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Old Dec 1st, 2005, 10:14 PM   #21
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Good Luck with that one, let me know if ya figure it out.
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Old Dec 1st, 2005, 11:01 PM   #22
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Somebody's gotta post themself pronouncing acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosylarginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonylarginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine.
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Old Dec 2nd, 2005, 3:21 PM   #23
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and refers to pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis as the longest made-up one.
I think the term they use is facetious, and quite rightly.

All these words are made up and inserted into obscure dictionaries by bored academics purely to demonstrate the fact that many (stupid) people hold the length of words you use as indicative of your level of education, as well as to engage in a bit of good old snobbery.

Who hasn't ever completely made a longish word up on the spot for the same reasons? People who work in technology seem positively afflicted with the disease, and then you have mutually recursive acronyms.
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Old Dec 2nd, 2005, 3:24 PM   #24
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Get a text to speech program to say it.....that would be kind of funny.....*opens control panel*
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Get a text to speech program to say it.....that would be kind of funny.....*opens control panel*
JUst did it, sounds pretty... normal... and pretty damn accurate too
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Look at Darkone's link, it says there's a chemical compound with over 1900 letters. >_<

Here's a link to my computer pronouncing the 1185 word in fast motion. ^_^

http://1v7.com/drsane/longest_word.mp3
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