Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cbneb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbscc!cbneb!adm From: adm@cbneb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.puzzle Subject: Re: Long vowel strings... - (nf) Message-ID: <766@cbneb.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-May-84 20:21:08 EDT Article-I.D.: cbneb.766 Posted: Wed May 9 20:21:08 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 13-May-84 00:44:19 EDT Sender: adm@cbneb.UUCP Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OHIO Lines: 12 #R:eros:-500:cbnap:22500001:000:275 cbnap!tjl May 9 16:44:00 1984 You might be interested in the French word "jouaient" which means to play (third person plural imperfect tense). Notice it has all five common vowels in a row. Also of interest is the English word "nth" which is a worst case example of vowel strings/vowel concentration.