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From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Words with "w" as a vowel **SPOILER**
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Date: Wed, 15-May-85 11:45:03 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 15 11:45:03 1985
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Organization: CAE Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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Original question: Name English words, one still in common(?) use in a
scientific specialty, in which "w" is the only vowel.  I claimed to know
of two to start with.

I received a surprising number of responses, about a dozen in all, for a
total of 2.5 answers.  The ones I was thinging of were "cwm", a geological
term describing a type of rock formation (disclaimer: my degrees are in
Math ... ) and "crwth", and ancient musical instrument of the lute family.
The half answer is "crwd", an alternate form of "crwth" ...  Since at least
"cwm" and, I believe, "crwth" are in the Official SCRABBLE Players
Dictionary, you too can amaze your friends ...

FROM:   Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems
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