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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.66.23.11
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:10 pm:   

1 - What property links the words dermatoglyphics, misconjugatedly and uncopyrightables?

2 - What record is held by the word Rotavator?

3 - What property links the words almost, biopsy, and chintz?

4 - What is the longest English word with no Vowels?

5 - What is the longest English word with only one vowel?

6 - What do the following words have in common? rupturewort, pepperwort, perpetuity, proprietor, typewriter, requietory, repertoire, tripertite, pourriture, powertrip, powertripper.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:29 pm:   

6. All based on letters on top row of typewriter.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:31 pm:   

1. No repetition of letters?
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:32 pm:   

4 + 5: something with lots of Ys in them. :-)
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:33 pm:   

2. Longest palindrome.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:34 pm:   

3. Ah, yes: letters in same order as appear in alphabet.
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.66.23.11
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:38 pm:   

all right except for 4 and 5...
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:41 pm:   

Dunno, I'm afraid. But I bet they have lots of Ys in them.

Do I get half a mark?
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:42 pm:   

Is 5 synonym?
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:43 pm:   

Symphony?
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.66.23.11
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:46 pm:   

Good, but no cigar. There's no Y in the answer to number 5...
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:50 pm:   

Hmm . . . Hard one. Not sure. Will keep thinking.
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.66.23.11
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:53 pm:   

Actually, I've just found another 9 letter word with only one vowel in (and it does have a Y in - it's a related word to the longest word with no vowel)
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 166.216.226.189
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 06:57 pm:   

(Words with friends, RCMB style....)

My last name is one of the longest with one vowel (and 7 consanants!).
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.66.23.11
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 07:01 pm:   

Dickhead has 3 vowels?
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 166.216.226.189
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 07:53 pm:   

Oh, kay.... Congratulations, I suppose. So what are they?
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 08:49 pm:   

So what're the answers, Webbyboy?
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Carolinec (Carolinec)
Username: Carolinec

Registered: 06-2009
Posted From: 92.232.199.129
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 09:01 pm:   

No. 4 - lynx?
I know that's not very long but I can't think of another one. Sure that's wrong though.

Can I have a point for trying? Please, please, pretty please.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 09:33 pm:   

Don't tell me, it's a Welsh town name. :-)
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Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.177.115.204
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 09:34 pm:   

4 - rhythm?

(As in "I saw Gary Fry buying another rhythm magazine today")...
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Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.177.115.204
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 09:34 pm:   

...or Twyndyllyngs?

Although I did cheat for that one...
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.25.19.91
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 09:37 pm:   

Mick: sssshhhhhhhh. And I won't tell them about the Whitby rentboy you tried to order.
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Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.177.115.204
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 11:21 pm:   

Tried? Hah! I was successful after you went home!
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.167.144.49
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 11:56 pm:   

Mick - add an S and your there with Rhythm

the two longest with only the one vowel are Rhythmics - the study of rhythms - and strengths.

Was my potshot at Craig a little bit undeserved?
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 99.126.164.88
Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 01:52 am:   

No, it was de-served about as adequately as you could manage.

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