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Line 1: {{Unreferenced\|date=July 2007}} There are endless debates over what is the '''longest word in the [[English language]]''', and these debates revolve around the terms of consideration. If scientific or technical terms are allowed wholesale, then there is a potential for words of indescribable length, particularly in regard to the naming of organic and biological compounds such as proteins. {{Infobox Celebrity \| name = Sami Yusuf \| image = \| birth_date = July, [[1980]] \| birth_place = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] \| death_date = \| death_place = \| occupation = [[Singer]], [[composer]],and [[lyricist]] \| salary = \| networth = \| website = http://www.samiyusuf.com (official site/fan club) \| footnotes = }} '''Sami Yusuf''' is a British singer-songwriter of [[Iranian Azeris\|Azerbaijani]] origin [http://www.samiyusuf.com/biography/index.htm]& [http://www.samiyusuf.com/press/2005_09_30/2005_09_30_cuttings.htm] He was born in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] to [[Azerbaijani]] parents[http://www.samiyusuf.com/press/2006_08_10/2006_08_10_timecnn.htm] in July 1980 and raised in the United Kingdom. ~~== Popular usage ==~~ His first album, [[Al-Mu'allim]], was released in July 2003 and attained huge success. His second album, [[My Ummah]], which was released in 2005, comes in two versions, a musical version and one with just percussion. Yusuf's music comprises mostly of songs to do with [[Islam]] and being a [[Muslim]] in today's world. He also deals with many social and humanitarian issues in his music. At present he is fast becoming a very popular figure in the Islamic world, and has made several videos of his songs.[http://www.samiyusuf.com/video/index.htm] ~~'''[[Antidisestablishmentarianism]]''' (a movement opposed to the separation of church and state) at 28 letters is popularly believed to be the longest word. It is the "best-known".~~ Nevertheless, he has also sparked controversy due to the nature of his shows which critics claim have more in common with western pop concerts than Islamic spiritual values he claims to espouse.[http://www.muslimsweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1807&Itemid=238] However he has published a rebuttal to these claims on his website.[http://www.samiyusuf.com/messages/2006_06_17_yvonne.htm] ~~== A coined term ==~~ His international status has taken a clear enhancement on the second album with the participation of the trio of '''[[Outlandish]]''' on the track "Try Not to Cry". The word ''pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis'' (defined as "a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust") is certainly the longest word ever to appear in a non-technical dictionary of English (Source: OED). This 45 letter word first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in [[1936]], and has also since appeared in the Webster's Third New International Dictionary (under the alternate spelling of -konioisis), the Random House Unabridged Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, to name but a few. ==Biography== Sami Yusuf was born in July 1980 in Iran. He was born into a musical family thus music played an integral part in his life. Sami’s initial training came from his grandfather, who is a musician. Sami is also a practising Muslim who sees songs as a means of promoting the message of Islam and encouraging the youth to be proud of their religion and identity. Sami learnt to play several instruments at a very young age and gradually began to show a keen interest in singing and composing. He studied under several composers who had graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London. ~~Critics have complained that this word is a technical term (specifically, a medical term), and hence not worthy of consideration as the "longest word in general usage".~~ Sami Yusuf has performed in [[UK]], [[United States]], Bosnia and Herzegovina, [[Canada]], [[Azerbaijan]],[[Pakistan]]{{Fact\|date=July 2007}}, [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Sudan]] , [[Germany]] , [[Egypt]], [[Kuwait]], [[UAE]], [[France]], [[Sweden]], [[Holland]], [[Turkey]], [[Austria]], [[Syria]], [[Yemen]], [[Jordan]], [[Belgium]], [[Qatar]] and some other countries. He has released five music clips and the sixth is still not on television yet, but it was viewed in the Trafalgar square in [[London]]. There is yet another, more serious problem with the term, which is referred to by logologists as "p45", which is that the word is a hoax. In ''Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics'', in several separate articles (May [[1985]], pp. 95-96; November 1986, pp. 205-206; May [[1987]], p. 82), researchers discovered that the word was a [[neologism]] invented in [[1935]] by Everett M. Smith, president of the National Puzzler's League, as an example of a theoretical word that might one day enter use if trends in medical word coinage were to continue. Research into the body of medical literature prior to his usage in 1935 have never successfully shown that the word existed prior to his coinage. == ~~Other long words~~Discography == {\| class="wikitable" !align="left"\|Album cover !align="left"\|Album information \|- \|align="left"\| \|align="left"\|'''''[[Al-Muallim]]''''' Released: [[July]], [[2003]] Total Sales: 1,000,000 Singles: "[[Al-Muallim]]" "[[Supplication]]" \|- \|- \|align="left"\| \|align="left"\|'''''[[My Ummah]]''''' Released: [[September]], [[2005]] Total Sales: Not yet released Singles: "[[Hasbi Rabbi]]" "[[Mother]]" "[[Munajat]]" \|- \|} ==External links== ~~Everett Smith's prediction seems to have been proven true by the 207,000+ letter word cited by the [[Guinness Book of Records]] which allegedly represents the name for human mitochondrial DNA.~~ [http://www.samiyusuf.com/home/index.htm Sami Yusuf] '''Official Website''' [http://www.samiyusuf-tr.com Sami Yusuf] '''Turkish Official Website''' [http://www.ourzik.com/?pays=uk]'''islam music''' <!-- Do not delete! ~~The longest word which appears in [[William Shakespeare]]'s works is the 27 letter '''honorificabilitudinitatibus'''. This is arguably an English word, but only because he used it.~~ See [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]--> {{Persondata The well-known song-title from the movie [[Mary Poppins]] '''Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''' with 34 letters does appear in several dictionaries, but only as a proper noun, and defined in reference to the song title. Hence it may well be dismissed as a "real" word. \|NAME=Yusuf, Sami \|ALTERNATIVE NAMES= \|SHORT DESCRIPTION=British musician \|DATE OF BIRTH=[[July]] [[1980]] \|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Tehran]] \|DATE OF DEATH= \|PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yusuf, Sami}} The Guinness Book of Records in [[1992]] (and subsequent editions) declares the "longest real word" in the English language to be '''[[floccinaucinihilipilification]]''' at 29 letters. Defined as ''the act of estimating as worthless'', its usage has been recorded as far back as [[1741]]. In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the US Senate (Senator Jesse Helms used the word in [[1999]] during the debate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty [Randolph V. Cinco]) and at the White House (by Press Secretary Mike McCurry in his [[December 6]], [[1995]], White House Press Briefing). [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British songwriters]] [[Category:Performers of Islamic music]] [[ar:سامي يوسف]] ~~==Constructions==~~ [[az:Sami Yusuf]] [[de:Sami Yusuf]] It should be noted that English is a language which permits the legitimate extension of existing words to serve new purposes by the addition of prefixes and suffixes. This is sometimes referred to as agglutinative construction. As an example, one of the [[talk:Antidisestablishmentarianism\|longest words used in the Wikipedia]] is '''contraneoantidisestablishmentarianistically''' at 43 letters, (although there are reasons to believe this was somewhat contrived.) The length of this word is enhanced by the use of "contra" and especially the suffix "-alistically" which can frequently be added to words ending in "-tion" (eg. ''nationalistically'', ''traditionalistically'', ''floccinaucinihilipilificationalistically''). [[es:Sami Yusuf]] [[fa:سامی یوسف]] ~~The word nonetheless is an interesting study in just how complex a word can legitimately be assembled. This word can be analysed as follows:~~ [[fr:Sami Yusuf]] ''-[[disestablishment]]-'' - the separation of Church and State (specifically in this context it is the political movement of the [[1860s]] in [[Great Britain]]) [[nl:Sami Yusuf]] ''disestablishment-arian'' - a person in support of the movement designed to bring about the above (hereafter called the 'first' movement). [[tr:Sami Yusuf]] ''anti-disestablishment-arian'' - a person belonging to the movement opposed to the first movement. [[ur:سامی یوسف]] ''neo-anti-disestablishment-arian'' - a person belonging to the new version of the movement opposed to the first movement. (Appropriate because in this context the original antidisestablishment movement had become defunct). ''contra-neo-anti-disestablishment-arian'' - a person belonging to the movement opposed to the new version of the movement opposed to the first movement. ''contra-neo-anti-disestablishment-arian-alistically'' - behaving in the manner of a person belonging to the movement opposed to the new version of the movement opposed to the first movement. ~~It could be extended more by saying:~~ ''pusedo-contra-neo-anti-disestablishment-arian-alistically'' - false behaviour in the manner of a person beloning to the movement opposed to the new version of the movement opposed to the first movement. *''anti-pusedo-contra-neo-anti-disestablishment-arian-alistically'' - against the false behaviour in the manner of a person beloning to the movement opposed to the new version of the movement opposed to the first movement. Of course, the original "disestablishment" can be broken down linguistically into simpler forms. It is first based on "establishment", or the bringing into being of something or the existence of that something. "Establishment" is then based on the verb "establish", to bring into being, or, literally, to make "stable" -- which is then the ultimate root. ~~==Technical terms ==~~ ~~The technical term for "Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Stain" is the current official longest word:~~ ''Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosylarginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonylarginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine'' ~~(see the [[Acetylseryltyrosylserylisol...serine\|Wikipedia entry for this word]] for more information.)~~ ~~Another word, a scientific name for tryptophan synthetase, which is made up of 267 amino acids, has appeared written down a number of times and has 1,909 letters.~~ ~~==Place Names==~~ There is some debate as to whether or not a place name is a legitimate word. Without entering that debate, let it be noted that the longest officially recognized place name in an English-speaking country is ~~'''Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu''' (86 letters) which is a hill in New Zealand.~~ The 58 letter name '''[[Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch]]''' is the famous name of a town in Wales in the United Kingdom. Critics, however, have alleged that the name (which was adopted in the mid [[19th century]]) was contrived solely to be "the longest name of a town in Great Britain". The longest place name in the [[UK]] is: [[Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion]] which was contrived to beat the Welsh Town. The longest place name in the United States is '''[[Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg]]'''. The longest hyphenated name in the U.S. is '''[[Winchester-on-the-Severn]]''', town in [[Maryland]] The full name of [[Los Angeles]] is ''El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula'' (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the Little Portion [River]). It is abbreviated to LA, or 3.6% of its length. The Poetic name for [[Bangkok]] is ''Krung thep mahanakhon bovorn ratanakosin mahintharayutthaya mahadilok pop noparatratchathani burirom udomratchanivetma hasathan amornpiman avatarnsa thit sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit'' ~~:''See also :'' [[English language]], [[one-letter English word]], [[two-letter English word]]~~

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