2006-12-30 08:39:02 · 33 answers · asked by I love dooneys 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
supercalafragilisticicksbealadocious
i have it memorized
i like this one also
pietrisycamallaviadel
2006-12-30 08:44:23 · answer #1 · answered by nαrcíssα [misses being a TC] 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious --
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (IPA pronunciation: [ˌsu.pəˌkæ.lɪˌfɹæ.dʒəl.ɪs.tɪkˌɛk.spi.æ.lɪˈdəʊ.ʃəs]) is a song and a long word from the movie and musical Mary Poppins.
The song describes using the word as a miraculous way to talk oneself out of difficult situations, and even as a way to change one's mood. The song appears in the film's animated sequence where Mary Poppins is harangued by reporters after winning a horse race and responds to one claiming there are not words to describe her feelings of the moment. Mary disagrees with that and begins the song about one word she can use. Ever since, the word is used as an adjective referring to "absolutely stunningly fantastic".
In the West End and Broadway versions, every one runs out of conversations and Mary and the kids head to Mrs. Corry's shop, where you can buy them. Jane and Michael pick out some letters and spell a few words. Bert and Mrs. Corry use the letters to make up some words (which Jane doubts the existence of). Mary says you could use some letters more than one time and makes the longest word of all.
The word itself has obscure origins, pertaining as to when it was first used. According to Robert B. Sherman, co-writer of the song, the word was mostly created out of double-talk. The roots of the word are fairly clear, as Richard Lederer wrote in his book Crazy English: super- "above," cali- "beauty," fragilistic- "delicate," expiali- "to atone," and docious- "educable," the sum meaning roughly "Atoning for extreme and delicate beauty while still being highly educable." This is the perfect word for Mary Poppins to use, being that she thinks of herself as incredibly beautiful but also extremely intelligent.
According to the song, "you can say it backwards, which is dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupus". In a good way Mary Poppins star Julie Andrews says it was her husband at the time, Tony Walton, who devised the backwards version of the word that is heard near the end of the song, Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupus (although, strictly speaking, only each individual root is reversed, rather than the order of each letter, with the exception of "rupus" which is somewhat reversed, misspelled, and mispronounced). The musical version says it with all the letters reversed instead.
2006-12-30 08:43:23 · answer #2 · answered by kc_warpaint 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Supercalifragilistic-
expialidocious
2006-12-30 08:46:27 · answer #3 · answered by shookyloo® 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
2006-12-30 08:41:44 · answer #4 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supercalifragilisticexpial-
idocious
2006-12-30 08:42:37 · answer #5 · answered by tiny_tim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Supercalifragilistic
2006-12-30 08:42:01 · answer #6 · answered by spiritcavegrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supercalifragilisticexpialidoshis
2006-12-30 08:40:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supercalafragilisticexpeealadosious
2006-12-30 08:41:00 · answer #8 · answered by who da man? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
super
cali
fragilistic
expiali
docious
I'm 100% positive
2006-12-30 08:41:36 · answer #9 · answered by Sumara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious. Probably wrong, but I think it's actually in the dictionary.
2006-12-30 08:41:44 · answer #10 · answered by quatrapiller 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mary Poppins Long Word
2016-06-25 23:43:54 · answer #11 · answered by cammie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋