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Dr.Agon:

i think the longest english word is antidisestablishmentarianism at 28, dictionary.com supplies the meaning;

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/antidisestablishmentarianism

Dr.Agon:

however, Wikipedia tells us the chemical name for Titin contains 189,819 letters and can take over 3 hours to pronounce!! ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titin )

also, there is a youtube video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFR-ADakI-c#!

Arseen:


--- Quote from: Dr.Agon on October 16, 2013, 09:51:06 AM ---however, Wikipedia tells us the chemical name for Titin contains 189,819 letters and can take over 3 hours to pronounce!! ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titin )

also, there is a youtube video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFR-ADakI-c#!

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Yeah and turning that word to Finnish would make it 20% or so longer.

Dr.Agon:

Lol, probably true!

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