Wednesday, May 26, 2010

What is the Longest Word in English?

Have you ever heard the word "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"? This long English word was in the song with the same title in the Disney musical film Mary Poppins.

But, if you search the longest word in your dictionary, you can find this below.

"Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" (45 letters)

Perhaps you don't know this word, so let me take it apart.
・pneumono(肺の)
・ultra(超)
・microscopic(微細な)
・silico(ケイ素の)
・volcano(火山性の)
・coniosis(塵肺病)


.........Too long!!(@_@;)



But if you search the longest word through the Internet, you can find the crazier ones more and more. For example......

Methionylglutaminylarginytyrosylgl
utamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylgluta
minylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylgluta
mylglycylalanylphenylalanyvalylprolylphe
nylalanylvalythreonylleucylglycylaspartyl
prolyglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylser
ylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucy
lisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspart
ylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylglycyliso
leucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolyl
leucelalanylaspartyglycylprolythreonyliso
leucylglutamiylasparaginylalanylthreonyl
leucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylglycyl
valyltheonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinyl
phenylalanygllutamylmethionylleucyalanyl
leucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidyl
prolylthreonylisoleucylpriIylisoleucylglycyl
leucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginyl
leucylvalyphenylalanylasparaginyllysylgyycyl
isoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosyl
alanylgutaminyllcysteinylglutamyllysylvalyl
glycylavlylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanyl
aspartylvalyprolylvalylglutaminylglutamyl
lserylalanyprolyphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl
alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyl
vaylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucyl
cysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartyl
aspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginyglutaminyl
isoleucylalanyylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyl
tyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginyl
alanylglycylvalythreonylglycylalanylglutamyl
asparaginylarginylanylalanylleucylprolylleucyl
aspaaginylhistidylleucylvaylalanyllysylleucyl
lysylglutamyltyrosylasaraginylglycylphenylalanyl
glycylisoleucylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminyl
valyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanyl
alanyglycylalanylalanyglycylalanylisoleucyl
serylglycyserylalanylisoleucylbalyllsylisoleucyl
isoleucylglutamyyylglutaminylhistidylasparaginyl
isoleucylglutamylprolyglutamyllysylmethionyl
leucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalabyl
valylglutaminlylprolylmethionyllysylalanyl
alanylthreonylarginylserine (1,909 letters)


It's not a code but an English word meaning the scientific name for Trypthophan synthetase that is a protein with 267 amino acids.


Moreover, according to the Guinness World Records, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is alleged to have 207,000 letters, but has never been printed in full. (^□^;)


Anyway, my favorite answer is "smiles" because there is a mile between the initial-s and the final-s.

Hey! I long for your smiles.

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