How do you pronounce bla bla bla?
How do you pronounce poop poop?
What’s blah blah?
1 or less commonly blah–blah \ ˈblä-ˌblä \ : silly or pretentious chatter or nonsense. 2 blahs plural [perhaps influenced in meaning by blasé] : a feeling of boredom, lethargy, or general dissatisfaction.
How do you read supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
What word takes 3 hours to say?
METHIONYLTHREONYLTHREONYGLUTAMINYLARGINYL …
All told, the full chemical name for the human protein titin is 189,819 letters, and takes about three-and-a-half hours to pronounce.
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