Friday, July 2, 2010

Try fitting this on a cue card at your scientific meeting


Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

This is the longest word(being 45 letters long) in the English dictionary.

This is what it means...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Thanks to Kaitlin for the reference.
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4 comments:

  1. RiaJuly 2, 2010 at 7:33 PM

    Wow. That's long. Love your background, btw! :D

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  2. UnknownJuly 5, 2010 at 9:52 AM

    And how would you go about pronouncing that?
    -llamamoglin

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  3. KaityJuly 6, 2010 at 10:37 AM

    Here's an approximated pronounciation, using real words.

    New-men-oh-ultra-microscopic-sill-oh-co-volcano-co-knee-oh-sis.

    Like that. Or if you would prefer phonetics, /noo-meh-no-ull-tra-mai-kro-skop-ik-sil-o-co-vol-kay-no-co-nee-o-sis/

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  4. BritneyJuly 6, 2010 at 6:45 PM

    Thanks Ramona!!!I love yours too!!!

    And to you two...oi.

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