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mikedagr8
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1:What English name, has 2 anagrams of itself? E.g. Ate can be changed into tea and eat(and eta, but I think those two are fine examples).
2:What English word has 5 vowels in a row?
3:What English eight letter word has only one vowel?
4:What two common words have 3 double letters occurring in a row?
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #1 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 2:01am » |
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4. for one: subbookkeeper (or at least bookkeeper)
3. I know 2! (grep is my friend  )
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #2 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 2:02am » |
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The second one is the one I was after, never heard of a subbookeeper before.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #3 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 2:06am » |
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A bookkeepperson, then?
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #4 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 2:10am » |
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Normally I just call them a bookkeeper. Someone who does bookkeeping? 
What is number two then?
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #5 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 2:18am » |
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There is bookkeeper and bookkeeping.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #6 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 2:19am » |
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There sure is, I'm after an unrelated word now, so nothing with bookkeep in it.
Sorry to disappoint.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #7 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 4:11am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 1:57am, mikedagr8 wrote:
2:What English word has 5 vowels in a row?
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2) Queueing
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #8 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 4:13am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 4:11am, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Correct.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #9 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 4:37am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 1:57am, mikedagr8 wrote:| 3:What English eight letter word has only one vowel? |
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And what about a common nine letter word with only one vowel?
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #10 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 4:41am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 4:37am, JohanC wrote:
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If it's the plural of the word I'm thinking of I won't accept it. But go ahead state it.
5: What is the longest word that can be made without using vowels?
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #11 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 4:48am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 4:41am, mikedagr8 wrote:
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5) Rhythm?
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #12 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 4:50am » |
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Correct.
6: What is the shortest sentence that uses all 26 letters of the English alphabet and makes sense?
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #13 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 4:55am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 2:01am, Grimbal wrote:| 3. I know 2! (grep is my friend ) |
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schnapps and strength
Some might consider one of the words as not really English  .
It is funny, I always thought of 'y' as a vowel.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #14 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 4:56am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 4:50am, mikedagr8 wrote:Correct.
6: What is the shortest sentence that uses all 26 letters of the English alphabet and makes sense? |
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The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy pig.
At least I think that's what it is.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #15 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 5:00am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 4:56am, hiyathere wrote:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy pig.
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Sorry, two words are wrong.
Edit: OK, only one: 'pig' is as good as 'dog'.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #16 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 5:00am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 4:55am, Grimbal wrote:
schnapps and strength
Some might consider one of the words as not really English .
It is funny, I always thought of 'y' as a vowel. |
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Schnapps I'm not accepting, grep is kind of cheating, but the first task is VERY hard(I think it is) so you can use it. Otherwise, Correct.
on Sep 19th, 2007, 4:56am, hiyathere wrote:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy pig.
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It is the same length as the traditional 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' it would be shorter starting with 'A quick...the lazy pig/dog.'
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #17 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 5:01am » |
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
But do you have a proof that it is the shortest?
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #18 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 5:01am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 5:00am, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Sorry, two words are wrong.
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Whoops. You and mikedagr are right.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #19 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 5:03am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 5:01am, Grimbal wrote:The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
But do you have a proof that it is the shortest? |
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Do I have proof? No, this is up for discussion, I have heard shorter making partial sense, but not complete.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #20 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 5:03am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 5:01am, Grimbal wrote:The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
But do you have a proof that it is the shortest? |
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Any proof would depend on the meaning of 'makes sense'.
I remember there is a shorter one (using the Welsh word 'cwm'), but it hardly makes sense.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #21 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 5:04am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 5:00am, mikedagr8 wrote:
Shnapps I'm not accepting, ... |
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It is schnapps, with SCH, following German spelling.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #22 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 5:07am » |
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Typo, will fix up.
The term I was looking for #6, but couldn't remember is pangram.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #23 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 5:14am » |
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Quote:| I remember there is a shorter one (using the Welsh word 'cwm'), but it hardly makes sense. |
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Cwm fjordbank glyphs vext quiz.
Would this be it?
The shortest I have seen is 28 which I will accept. I have this off a site.
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Re: Wordplay
« Reply #24 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 10:05am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 5:01am, Grimbal wrote:The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
But do you have a proof that it is the shortest? |
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A quick, brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. is shorter (Okay, it's the same number of characters, but correctly punctuated.
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