What word takes 3 hours to say?
METHIONYLTHREONYLTHREONYGLUTAMINYLARGINYL …
All told, the full chemical name for the human protein titin is 189,819 letters, and takes about three-and-a-half hours to pronounce.
Is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis a real word?
The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis.
How do you pronounce Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico?
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Pronunciation
So, before we start, how do you pronounce pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? It is pronounced pneu·mo·no·ul·tra·mi·cro·scop·ic·sil·i·co·vol·ca·no·co·ni·o·sis.