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Old 07-13-2007, 01:53 PM   #1
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
(also spelled -koniosis) 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 usually found in volcanoes'. It was coined to serve as supposedly the longest English word. The more general and widely used term for this condition is pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung disease.

try to read that hahaha ;p
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O M G...Wont even try pronouce it!
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Im sure it sounds funny if someone actually says that word. However, I think people who use it use a short version of that word lol
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yes well the point is to try to read it ;p
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Man now i really wanna be cool and know how to say it!!
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I'm try to pronounce it.
It's not going to well. xD
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Haha I read it! I just don't know if I have read it right.
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I can read it if i break it down....alot
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lol. i tried to pronounce it but i gavee up. =]
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lol. i tried to pronounce it but i gavee up. =]
Heheh I can read it.. I just can't say it without reading it lol.
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