"Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. … These things are not words, they are alphabetical processions. And they are not rare; one can open a German newspaper any time and see them marching majestically across the page,— and if he has any imagination he can see the banners and hear the music, too. They impart a martial thrill to the meekest subject. I take a great interest in these curiosities."
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Mark Twain, in A Tramp Abroad (1880), Appendix D : The Awful German Language
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