2 Puzzles

[amorous]

Hi guys,

May be these are simple puzzles for experts out there...try 'em

1. Which is the longest word in English??
2. What is the difference between a soldier and a lady?

Note: The answers are based on the concept -- "wordplay"

-VJ

 

[AnotherHiggins]

E[sup]2[/sup],

Fair enough. By the rules of this forum you are perfectly correct. (Thanks for the invitation, btw, I really enjoy it.) The word [COLOR=white white]pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis[/color] does appear in multiple online dictionaries. But it just doesn't seem right to include a word that was apparently created for the sole purpose of being the longest word in English. It doesn't really mean anything. More information available here.

But, as this is your forum, I should really just hush up and play by your rules. To that end, I offer up this word:

[white]methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl- glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyl- valylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyl- isoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucyl- isoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl- glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartyl- glycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucyl- arginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanyl- glutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucyl- isoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolyl- isoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalyl- phenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl- tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylseryl- valylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylseryl- alanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidyl- asparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolyl- prolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl- isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucyl- leucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginyl- arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyl- lysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucyl- glutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartyl- glutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl- glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl- isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolyl- glutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalyl- glutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine[/white]

While it isn't actually listed in any dictionaries that I could find,

http://www.TheFreeDictionary.com

has an article about it in their encyclopedia - which is pointed to in the dictionary (look it up as [COLOR=white white]Methionylglutaminy...serine[/color]. And at 1913 letters, I figured it deserved to be mentioned. Also, it serves as a great example of why technical terms have been, in most circles, taken out of consideration for the "Longest Word."

Wow, I've really taken this thread off-topic. Sorry, amorous, I didn't mean to hijack it.

John

 

[ESquared]

Wow! At that rate, we'll someday be introducing ourselves as
cytosylguanyladenylthymil...[3 billion base pairs later]...cytosine. And if you are a member of twins or triplets, #1, #2, #3 and so on!!

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A sacrifice is harder when no one knows you've made it.

 

[amorous]

The answer to the question 2: Goes something like this:

A Soldier faces the power
A lady powders the face

-VJ

 

[lbass]

And let's not forget that in some cases there is no difference, since they are one and the same.

-LB