Saturday 24 May 2008

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Don't be confused, firstly try to pronounciate the heading of the post

this is the name of the Longest disease
find out more at Wikipedia
and dont guess the disease as the longest word

The world's longest word is of 189,819 letters!
It is the chemical name of longest known protein, it's nickname is Tintin
See its full name Here

The longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes an English word. English allows new words to be formed by construction; long words are coined; place names may be considered words; technical terms may be arbitrarily long. Length can be in terms of orthography and number of written letters or phonology and the number of phonemes.


Word
Letters Pros Cons

Methionylthreony...isoleucine
189,819 Chemical name of longest known protein Technical; not in dictionary; disputed whether it is a word

Lopado...pterygon
183 Longest word coined by a major author Coined; not in dictionary; Greek transliteration

Taumatawaiw...itanatahu
85 Longest officially recognized place name Place name; not in a major dictionary

Pneumoultramicro...niosis
45 Longest word in a major dictionary Technical; coined to be the longest word

Pseudopseu.....athyroidism
30 Longest non-coined word in a major dictionary Technical

Floccinaucinihilipilification
29 Longest nontechnical word Coined

Antidisestablishmentarianism
28 Longest non-coined and nontechnical word

Honorificabilitudinitatibus
27 Longest word in Shakespeare's works


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2 comments:

  1. iam not able to read your post plz arrange it properly
    do add my blog to yr link section

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  2. Sorry but it is already right all the other visitors can see it if are having problem
    it is written
    Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

    try to see this in 1028x728 or higher desktop resolution

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