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A rest from Word Association
Posted: Sun 13 May 2007 7:24 pm
by Steven Williams
OK you intellectuals and quiz masters,
Whats the longest word in the english language which has all its letters in alphabetical order.
Posted: Sun 13 May 2007 7:46 pm
by lou
AEGILOPS
Luv
EMMA XXX
Posted: Sun 13 May 2007 8:11 pm
by Andrew MacLean
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
Posted: Sun 13 May 2007 8:13 pm
by Anne B
We have all been on wikipedia then
Posted: Sun 13 May 2007 8:16 pm
by lou
Posted: Sun 13 May 2007 8:19 pm
by Andrew MacLean
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.
Posted: Mon 14 May 2007 9:58 am
by John Smith
Don't forget the new series of Balderdash & Piffle then, Andrew. Tonight at 11.20pm on BBC2.
Posted: Mon 14 May 2007 10:10 am
by Andrew MacLean
John
I remember you mentioned that programme before. Thank you for the reminder!
Andrew
Posted: Mon 14 May 2007 3:00 pm
by Andrew MacLean
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)
Posted: Mon 14 May 2007 3:12 pm
by Eddie S
Overnumerousnesses
Just dont ask me to say it!