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Giant Hamster · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 1782

Heres a list of words that are really long and/or hard to pronounce! all of them are real according to my sources.

LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH - A town in North Wales.

CHARGOGAGOGMANCHARGOGAGOGCHARBUNAGUNGAMOG - A Lake in Massachusetts, USA.

PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS - A lung disease .

HEPATICOCHOLANGIOCHOLECYSTENTEROSTOMIES - A surgical Manuver.

RHOMBICOSIDODECAHEDRON - The longest Standard word in mathematics.

KANAKANAK - The true name of Alaska.

DEROTATORED - Not sure what it is, but I do know it's a palindrome. A palindrome is a word that can be read forwards or backwards.

DIHYDROXYBENZENEHEXAMETHYLENETETRAMINE - A chemical name which contains 9 E's.

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION - An estimation of something as worthless.

QUIXOTE - pronounced, "Key-oh-Tee" as in the character, Don Quixote.

SIOUX - Pronounced "Sue". An Indian tribe.

HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS - The Longest Word used by the author ShakeSpeare. his usage of the word is:

O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words.
I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word;
for thou art not so long by the head as
honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier
swallowed than a flap-dragon.

And last but not least:

ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYL
THREONYLSERYLPROLYLSERYLGLUTAMINYL
PHENYLALANYLVALYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYL
SERYLSERYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYL
ASPARTYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYL
LEUCYLASPARAGINYLVALYLCYSTEINYL
THREONYLSERYLSERYLLEUCYLGLYCYL
ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYL
GLUTAMINYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYL
ALANYLARGINYLTHREONYLTHREONYL
GLUTAMINYLVALYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYL
PHENYLALANYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLVALYL
TRYPTOPHYLLYSYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYL
PROLYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLTHREONYLVALYL
ARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLYCYL
ASPARTYLVALYLTYROSYLLYSYLVALYLTYROSYL
ARGINYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLALANYLVALYL
LEUCYLASPARTYLPROLYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYL
THREONYLALANYLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYL
THREONYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYL
ARGINYLASPARAGINYLARGINYLISOLEUCYL
ISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYL
ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLSERYL
PROLYLTHREONYLTHREONYLALANYLGLUTAMYL
THREONYLLEUCYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYL
ARGINYLARGINYLVALYLASPARTYLASPARTYL
ALANYLTHREONYLVALYLALANYLISOLEUCYL
ARGINYLSERYLALANYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYL
ASPARAGINYLLEUCYLVALYLASPARAGINYL
GLUTAMYLLEUCYLVALYLARGINYLGLYCYL
THREONYLGLYCYLLEUCYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYL
GLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLTHREONYL
PHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLSERYLMETHIONYL
SERYLGLYCYLLEUCYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYL
THREONYLSERYLALANYLPROLYLALANYLSERINE - The chemical term for "Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Stain."

hope this was enlightening

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Ian · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2001 12:02 am

quote:
ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYL
THREONYLSERYLPROLYLSERYLGLUTAMINYL
PHENYLALANYLVALYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYL
SERYLSERYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYL
ASPARTYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYL
LEUCYLASPARAGINYLVALYLCYSTEINYL
THREONYLSERYLSERYLLEUCYLGLYCYL
ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYL
GLUTAMINYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYL
ALANYLARGINYLTHREONYLTHREONYL
GLUTAMINYLVALYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYL
PHENYLALANYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLVALYL
TRYPTOPHYLLYSYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYL
PROLYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLTHREONYLVALYL
ARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLYCYL
ASPARTYLVALYLTYROSYLLYSYLVALYLTYROSYL
ARGINYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLALANYLVALYL
LEUCYLASPARTYLPROLYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYL
THREONYLALANYLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYL
THREONYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYL
ARGINYLASPARAGINYLARGINYLISOLEUCYL
ISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYL
ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLSERYL
PROLYLTHREONYLTHREONYLALANYLGLUTAMYL
THREONYLLEUCYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYL
ARGINYLARGINYLVALYLASPARTYLASPARTYL
ALANYLTHREONYLVALYLALANYLISOLEUCYL
ARGINYLSERYLALANYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYL
ASPARAGINYLLEUCYLVALYLASPARAGINYL
GLUTAMYLLEUCYLVALYLARGINYLGLYCYL
THREONYLGLYCYLLEUCYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYL
GLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLTHREONYL
PHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLSERYLMETHIONYL
SERYLGLYCYLLEUCYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYL
THREONYLSERYLALANYLPROLYLALANYLSERINE

HOLY CRAP

Giant Hamster · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 1782

ohyeah. lets see...IF someone here can pronounce one of the longer words in this list they will forever have my respect

try the last one!

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Typo Dave · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2001 1:39 am

What's your source?

No disrespect to you, but I don't believe some of those...

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Nex · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2001 6:17 am

I could pronounce the last one (the one with the chemical stuff)- just had a chem exam. :]

Affected · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2001 3:22 pm

Well, I could start laying down Finnish words, but that wouldn't be fair, would it?

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above · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2001 6:21 pm

Good scrabble words!

[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

His major source was a glass of vodka and 5 minutes of random tapping on his keyboard :o

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Giant Hamster · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 1782

drats! curses! and other such obsinities!!

you've found me out!

actually no you didnt you drunk russian bum mofo of a chicken herder!! ph34r d/-\ l337 s|<1lLz!!!!

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Krazykate · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2001 7:48 pm

I've actually been to that town in Wales- they call it "FlanfairPG" for short (pronounced that way)

Giant Hamster · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 1782

my sources:

The Chambers Dictionary
Words or Dickson's Word Treasury or A Collector's Compendium of Rare and Unusual, Bold and Beautiful, Odd and Whimsical Names by Paul Dickson
Guinness Book of World Records
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition
the Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition
The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Official Scrabble Words
the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition
the combination of OSW and OSPD2+ (now called OWL) used for Scrabble outside the U. S., Canada, Israel and Great Britain
U. K. Advanced Cryptics Dictionary
Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition
Webster's Third New International Dictionary

Internet Versions of course.

oh and:
http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/ is a real website.

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The Hamster Alliance
AIM: Gianthmstr
Multimedia Producer/designer/all of the above.,overall guru

...and music music music! weee!!

[This message has been edited by Giant Hamster (edited February 28, 2001).]

HardCoil · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2001 3:01 am

quote:
Originally posted by Giant Hamster:

And last but not least:

ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYL The chemical term for "Tobacco Mosaic
[/B]

Heh, that is nonsense. It may be the amino acid sequence for one of the coat proteins, but there is more to a virus than proteins you know ??

Now watch it or I'll post the E.coli genome sequence. It's only 4.6 megs..