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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread equal accents #15091 01/09/2001 12:41 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here's a strange query I got from a subscriber today: In reply to: [years ago] an item appeared in ""Ripley's Believe It Or Not" in the newspaper: " _____________is the only word in the English language accented equally on both syllables." For years I have tried to remember it. Allegedly helpful friends have sent hundreds of words like 'schoolhouse' and 'sandbag' which of course are wrong. any ideas? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: equal accents #15092 01/09/2001 1:29 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Here's our previous discussion: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=236&Search=true&Forum=words&Words=equal accents&Match=Entire Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=1year Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: equal accents #15093 01/09/2001 2:20 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 130 Virginia Solamente, Doug. member Solamente, Doug. member Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 130 Virginia I remember that Ripley's. The word was "farewell". Thanks, Rip! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,422 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,238 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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