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Anonymous, 2 yr 214 days ago

 Anonymous wrote:

That is a really long word wow how do u say it?

11:43:08 AM

Monday, March 12, 2007                                                 frick thats hard*&^%$#@!!!!!!!!!

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Anonymous, 2 yr 24 days ago

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis may be 5th but it does not tie with supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 Letters) VS.  Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 Letters) Stick out tongue [:P]

Anonymous, 1 yr 312 days ago

Star [star]Music [8]here`s something that`ll really really stun you!Music [8]Star [star]

it`s a 1185-letter word..

acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl- phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl- aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl- threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl- glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl- glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl- tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl- arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl- arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl- threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl- arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl- asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl- threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl- alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl- asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl- threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl- phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl- threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine ..

p.s. if you want a REAL tongue twister or a challenge, well this one`s for you!

 

Grammar Geek  +  464497 Tue, 15 Jan 08 01:12 PM
Taking a bunch of proteins and stringing them together does NOT make an English "word." This thread has far outlived its usefulness as an actual discussion of long words that people could use in a conversation and not in medical research.
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