Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanatahu

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	Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanatahu

SkBBR

12-28-2007 2:18 AM

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SkBBR says:

I'd like to build a house there and call it Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanatahu manor.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b9783424-2389-4f68-a213-537e24b93b46/78FF70F6-5299-4944-8E1B-A9B8B0B1C467/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu&oldid=180204461" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu&oldid=180204461" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu&oldid=180204461"><B>Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotameteaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenakitanatahu</B> is the <A title="Māori language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language">Māori</A> name for a hill, 305 <A title="Metre" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre">metres</A> high, close to <A title="Porangahau" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porangahau">Porangahau</A>, south of <A title="Waipukurau" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waipukurau">Waipukurau</A> in southern <A title="Hawke's Bay (region)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawke%27s_Bay_%28region%29">Hawke's Bay</A>, <A title="New Zealand" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand">New Zealand</A>. The name is often shortened to <I>Taumata</I> by the locals for ease of conversation.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu&oldid=180204461"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/B811146C-35F5-4BEF-80D4-68702ABBE244" alt="Taumata sign, March 2007" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu&oldid=180204461"><P>The name on the sign that marks this hill is 'Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu', which translates roughly as <I>The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his flute to his loved one</I>. At 85 letters, it is one of the longest placenames in the world.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu&oldid=180204461"><P>The longer form Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanatahu has 92 letters, and has been entered into the <A title="Guinness Book of Records" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_Records">Guinness Book of Records</A> as such.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/78FF70F6-5299-4944-8E1B-A9B8B0B1C467/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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