Length matters - can your language beat it?

WernherVonTrapp · 06-03-13, 05:18 PM

Well, that certainly beat our "Antidisestablishmentarianism".

Platapus · 06-03-13, 07:36 PM

Medical terms can get quite long

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is 45 letters.

As the largest known protein, Titin also has the longest IUPAC name. The full chemical name, which starts Methionyl and ends with isoleucine contains 189,819 letters and is sometimes stated to be the longest word in the english language. It can take over three hours to pronounce.However, lexicographers regard generic names of chemical compounds as verbal formulea rather than English words. - wikipedia

If you would like to see the full name of Titin go to

http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/lumina.../longest-word/

But I think there is a typo on line 1245.

The longest word to appear in literature is

Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano drimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokat akechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperist eralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiola goiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon which appeared in Aristophanes' Greek comedy Assemblywomen.

WernherVonTrapp · 06-03-13, 07:56 PM

Of course, there's also "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", but I'm not sure if anything from Mary Poppins counts.

06-03-13, 05:18 PM	#1
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Well, that certainly beat our "Antidisestablishmentarianism". __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

06-03-13, 07:36 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,378 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Medical terms can get quite long pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is 45 letters. As the largest known protein, Titin also has the longest IUPAC name. The full chemical name, which starts Methionyl and ends with isoleucine contains 189,819 letters and is sometimes stated to be the longest word in the english language. It can take over three hours to pronounce.However, lexicographers regard generic names of chemical compounds as verbal formulea rather than English words. - wikipedia If you would like to see the full name of Titin go to http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/lumina.../longest-word/ But I think there is a typo on line 1245. The longest word to appear in literature is Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano drimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokat akechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperist eralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiola goiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon which appeared in Aristophanes' Greek comedy Assemblywomen. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-03-13, 07:56 PM	#3
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Of course, there's also "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", but I'm not sure if anything from Mary Poppins counts. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

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