Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Longest word know to man (or maybe only those who have ever heard of such thing)

In its complete form, the 1185-letter word is:
acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine
The letter combination yl appears in the word 166 times.

16 comments:

IM A ROOM5IAN said...

wow, good luck pronuncing that (whoever would even try) what does it mean?

primprim said...

i don't know! i'll find out...

Miss Candy said...

yah um i just want to say........thats a mountainin nz?

primprim said...

no, it isn't. the longest place name is a mountain in NZ. This one is way longer. It's meaning is actually a chemical name for "Coat Protein, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain".
The one you're thinking about, mscandy, is this one:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu

cheeseboy said...

wow that is some big words!!!!

pom said...

Wow!! That is a long word. If you are wondering who I am,I am from the H.A.N.D.S club who did't have a blog until now. Sorry I am posting so late, just so excited to finally have a blog.

Catarara said...

WOW!i tried pronoucing it but i only said like the first line!

booya!! said...

this is troy if anyone was wondering... any way! i know a longer word... iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

Piglet said...

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooah! That is really long! I heard that two people in room 2 last year at knighton could say either the mountain name or the 1000 letter one! Cool aye!

Piglet said...

My woooooo word was meabt to say woah with lots of o's! But it didn't show up! Hmmmm
:b

Piglet said...

Oh no! I remembered that i deleted them and forgot to put hem back! Ha ha ha!
:b
P.S. So thats why they say blondes are dumb! LOL.

primprim said...

that isn't more than 1000 letters, or is it?
pim:P

Kitty Kat said...

Oh My Goodness!
It makes me all dizzy...whoa...i think i might FALLL AHHHH HELLP!!

Individualist said...

wooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaahhh! that is huge!not as a word i no (the word is 'a') . betcha can't beat that ay?

bye >:0===Q<

MrWoody said...

cor blimey!

primprim said...

people are so weird! i wonder why the word is soooooooo loooooooonnnnggggg!
mmmmiiiirrrrpppp::::PPPP