It's taken an act of legislation to wipe out the longest word in the German language.
"Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" - a 63-letter long title for a law "for the delegation of monitoring beef labelling" - has been removed from official use in Germany. The law, passed in 1999, regulated testing cattle for bovine spongiform encephalitis: also known as "mad cow disease". The European Community is dropping recommendations for testing healthy cattle for the disease. And with it goes... that word.
I bet spelling bees are something else over there...
Tip o' the hat to Scott Bradford for spotting this!
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| "You vill EAT your rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz undt you vill LUFF it!!" |
I bet spelling bees are something else over there...
Tip o' the hat to Scott Bradford for spotting this!
