2007-03-07 02:58:27 · 8 answers · asked by Sudhir K 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
In the Disney MOVIE "Mary Poppins" (1964) Mary said (or more exactly, sang) the word. (The word had NOT appeared in the earlier Mary Poppins books, written by Pamela Lyndon Travers.) The movie song is what made the word well-known.
BUT it wasn't the first usage. The word existed at least as early as a 1949 song by Parker and Young, titled Supercalafajalistickespialadojus. In fact, the songwriters sued Disney for copyright-infringement suit. They lost -- in part because there was evidence that the term had been used even before Parker and Young.
2007-03-07 03:53:30 · answer #1 · answered by K ; 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the film Mary Poppins there was a song called 'Supercalifragalisticexpialidotious' However it has beeen decide by the Oxford Society, the world's foremost authority on English usage and dictionaries that the word, although invented and contrived, is actually two words rather than one. This is because the 'istic' part of the word is only ever used to end a word so the expression is actually two words.
Supercalifragilistic Expialidotious.
Further to your email
I'm afraid that it relates to something I read some time ago where it was agreed by the Society that words ending in -istic must be adjectives and as such could not for part of a bigger word. Examples would be such as ; atheistic, atavistic, ballistic, casuistic, dualistic, egotistic, realistic,statistic, stylistic, altrusitic, fatalistic, futuristic, hedonistic, idealistic, optimistic to mention a few. In each case the adition of istic converts the word to a descriptive quality, for example to describe someone as 'egotistic' would be to describe someone who has a good opinion of themselves. naturally there is a related noun 'ego' which gives the derivative adjective. Sorry I cannot be more specific with relation to a reference book but you may be able to find further reference in a good English textbook or Thesaurus.Kind regards
2007-03-07 14:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mary Poppins
2007-03-07 13:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by fireworksncastles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alice In Wonderland
2007-03-07 11:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mary poppins from the disney movie: Mary Poppins!!!
2007-03-07 13:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by ally 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mary poppins
2007-03-07 11:52:52 · answer #6 · answered by God Bless You! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mary poppins sang it
2007-03-07 14:17:22 · answer #7 · answered by cmhurley64 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was marry poppins.
check here if you don't believe me:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
i guarentee you it was marry poppins. i'm 9999% sure.
2007-03-07 11:17:57 · answer #8 · answered by Zoney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋