This is the Memory Palace.
I'm Nate Tameo.
There is a word in English that is still alive, that is spoken ever.
Merely because it is long.
Anti-disestablishmentarianism is the longest word in English language that isn't a scientific term or wasn't coined merely in an attempt to make a longer one.
And it is a very English word,
rooted in very English politics to describe the factional opposition to those who,
in the 19th century,
sought to strip the Anglican Church's status as the state church of England, Ireland, and Wales.
An obscure struggle for power settled long ago.
It is a word that would have been relegated with little lament to brief mentions in brief passages in very English theses gathering dust in very English libraries where it not ripe
for rolling out as a fun fact or issuing as a spelling challenge.
But despite its length, 12 syllables,
two more letters than the English alphabet itself, it's not that hard to spell.
You just can't be afraid of it.
Just need to trust your knowledge of the rules of English pronunciation and stay focused So you can keep your place and not lose your head
as you work your way through building the word letter by letter by letter But that itself can be hard Especially
if you are standing in front of your classroom or on some spelling bee stage Maybe a number on a placard on a piece of yarn strung around your neck Or
if you are Gloria Lockerman 12 years old A student at Booker T. Washington Middle School in a struggling part of West Baltimore.
Wearing a pale yellow dress.