In the same vein as 3 vowels in row– have you noticed some words have the most curious combination of consonants?
some times cross word puzzles use themes like this– a week or two ago, the NY Times daily puzzle had a theme of works or word pairs, with 4 letters in alphabetical order. I remember one answer Peter Stuyvesant.
knightsbridge is a not too strange word in English– with a very strange combination of letters in the middle.. While these combinations are most common in compound words, odd combination can be found all over.– shall we work on 4 or more consonants in a row?
And BTW, since the word "handspring" is now probably more well known in relation to the Visor (similar to Palm Pilot), let it be known that what a handspring *really* refers to is a gymnastics skill where one starts with both feet together (or one slightly in front of the other if you're on a 4-inch balance beam), bends the knees and lowers the arms, then springs backwards, landing on both hands, then continues over with legs together (or split, if you're on the beam).
How some executives thought this would be a good name for a handheld computer is beyond me.
somebody mentioned 'cwm' in a post today, which reminded me of some of my favorite words:
CWM/CWMS BRRR PFFT PSST TSK/TSKS/TSKTSK/TSKTSKS CRWTH/CRWTHS <--my personal favorite.
they're all legal scrabble words, even if they do raise some eyebrows.
(btw, anyone else out there love scrabble? there's a great online version called wordox... but it's quite addicting. i'm a recovering wordoxaholic and haven't played in ages for fear of a relapse)
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