osman@sprite.DEC (Eric, 617 273-7484, Burlington, Ma. 01803, USA) (08/16/85)
The country "United States of America" has four words in it. "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" has five words in it. Are there longer ones in the world ? What's the longest ? Perhaps in other languages the answer is different ? /Eric
allen@bunker.UUCP (C. Allen Grabert) (08/20/85)
> The country "United States of America" has four words in it. > > "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" has five words in it. That raises the question (which appears in Trivial Pursuit (R) ) of which state in the US has the longest name. The answer is: Eubqr Vfynaq naq Cebivqrapr Cynagngvbaf -- Back on the freeway, which is already in progress, Allen Grabert (...ittatc!bunker!allen)
mcdaniel@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA (08/24/85)
/* Written 5:25 pm Aug 15, 1985 by osman@sprite.DEC in uiucdcsb:net.puzzle */ Are there longer ones in the world ? What's the longest ? /* End of text from uiucdcsb:net.puzzle */ I checked the Nat'l Geographic Atlas. I know, it's cheating. Some strange ones: Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Valls D'Andorra, Hellenic Republic (Greece). There are lots of 5 word names: St. Vincent and the Grenadines (sounds like a rock group!), Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, People's Socialist Republic of Albania, State of the Vatican City, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, People's Republic of the Congo . . . With 6 words: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (U. S. trust territory), Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (in TTPI above). The last two are not independent, but they're long. With 7 words: Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma, Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. The atlas confirmed my initial guess: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.