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absinthebri
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On 2004-09-20 10:09:09, mince-inside wrote:
@abs How many medical terms are not derived from Latin?
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I have no idea. But as you were attempting the longest word in the ENGLISH language...
I think the longest word is "smiles" because there's a mile between the first and last letters. Bwahahaha! |
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methylated_spirit
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A mile between the...i'm going to go slit my wrists.
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mince-inside
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@abs Was that mile joke on a Minimilk stick from a bin?
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scotsboyuk
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A boson is a particle with an integral spin value, which obeys Bose-Einstein statistics, but not the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
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Yes.
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The Black Death of the mid-14th century was the most devastating natural disaster in human history; approximately a third of the population of Europe died as a result of the Black Death.
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methylated_spirit
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OK, here is the longest word, done properly:
PNEUMONOULTRAMISCROSCOPICICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
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scotsboyuk
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The longest word in the English language is in actual fact the following chemical name:
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl-
gycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl-
serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl-
glutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl-
glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucyl-
alanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl-
alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl-
glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl-
glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyl-
lysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl-
leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl-
asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl-
aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl-
glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl-
alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl-
prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl-
alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl-
isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl-
tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl-
alanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl-
glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminyl-
glycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminyl-
valyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl-
glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl-
isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl-
prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenyl-
alanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginy-
lserine
The chemical formula is C1289H2051N343O375S8.
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Sammy_boy
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Aren't you glad that Methylated_Spirit didn't call himself that!  
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boto43
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On 2004-09-20 20:33:03, scotsboyuk wrote:
The longest word in the English language is in actual fact the following chemical name:
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl-
gycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl-
serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl-
glutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl-
glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucyl-
alanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl-
alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl-
glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl-
glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyl-
lysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl-
leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl-
asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl-
aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl-
glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl-
alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl-
prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl-
alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl-
isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl-
tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl-
alanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl-
glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminyl-
glycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminyl-
valyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl-
glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl-
isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl-
prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenyl-
alanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginy-
lserine
The chemical formula is C1289H2051N343O375S8.
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[ This Message was edited by: scotsboyuk on 2004-09-20 19:35 ]
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My god,I wanted to study chemistry when I was young.How good that I changed my mind. :terrible:
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absinthebri
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Spelling a word correctly doesn't make it less Latin or more English. ;-)
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Vlammetje
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words derived from latin are still recognised as 'english/french/dutch/choose-your-language-here' today.
They are in your dictionary aren't they? (note: dictionary... derived from latin)
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Jabe
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On 2004-09-20 20:24:50, methylated_spirit wrote:
OK, here is the longest word, done properly:
PNEUMONOULTRAMISCROSCOPICICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
Phew!
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I'm sorry to disappoint you but the word is:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
...and it is an english word.
And about that molecule. If you look a bit closer you'll see there is not more than 20 different words repeating every now and then, cos there are only 20 amino acids that can build a protein.
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scotsboyuk
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@Jabe
That may very well be the case, but it is still officialy recognised as a word.
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