26 DECEMBER 1958, Page 17

THE LONGEST WORD

SIR,—The longest word in the English language (Spectator, December 5, 1958, page 827): 'antidis- establishmentarianism' (twenty-eight letters). Really? What about practertransubstantiationalistical (thirty- four letters)?—Yours faithfully, JEAN MANN House of Commons, SW I