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  • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

    How about a word with two consecutive V's? Only someone really savvy with linguistics would know.

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    Chris Losinger
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    Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

    How about a word with two consecutive V's?

    nope, can't do it. but, finding long words with only one vowel is one of my strengths.

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    • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

      How about a word with two consecutive V's? Only someone really savvy with linguistics would know.

      Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
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      MikoTheTerrible
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      How about a word with 6 consecutive vowels which also has zero consonants.... Euouae wiktionary.org

      "The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?" -- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison

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      • M Marc Clifton

        I just wrote an email with the word "unforeseeable", and was struck by the "eea". That's all folks. :) Marc

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        Gary Wheeler
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        You had to be discussing schedule, weren't you?

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        • P Pete OHanlon

          And both have a certain rhythm to them.

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          Paul Conrad
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          How about the Old English word hareiously* if you want to include 'y' as a vowel? * def.: In a cruel or merciless manner; Actions performed without mercy. From the Old English circa 15th century, hareiously has lost its function in the modern English language.

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          • S Scott Barbour

            I was originally going to go with "queueing", but spell check revealed that it is correctly spelled "queuing" :sigh: But the most interesting English word that I've come across is cwm[^], which doesn't have ANY vowels (not even the "sometimes Y"). Granted that it was originally Welsh, but that's about as close to a native English word as you could get.

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            modified on Friday, November 21, 2008 1:07 PM

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            Lost User
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            Scott Barbour wrote:

            but spell check revealed that it is correctly spelled "queuing"

            I noticed that too but it looks like it may be OK both ways. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Queueing[^]

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            • P Pete OHanlon

              And both have a certain rhythm to them.

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              Ravi Bhavnani
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              Speaking of which, "rhythm" has no vowels. :) /ravi

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              • M Marc Clifton

                I just wrote an email with the word "unforeseeable", and was struck by the "eea". That's all folks. :) Marc

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                leckey 0
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                The longest word you can type on a standard keyboard with your left hand (using American taught typing techniques) is stewardesses.

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                • P Pete OHanlon

                  Do you ever feel like a dinosaur? If so, and you're a bit elastic, you could always be archaeoaeolotropic.

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                  Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                  Please tell me that you looked that word up because otherwise I'll KNOW that you were an English Literature major at your university, probably a Professor in disguise... Not that there's anything wrong with that really, being a Jedi Master requires a certain level of eloquence

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                  • R Ravi Bhavnani

                    Speaking of which, "rhythm" has no vowels. :) /ravi

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                    leckey 0
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                    Technically that falls under 'sometimes y' :)

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                    • M MikoTheTerrible

                      How about a word with 6 consecutive vowels which also has zero consonants.... Euouae wiktionary.org

                      "The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?" -- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison

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                      Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                      That sounds suspiciously like a non-kid sister friendly utterance...

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                        The longest word you can type on a standard keyboard with your left hand (using American taught typing techniques) is stewardesses.

                        Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.

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                        Ravi Bhavnani
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                        And the longest word you can type using just the top row of keys on a typewriter is... you guessed it - TYPEWRITER. :) /ravi

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                        • L Lost User

                          Scott Barbour wrote:

                          but spell check revealed that it is correctly spelled "queuing"

                          I noticed that too but it looks like it may be OK both ways. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Queueing[^]

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                          Scott Barbour
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                          It would seem that a campaign is needed to determine an official spelling. Some dictionaries have both. Others have one or the other. From that link however, these are the sponsored ads at the top:

                          Qtrac Queuing System
                          Manage Waiting Lines & Streamline Customer Flow w/Electronic Queuing.
                          www.Lavi.com/qtrac
                          Queuing Solutions
                          High tech and low tech queuing systems and makers.
                          MARKSTAAR.com
                          Customer Queuing System
                          Affordable customer queuing system with Take-A-Number ticket dispenser
                          www.microframecorp.com

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                          • R Ravi Bhavnani

                            And the longest word you can type using just the top row of keys on a typewriter is... you guessed it - TYPEWRITER. :) /ravi

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                            Dan Neely
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                            Nah if you have a 64bit system, then you've got the word: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :laugh:

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                              Nah if you have a 64bit system, then you've got the word: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :laugh:

                              Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                              Ravi Bhavnani
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                              :) /ravi

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                              • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

                                Please tell me that you looked that word up because otherwise I'll KNOW that you were an English Literature major at your university, probably a Professor in disguise... Not that there's anything wrong with that really, being a Jedi Master requires a certain level of eloquence

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                                Pete OHanlon
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                                I wish I had looked it up. There's no end of trivia swirling around in my mind.

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                                  The longest word you can type on a standard keyboard with your left hand (using American taught typing techniques) is stewardesses.

                                  Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.

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                                  Pete OHanlon
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                                  Well that, tesseradecades and aftercataracts.

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                                  • S Scott Barbour

                                    I was originally going to go with "queueing", but spell check revealed that it is correctly spelled "queuing" :sigh: But the most interesting English word that I've come across is cwm[^], which doesn't have ANY vowels (not even the "sometimes Y"). Granted that it was originally Welsh, but that's about as close to a native English word as you could get.

                                    I don't claim to be a know it all, for I know that I am not...

                                    I usually have an answer though.

                                    modified on Friday, November 21, 2008 1:07 PM

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                                    The Cake of Deceit
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                                    What about "nth" or "gym?" (if you don't count y as a vowel)

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                                    • R Ravi Bhavnani

                                      Speaking of which, "rhythm" has no vowels. :) /ravi

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                                      Pete OHanlon
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                                      Which was why I mentioned it.

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                                      • M Marc Clifton

                                        I just wrote an email with the word "unforeseeable", and was struck by the "eea". That's all folks. :) Marc

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                                        BillWoodruff
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                                        I find my daily dose of teevee news (the "reality" horror show) best done during a dumb-bell workout* : about three weeks ago while watching BBC : 1 on camera footage (with English reporter's voice-over) of a bearded Hindu Vasihnaivite Sadhu in India doing special pujas (ritual, prayers, blessings) for Barrack Obama whose horoscope he has cast to help him select the right rites. 2. scrolling marquee text at screen bottom at the same time as the Hindu holy man is lighting offerings of Ghee, and ringing a bell reads : (probably don't remember this perfectly) "Eunoia" is the shortest word in the English language that uses all five vowels. It means "beautiful thinking." It is also the title of Canadian writer Christian Bok's latest novel each chapter of which is said to use only one vowel." 3. on camera cut to upcoming story teaser : title : Peru's shamen rally for Obama : picture of a group of Peruvians in Andean garb in colorful ponchos. Can you possibly doubt the esoteric fractal connections at play in the fields of Serendip here as I stretched my brachii and subscapularis ? best, Bill * by dumb-bell workout I refer to exercise using 10 kilogram weights, one in each hand : I am not referring to conversation among myselves..

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                                        • M MikoTheTerrible

                                          Marc Clifton wrote:

                                          and was struck by the "eea".

                                          You don't have to take that you know. Just cause it's a vowel doesn't mean you can't hit it back.

                                          "The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?" -- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison

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                                          PIEBALDconsult
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                                          Yeah, but it's three against one; it's better to take the hit and then go on the chat shows.

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