Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Honorificabilitudinitatibus

... meaning. How do you pronounce it, I wonder? I rather pity the man who had to play Costard.

3 comments:

  1. Honorificabilitudinitatibus-there, that's how you pronounce it. That wasn't hard! Goodness, give me a real word to pronounce. ;)

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  2. Here, Chris!

    acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
    phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
    aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
    threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
    glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
    glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
    tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
    arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
    arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
    threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
    arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
    asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
    threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
    alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
    asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
    threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
    phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
    threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine

    It is a real word. It is found in the 1972 Chemical Abstracts by the American Chemical Society. It is the chemical name for "Coat Protein, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain", and is supposedly the longest word in the English language (at least in a serious context). Can I expect proper pronunciation of it this Lord's Day? :)

    So, y'all are home, alive, and well?

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  3. Neat-o. Laura, you can expect proper pronunciation from me on, lets see, June 10, 2008. I might just make that deadline. Or not.

    Home, check, physically alive, check, physically well, check.

    CS

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