i read this on the internet as the longest word but i cant even dream pronouncing it! can anyone here pronounce it?
Longest Word
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
What does that mean?!
I can pronouce it if I say it slowly, but I'm not sure if I'm pronouncing it right.
I'll have to remember it for the next time I play hangman XD
EDITY: Never mind, I answered my own question.
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| ... a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust' but occurring chiefly as an instance of a very long word. |
Wikipedia is the most awesome thing ever. XD
Especially with Wiktionary!
Your answer can be found here:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pneumonoultr...volcanoconiosis I can pronounce it.
"Black Lung" XD How do I know this? Because I live near Wilkes-Barre PA which was a coal mining town since the 18 hundreds!
Its easy to say if you say it in words.
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One of my other favorites is antidisestablishmentarianism, which is not a medical term so its a better longest word.
Hehe, just for fun, typewriter is the longest word you can type on one row of keys, lolipop is the longest you can make with only your right hand and stewardesses with the left. (typing properly...)
| QUOTE (yuris back @ Jun 14 2006, 02:40 AM) |
i read this on the internet as the longest word but i cant even dream pronouncing it! can anyone here pronounce it?
Longest Word
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural. |
Ok, umm, I feel old now. Its easy to pronounce it if you go slow, then figure it it, then repeat. Most of the smaller words within I already know, so its not too hard at all. lol, Med classes will throw lots of huge words at you... >.<