Chesto Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I pronounced it fine. But have been coughing smoke ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanodai Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Party Pooper Alert! :whistling: Except that professional dictionary writers don't consider verbal formulae words. :glare: -T- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniperwhere Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Sorry to burst your little bubble of fun, guys. But, this is not the longest English language. Why? Because it's not English. It's Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanodai Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Sorry to burst your little bubble of fun, guys. But, this is not the longest English language. Why? Because it's not English. It's Latin.Actually, they are English chemical/technical names, so it is English. However it's still not considered a word by professional dictionary writers. If you had bothered to read my previous post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniperwhere Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I read the post, but when your science teacher tells you that the scientific name of something is not English and that it's a combination of Latin root words(apparently used because it works as a universal identification language among scientists), it's kinda hard to think that it is English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanodai Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I read the post, but when your science teacher tells you that the scientific name of something is not English and that it's a combination of Latin root words(apparently used because it works as a universal identification language among scientists), it's kinda hard to think that it is English.All European languages are rooted in Latin, so based on your logic, we're not speaking English, we're actually speaking Latin. -T- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniperwhere Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 True..... Eh, well. It's still a long ass word whatever language it trully is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanAlderon Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Whoever made it up must of got bored halfway through I saw the word Gluten (or something)over 10 times. Not sure how many really I got bored counting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanbean234 Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 All European languages are rooted in Latin, so based on your logic, we're not speaking English, we're actually speaking Latin. -T- Not all European languages are Latin-descendant... the "Romance" languages are (Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian, and Portugese) but English is descendant from German, the scandic languages (Danish, Swedish, Finnish, etc.) have their own root, so you're not entirely correct. English, however, has a tradition of incorporating words from other languages. I've heard it described as "English doesn't borrow words from other languages, it lures them into an alley, jumps them, and rifles through their pockets for loose grammar." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Wolfe Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Since I'm from Canada, I would know better than most of you how true bean was. Many English words were outright stolen from the Romantics, and thank god they did, otherwise, learning French would be a complete female dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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