Three vowels together
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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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I usually have an answer though.
modified on Friday, November 21, 2008 1:07 PM
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And both have a certain rhythm to them.
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Speaking of which, "rhythm" has no vowels. :) /ravi
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I just wrote an email with the word "unforeseeable", and was struck by the "eea". That's all folks. :) Marc
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Do you ever feel like a dinosaur? If so, and you're a bit elastic, you could always be archaeoaeolotropic.
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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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Speaking of which, "rhythm" has no vowels. :) /ravi
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How about a word with 6 consecutive vowels which also has zero consonants.... Euouae wiktionary.org
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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.
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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. :) /raviMy new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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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[^]
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
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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.comI don't claim to be a know it all, for I know that I am not...
I usually have an answer though.
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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. :) /raviMy new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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
:) /ravi
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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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I wish I had looked it up. There's no end of trivia swirling around in my mind.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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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
What about "nth" or "gym?" (if you don't count y as a vowel)
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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.
Well that, tesseradecades and aftercataracts.
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Speaking of which, "rhythm" has no vowels. :) /ravi
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Which was why I mentioned it.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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I just wrote an email with the word "unforeseeable", and was struck by the "eea". That's all folks. :) Marc
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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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.
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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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How about a word with two consecutive V's? Only someone really savvy with linguistics would know.
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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
Scott Barbour wrote:
Granted that it was originally Welsh, but that's about as close to a native English word as you could get.
Don't say that to a Welsh person! England and Wales may be close geographically but their languages come from very different branches of Indo-European.
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You had to be discussing schedule, weren't you?
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You had to be discussing schedule, weren't you?
Sort of. Just confirming an appointment on Tuesday. Marc