A rest from Word Association

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A rest from Word Association

Postby Steven Williams » Sun 13 May 2007 7:24 pm

OK you intellectuals and quiz masters,

Whats the longest word in the english language which has all its letters in alphabetical order.

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Postby lou » Sun 13 May 2007 7:46 pm

AEGILOPS

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Postby Andrew MacLean » Sun 13 May 2007 8:11 pm

I agree with Emma, Aegilops is the longest work with its letters in the correct alphabetical order, but at only 8 letters it seems rather pathetic.

By the way, the longest words with no repeated letters are dermatoglyphics, misconjugatedly and uncopyrightables :roll:
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Postby Anne B » Sun 13 May 2007 8:13 pm

We have all been on wikipedia then :wink: :lol:
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Postby lou » Sun 13 May 2007 8:16 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Postby Andrew MacLean » Sun 13 May 2007 8:19 pm

I like Fun with words. Did you know that euouae, six letters long, is the longest English word consisting only of vowels, and, also, the English word with the most consecutive vowels. Words with five consecutive vowels include cooeeing and queueing.
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Postby John Smith » Mon 14 May 2007 9:58 am

Don't forget the new series of Balderdash & Piffle then, Andrew. Tonight at 11.20pm on BBC2.
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Postby Andrew MacLean » Mon 14 May 2007 10:10 am

John

I remember you mentioned that programme before. Thank you for the reminder!

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Postby Andrew MacLean » Mon 14 May 2007 3:00 pm

Here's another wee quest

Find the longest word in the English language that his no ascenders, descenders or dots in lower case (i.e. no g's y's q's p's t's f's g's h's j's k's l's b's or i's)
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Postby Eddie S » Mon 14 May 2007 3:12 pm

Overnumerousnesses

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