Monday 28 March 2011

Longest English Word!

The Official longest english word is
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.






I think only the doctor know how to pronounce the 45-letter word!


How to pronounce the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?



3 comments:

  1. i think they better find a good short form for that word
    my suggestion: the 'P'

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  2. berbelit lidah ni nak menyebutnya :D

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  3. Tergagap-gagap aku cube nak pronounce perkataan tu.

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