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Re: Longest Word In English Dictionary

I'm not a big fan of calling that a word... frankly I don't feel that a chemical formula for something can be a called a word. its like taking the sorce code from a program (that isn't yet compiled) and calling it "the program" I'm sure the protine has a common name, at least for chemists... my other check for "is it a word" is if you can use it in a sentance. in the case of antidisestablishmentarianism (arguably PROantidisestablishmentarianism) it could be used to explain a stance, while with methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleuc ylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamyla rginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylpr olylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylp rolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyll ysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutam ylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylle ucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartyl prolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisol eucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylargi nylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreon ylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylgluta mylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylargin ylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylpr olylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylala nylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginylly sylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyro sylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglyc ylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartyl valylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylproly lphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylar ginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucyl phenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylg lutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylg lycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginy lalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylaspa raginylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylaspara ginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglut amyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleuc ylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylseryl alanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalan ylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycyla lanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyl lysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidyla sparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmeth ionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalany lvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylth reonylarginylserine there is no way I can use it in a sentance. it cant even be vocalized. How can you vocalize "...ylglycy..." unless your simple text? I'd still like to say that "HIRSCHSPRUNG'S DISEASE" still has the records for most consonants between two vowels.
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