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#476 - 07/24/00 11:17 AM Re: Word puzzles
Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta	Again from David Crystal's Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language , page 264, talking about the letter w: W/w usually represents a voiced bilabial semi-vowel, /w/ (wig )and also forms part of digraphs representing several long vowels or diphthongs (cow, saw, knew, owe. and page 242, discussing the sound: The distinction between consonant and vowel is fundamental, but some sounds sit uneasily between the two, being articulated in the same way as vowels, but functioning in the language in the same way as consonants. /j/ as in yes and /w/ as in we are like this. ... Similarly, /w/ is formed like a short [u] vowe, but acts as a consonant ( we, me, see ). These two consonants are therefore sometimes described as semi-vowels . Not 'Enry 'Iggins, but I hope he'll do. Bingley _________________________ Bingley
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#477 - 08/04/00 01:24 PM Re: Longest word
violaellie stranger Registered: 08/04/00 Posts: 1	The longest word that I can find using the top row of letters is PIROUETTE.
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#478 - 08/04/00 08:28 PM Re: Longest word
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Welcome, violaellie. Heavens, your name sounds as pretty as your word!
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#479 - 08/06/00 06:57 AM Re: Longest word
TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC	>The longest word that I can find using the top row of letters is PIROUETTE. It's time now to branch out. Who can make the longest (by letter count) fairly meaningful sentence from the top letter row? I will allow commas and colons, but not semi-colons. Quite witty, I require pretty quiet typewriter, pour out poetry to requite. Not a great sentence, but not totally nonsensical either. I get 61 letters. By the way the longest word available from the top letter row is typewriter. _________________________ TEd
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#480 - 08/08/00 03:37 PM Re: Longest word
Brandon enthusiast Registered: 03/16/00 Posts: 218 Loc: Mountain West, USA	Using another 10-letter top row word, REPERTIORE, I've created this 65-letter sentence: We require our typewriter to pour out trite, yet quite witty, repertoire poetry.
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#481 - 08/08/00 04:09 PM Re: Longest word
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	WHOA! WAY TO GO ! MANY kudos to you, Brandon!
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#482 - 08/13/00 02:01 AM Re: Longest word
Bridget addict Registered: 06/27/00 Posts: 444 Loc: Sydney Australia	>Using another 10-letter top row word, REPERTIORE, I've created this 65-letter sentence: We require our typewriter to pour out trite, yet quite witty, repertoire poetry.< Brandon, I will quite shamelessly build on your foundations... We're pretty quiet, yet we require our typewriter to pour out our trite, yet quite witty, repertoire poetry.
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#483 - 08/14/00 01:17 PM Re: Longest word
Brandon enthusiast Registered: 03/16/00 Posts: 218 Loc: Mountain West, USA	Glad a gal has had asdfghjkl salad. Shall a glass fall as sad lads sag? A sad saga, dad. Anyone care to try the bottom row of the keyboard?
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#484 - 08/14/00 01:53 PM Re: Longest word
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10462 Loc: this too shall pass	that flows about as well as your average palindrome.
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#485 - 08/14/00 02:26 PM Re: Longest word
william enthusiast Registered: 07/12/00 Posts: 200	never liked palindromes
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