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#1 2006-10-16 15:59:30

Jai Ganesh
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Word puzzle, yet again

Can you think of a word that contains all the vowels?


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#2 2006-10-16 18:34:27

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

SUOIDEA (the taxonomic group to which pigs belong) is the shortest word with the five vowels in reverse alphabetical order. Also, PUNCTOSCHMIDTELLA (a crustacean).

I picked those since they're one of the few that have the vowels' appearance in the word backwards, in perfect order. smile

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#3 2006-10-16 19:40:04

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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#4 2006-10-17 04:02:34

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

I can post loads of words which have all vowels in them. smile

A lot of them are uncommon and aren't used in everyday life, however.

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#5 2006-10-17 05:56:58

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

try to include Y too, its a vowel at least in the swedish alphabetrolleyes:

Last edited by Kurre (2006-10-17 05:58:01)

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#6 2006-10-17 10:55:52

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

Kurre wrote:

try to include Y too, its a vowel at least in the swedish alphabetrolleyes:

In Denmark aswell... (not to forget æøå wink)


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#7 2006-10-18 03:01:34

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I think Hebrew has extra vowels, if I'm not mistaken.

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#8 2006-10-18 18:42:54

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Devanté wrote:

I think Hebrew has extra vowels, if I'm not mistaken.

isnt it hebrew that excludes all vowels??

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#9 2006-10-19 03:07:56

Devantè
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It is?! I keep getting my facts wrong. sad

I just hope I don't get that in an exam someday.

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#10 2007-06-02 18:43:40

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

abstemious, abstemiously,facetious, facetiously,sequoia, sequoias, pnuemonia, education, educations, eunoia, quindecagon, equation,bicarbonatual,bicarbonatually, abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.
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#11 2007-06-03 01:51:23

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theres a place somewhere where i think janefairfax has posted all of the words with all of the vowels


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#12 2007-06-03 19:03:30

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

ganesh wrote:

Can you think of a word that contains all the vowels?

Yup.

Pietrisycamollaviadelrechioemexity

I've forgotten where I found it, but it was in a book somewhere.


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#13 2007-06-03 21:36:57

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aerious, aeriously, uncopyrightable, uncopyrightables, subdermatoglyphic, subdermatoglyphics, duodecimal, duodecimals, misconjudgeant, misconjudgeantly, pnuemonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosises.
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#14 2007-06-04 20:35:08

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

and subcontinental(ly)

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#15 2007-06-06 12:43:37

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

educational(y?)?

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#16 2007-06-07 00:58:11

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

I think this question is facetious.


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#17 2007-06-09 21:37:18

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

rediallous, rediallously, educational, educationally.

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#18 2007-07-14 21:21:50

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

chocos word doesnt have a u in it
down lol shame

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#19 2007-07-15 20:02:42

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

Kurre wrote:

try to include Y too, its a vowel at least in the swedish alphabetrolleyes:

well technically, in Englis Y is both a vowel and a consonant depending on its use.

In the word Yellow, Y is a consonant
In the word Why, Y is a vowel


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#20 2007-07-15 21:28:31

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

In the Welsh alphabet, W is also a vowel. tongue

Did you know? The Icelandic alphabet has 14 vowels.

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#21 2007-07-28 20:46:26

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#22 2007-07-28 21:10:47

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Did you know? The Icelandic alphabet has 14 vowels.

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#23 2007-07-29 02:01:55

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

The Icelandic vowels are

A Á E É I Í O Ó U Ú Y Ý Æ Ö

Note that Y is also a vowel, and that the accented vowels are counted as separate letters in the Icelandic alphabet. Ö is also different from O and Ó and go at the end of the alphabet instead of next to them.

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#24 2007-08-10 11:01:42

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facetiousness

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