Talk:Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

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say it againn pls

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[edit] Meaning

It's an adjective, really. I realize that as a song title you can think of it as a noun... Doops 10:01, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I'm curious, what does it mean as an adjective? I know that in the song, Mary Poppins uses it do describe how she feels etc, but the article also says that it has entered common English language usage as an adjective. In that common usage sense, outside of the song, what does it mean? --209.108.217.226 16:39, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

It's used to describe something postive far beyond the known ranges of excellence...probably -Alex 12.220.157.93 12:40, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't think the definition given in the article is at all right. The reason being that the "ious" suffix doesn't apply soley to the last part, and also docious means submissive (as in docile) not educable. Besides, the definition "atoning for educability..." makes no sense, especially in the context the word is used.

Maybe it means that's it's the longest word in the world! i mean say it twenty times without breathing! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.169.82.130 (talk) 23:48, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

Please change the link name [1] to something else.

A convention is to use the title of the linked page, so there is not much can be done. mikka (t) 23:39, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] About the facts

in reading about the history of the word, there seems to be some disagreement. If possible, we need to get he cite for the brothers claiming to have created it.

this site (http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msupercali.html) has disagreeing facts, and may want to be considered for revision of wikipedia's... or not.


[edit] Georgia Guy

Georgia Guy, I noticed you've removed my tag to delete this article. I'm not sure what your reasons for opposing the move are. At 00:24, on 1 May 2006, when removing the tag, you commented (Revert; how would a dictionary entry look like this??). If your asking me how a dictionary entry would look like this, then I'd have to reply, in all probability, and all honesty, it would be hard to see any other methodology than by virtue of having similar structure and content. What does that have to do with the wikipedia policy? --TheMadTim 00:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

In fact, Georgia Guy, it might look a little something like this : Wiktionary entry for supercalifragilisticexpialidocious --TheMadTim 01:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "In popular culture"

Many entries here are difficult to verify. For example, In the Australian TV series, "The Wedge", they was a casnio joke with the ladies and the mother said that her child was a "Supercalifragilisticexpialidouchebag". In my opinion, only notable examples, i.e., mentioned in some reviews, must be included here. I may easlily invent a Turkish example, "Hülya Koçyiğit in her award-winning Zehra movie mocked American culture by the phrase 'Süleyman-i-rakiageçityapabilmeoğuz'". Of course, sooner or later (I suspect rather later) the hoax will be revealed, but wikipedia:Verifiability is in some trouble here. Mukadderat 20:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I think there are too many "examples." We don't need every single mention from the Simpsons, etc. Ztrawhcs 12:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pronounciation

[ˌsu.pəˌkæ.lɪˌfɹæ.dʒəl.ɪs.tɪkˌɛk.spi.æ.lɪˈdəʊ.ʃəs])

Is it really pronounced Su-pe-kae-li-flae-d3el-is-tik-3k-spi-ae-li-deu-fes? At least that is how the above reads unless that is meant to mean something else. Its not clear. Simply south 01:16, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

See the International Phonetic Alphabet John Reaves 01:25, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Another reason the IPA is great: the attempted pronounciation afterwards doesn't make it clear whether the "g" in "-frag-" is the "g" in "fragment" or the "g" in "fragile." If only there was an unambiguos symbol we could use. Perhaps some sort of phonetic alphabet that was the same in every language. An... international phonetic alphabet. (Note: dʒ is and always will be, no matter than context, the "g" in "fragile." The "g" in "fragment" is written in IPA as "g.")

[edit] Lack of Constant Spelling

Decide, please. Is it Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious? Or Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious? --24.221.176.159 05:50, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling

But i thought it was spelled Supercalafragalisticespialadocious —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hybrid Dragon (talk • contribs) 23:09, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Legal Section

I updated the legal section to actually reflect what the valid citation said, and removed the non-valid citation.Brainmouse (talk) 02:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Film Version Link

Video link demonstrating "-repus" ending for backwards version of the word in the film "Mary Poppins": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3zAbQ0aMK8 Deconstructhis (talk) 05:13, 13 June 2008 (UTC)