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From: wws@whuxlm.UUCP (Stoll W William)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: Long words (two 9-letter one-syllable words)
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Date: Sun, 21-Apr-85 10:14:06 EST
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> > Ques: What is the longest english word with only one vowel?
> > (I know of a 9 letter, single vowel word, anyone have a longer one?)
> > 
> > Ques: What is the longest english word that can be typed using a single row
> > 	of a standard keyboard?
> > 	(I know of a 10 letter word)
> 
> 	And here's another one: What is the longest (= having the most
> 	letters) one-syllable english word?
> 	(I know one which is 8 letters, but it is only one-syllable in a
> 	dialect.)
> 						--pH

straights strengths

By the way, the second one also is single vowel.

Now let me propose one...
What is the shortest three-syllable word?  I could think of several
five-letter words, but was reduced to proper names to find a 4-letter
word.

Re: shortest sentence containing all the letters.

I used to watch Sesame Street when it first came out (it used to be
the only place Muppets could be found).  Big Bird discovered a *single*
word containing all the letters in the alphabet, in order even!
It was actually the alphabet itself, but he pronounced it

  '           '       '          u '       -- '
ab-buh-kuh-def-gee-jek-kull-muh-nop-kwer-stoov-wick-siz

Well, it was interesting at the time...

Bill Stoll, ..!whuxlm!wws

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