Longest word in English

[SilentHopes]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English

Chemical name of Titin, the largest known protein.

189,819 letters

<div class='spoiler_toggle'>THIS WILL STRETCH YOUR SCREEN BY A FEW FEET</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylala

 

[Psychonaut]

and how would one pronounce said chemical? I think I've read about/heard this somewhere, lolsy stuff

 

[Rawburt]

Someone had a field day inventing that word I'm sure.

 

[SilentHopes]

and how would one pronounce said chemical? I think I've read about/heard this somewhere, lolsy stuff

I've always wondered where those people at auctions that talk so fast where from...

I feel bad for the guy that had to count all of those letters.

 

[Rawburt]

Also for comparison's sake, the second longest English word is 183 letters long.

 

[Psychonaut]

and how would one pronounce said chemical? I think I've read about/heard this somewhere, lolsy stuff

I've always wondered where those people at auctions that talk so fast where from...

presumably texas/the south, depending on which auctioneers you're talking about. *Psychonaut thinks of those longwinded drawling fast-talkers*

but they COULD be from anywhere... I guess. :/

 

[SilentHopes]

and how would one pronounce said chemical? I think I've read about/heard this somewhere, lolsy stuff

I've always wondered where those people at auctions that talk so fast where from...

presumably texas/the south, depending on which auctioneers you're talking about. *Psychonaut thinks of those longwinded drawling fast-talkers*

but they COULD be from anywhere... I guess. :/

I'm jealous. <_<

 

[Kimono Girl Kristen]

If a spelling teacher in a genius-level college in senior year wanted to have the ultimate spelling test, they'd only need this word.

 

[PaJami]

If a spelling teacher in a genius-level college in senior year wanted to have the ultimate spelling test, they'd only need this word.

Heh, that would only work if they could pronounce it. "Students, spell 'Methionlynmnmrmmmnnnnn*mumbles*' But wow, that's insanely long.

 

[MitchHanson]

I've memorized how to say "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" since I was 5. It's the longest word in any English dictionary, so I consider it the REAL longest word.

 

[TigerCrossing]

I see a typo in it.


;o

 

[PaJami]

Just to give another perspective, what's written on the first page is about 27,000 characters. Not even a fourth of the word!

 

[SilentHopes]

Just to give another perspective, what's written on the first page is about 27,000 characters. Not even a fourth of the word!

Zetaboards only allow 50,000 characters a post.

 

[OJ.]

I'm glad to see it has the letter L in it.

 

[Bacon Boy]

Just to give another perspective, what's written on the first page is about 27,000 characters. Not even a fourth of the word!

Zetaboards only allow 50,000 characters a post.

Someone needs to make a youtube video trying to pronounce it.

 

[Jarv156]

That's a nice tnetennba

 

[Sakurachan]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

D; But yeah.. I remember that word also and those are quite some amazing words.

 

[Nixie]

If I were reading a book with that word in it... It'll take up a short chapter xP

 

[SilentHopes]

If I were reading a book with that word in it... It'll take up a short chapter xP

Short? It's like 183,000 letters.

That's like the size of a 500+ page book.

 

[D1llon]

http://sarahmcculloch.appliedgeekery.com/longest-word.html

at the bottom is a video with the pronunciation