Talk:Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

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Created by Kgauhelo Dikoko — Preceding unsigned comment added by Felix Tshweu (talk • contribs) 19:45, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Unprotect?

Page has been protected since 2009 so maybe time to try unprotecting? I would have fixed the wrong link to double-talk but... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.69.23.230 (talk) 04:10, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

a word that's for kids

Nup - we’re not going to unprotect this article. Rng0286 (talk) 10:46, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Help

help xx

The search term 'Wikipedia:Help' redirects here. Could someone change the redirect to go to the 'Help:Contents' page? Thanks! Nadhika99 (talk) 19:54, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

In popular culture - again

I think it a shame this section was deleted - the 'word' has become a part of popular usage. Jack Lissauer continues to use it to refer to Kepler-11. See Kepler’s Multiple Planet Systems, July 2012 Blarcrean (talk) 22:18, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

For reference, The diff when it was removed in October 2011.

It is particularly complicated, when trying to cover popular-culture topics (a song/word from a disney movie). Eradicating the "In popular culture" sections is the easiest/laziest/simplest/cleanest way to handle it, but not (arguably) the most effective way to Grow the article. The essay WP:POPCULTURE links to all the relevant background and recommendations. HTH. —Quiddity (talk) 23:06, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Grammatical Error

In the "Backwards version" part, the first sentence is grammatically incorrect.

Although, when the word is spelled backwards, it becomes "suoicodilaipxecitsiligarfilacrepus", which is not at all similar to Poppins' claim.

This sentence has no independent clause. Although what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.92.176.90 (talk) 20:20, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Should presumably be "However"... AnonMoos (talk) 18:14, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

P.S. The word is actually basically reversed by trochaic metrical feet... AnonMoos (talk) 18:16, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 29 July 2013

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supercalifragilisticexpeialidocius – A “word” coined (invented) by the Sherman brothers to be spoken (and sung) by various characters for its humorous entertainment value in the Walt Disney 1964 award-winning film “Mary Poppins.” The original production did not include that “word” in overtly-written, phonetically-pronounced, or spelled forms. It was not intended to enter English or to convey any meaning outside the Marry Poppins movie and has not been included in any standard dictionary In view of these facts, subsequent attempts to “rewrite” the originally released soundtrack seem trivial quibbling at best or, more likely, pernicious attempts to belittle the films’ success at worst. These 2 paragraphs illustrate my point. The second sentence proves the first sentence is irrelevant to this article. The second paragraph is equally irrelevant to the original film. Both should be removed. “When the word is spelled backwards it actually becomes "suoicodilaipxecitsiligarfilacrepus", which is different.[4] However, her claim was not about spelling it backwards, but saying it backwards; if one breaks the word into several sections or prosodic feet ("super-cali-fragi-listic-expi-ali-docious") and recites them in reverse sequence, and also partially reverses the spelling of "super" to "rupes", one does come close to what Poppins said in the film.[citation needed] In the stage musical, the word's proper reversal is used.[citation needed] Rapper Ghostface Killah said "dociousaliexpilisticfragicalisuper" in his song "Buck 50".[citation needed]” If you wish to print an “actual” or “proper” reversal of the spoken “word,” do it word/element-by-word/element, phonemically, as we all “hear” it spoken in the original soundtrack: s/oo/p/er/ /k/a/l/i/ /f/r/a/j/ /i/l/i/s/t/i/k/ /eks/p/ee/a/l/i/ /d/oe/sh/u/s which spoken backwards becomes: s/u/sh/oe/ /d/i/l/a/ /ee/p/eks/ /k/i/t/s/i/l/ /i/j/a/r/ /f/i/l/ /a/k/er/ /p/oo/s. But who cares a damn? Mary Poppins is perhaps the all-time favorite movie for simple, good-natured, naturally fun-loving entertainment. All subsequent stage versions lose its childlike charm and spontaneity by presenting it as a much longer, tedious operatic-style spelling lesion. ^[1] 75.13.35.145 (talk) 15:51, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. What is the specific change you want made to the article? RudolfRed (talk) 01:20, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Not in Marrian-Webster dictionary

According to Marrian-Webster, this word does not exist.

Michael Flower (talk) 04:03, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Assuming you mean Merriam-Webster, this article is about the Sherman Brothers song, not the word. For that matter, Merriam Webster does not claim to be perfect - words can exist before they are catalogued. —Vanderdecken∴∫ξφ 14:48, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Merging into pop culture

I see several sections including the one about ?sailing and football that don't have that much to do with the word itself and are just more references to pop culture. Therefore I see no reason not to merge them into In popular culture. Lythronaxargestes (talk) 22:19, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Create a Puns section?

While not strictly about the song, the word has several puns, another example of which is about Mahatma Gandhi, who was a super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.232.192.10 (talk) 19:32, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 August 2014

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When talking about saying the word backwards, there is a spelling error. It is in the article: **dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupes**; however, you should note that the last prosodic foot should not be *rupes*, but *super*. So, it needs changed to **dociousaliexpilisticfragicalisuper** Efarrell18 (talk) 16:16, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Not done: The official lyrics say "dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupes" (see here). Stickee (talk) 01:05, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Some people seem to get very literal about the reversal thing... AnonMoos (talk) 06:11, 11 August 2014 (UTC)