Proper Names
Some nine-letter proper names remain monosyllabic when adding a tenth letter and apostrophe to form the possessive:
- Laugharne's /ˈlɑrnz/
- Scoughall's /ˈskoʊlz/
It is productive in English to convert a (proper) noun into an eponymous verb or adjective:
- A 2007–08 promotion in France used the slogan "Do you Schweppes?", implying a past tense Schweppesed (11 letters) for the putative verb.
- Schwartzed (10 letters) has been used to mean "(re)designed in the style of Martha Schwartz"
- Schwartzed has also been used to mean "crossed swords with Justice Alan R. Schwartz"
- Schmertzed (10 letters) has been used to mean "received undue largesse from New York City through the intervention of negotiator Eric Schmertz"
Read more about this topic: List Of The Longest English Words With One Syllable
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