Unexpected Classmates in Twenty Third Section

CHAPTER 30

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"Good morning class." Bungad ni ma'am Laica Alejandro.

Ayan! Pahirapan na na naman, pasakit!

"Good morning ma'am Alejandro..." Mahabang bati namin.

"Have a sit..." Sumenyas siyang umupo kami. "Okay, Ms. Sylvia, kindly stand up?" Tanong niya.

Bakit ako agad ma'am, wag naman gan'yan!

Tumayo ako, hindi na nagsalita, hinihintay ko na lang ang tanong niya.

"If we’re talking chemistry, the longest chemical name is how many letters long?" She asked.

Ilan ba? English kami, bakit kami napunta sa Chemistry, iba rin mag isip si ma'am.

"189,819 letter ma'am." Sagot ko, tumango naman siya, umupo na 'ko.

"If we’re talking chemistry, the longest chemical name is 189,819 letters long. It is the chemical name for titin, a giant filamentous protein essential to the structure, development, and elasticity of muscle. As to whether or not this is an actual word is disputed by many. It is not in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, so you shouldn’t ever have to worry about spelling it." Aniya.

"....Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis has 45 letter. Meaning, Pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust."

Ha? Nyumonosbsisksksksm? Pa'no ba bigkaisin 'yon? Ang haba na nga nakakabubol pa.

"Ang sakit sa ulo." Bulong ni Vance, ngayon ko lang siya nakitang nakikinig.

"Nag uumpisa pa nga lang tayo." Natatawang sabi ko.

"....Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism has 30 letters. It is a relatively mild form of pseudohypoparathyroidism that is characterized by normal levels of calcium and phosphorus in the blood."

"Ano raw?" Bulong niya ulit.

"Wag mo sa'kin itanong, dumudugo na ang ilong ko kay ma'am." Natawa naman siya.

"...Floccinaucinihilipilification has 29 letters. Which means, the longest unchallenged nontechnical word that not all directories recognize, that including Merriam-Webster. According to alternative sources, floccinaucinihilipilification is the act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless. Often times, it is used in a humorous way. "

"Buti na lang si ma'am, hindi nabubulol 'no? Ang bilis pa naman niyang magsalita." Bulong ko sa kaniya.

"Dating rapper yan."

"Talaga?"

"Biro lang."

"...Honorificabilitudinitatibus has 27 letters, the longest word in Shakespeare’s works. Honorificabilitudinitatibus is the longest word in the English language featuring alternating consonants and vowels." Ani ma'am.

"... Thyroparathyroidectomized has 25 letters, it is a medical term that defines the excision of both the thyroid and parathyroid glands."

Akala ko ba english kami? Bakit naging chemistry? 2 in 1 ka ba ma'am?

"... Those are the top 5 longest word in english." Paliwanag niya tsaka tumingin sa white board, napatingin din tuloy ako do'n, nakasulat pala do'n tung mga word na pinagsasabi niya kanina.