Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious???

[Quyen]

Just for kicks, I decided to search my ASCII's for the word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."  Believe it or not (I couldn't believe it myself), it actually came up . . . in a deposition I took on September 23, 2009, said by the noticing attorney.

Opposing Counsel:  "The court reporter loves that.  She didn't know she's going to need a special dictionary for today's deposition."

Noticing Atty:  "I like challenges for everybody, so there's yours for the day."

Opposing Counsel:  "See if we get the spelling right."

Pffffttt, like I wouldn't be able to spell it correctly. :P

Go ahead, top that. What's the longest word that you've had come up in depo?

[Rosalie DeLeonardis]

Peter, like you said, if you plan on never working for them again, I think I would do the same, accept the job, then call them at 5:00 or 5:30 the night before and say, sorry, I didn't realize I double-booked myself and you have to take the other job, and perhaps follow that up with, how does it feel???...lol

 

[Peter]

I've experienced twice now where outside agencies have sent me an Email a week in advance asking if I would do a job and when I say yes and have everything agreed upon as to what I'm getting paid (obviously, depending on the type of job) at the 11th hour they Email me and tell me it's canceled.  So I've decided to check and I find they have gotten someone on the 11th hour for cheaper and that the job is actually going forward.  I guess there's nothing we can do as reporters except not take any work from them or give them the same medicine and just say sure I'll take it and never show up and see how they feel.  I will no longer agree to assignments that are a week in advance so that they can continue to look for someone cheaper.

[Rosalie DeLeonardis]

Here is the word, Quyen:  Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.  Do you see why I had a stupid look on my face...lol.

[Quyen]

@Rosalie, I tried to look up the "longest word in the dictionary" and came up with a bunch of stuff on a Wiki site. Was it the word that was pseudopseudo . . . whatever?

@Keith: She is a really nice attorney, actually.

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

Well, at least it's spelled like it sounds.

[Keith Rowan II]

Cant believe they said that in a depo.  They just threw it in there to piss you off? Fun! 

[Rosalie DeLeonardis]

I have to find the transcript, but the questioning attorney said this long word, I had this stupid look on my face, and he laughs and says something about how he does it to all court reporters, it's the longest word in the dictionary, just type in "longest word in dictionary," and it will come up.  Sure enough he was right.