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Post by cleglaw on Apr 27, 2007 2:08:09 GMT
The word "kine" --plural for cow is the only case in which the plural form of a word shares no letters in common with the singular form of the word.
The word "gullible" is not in the dictionary.
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Apr 27, 2007 8:02:37 GMT
gullible, adj. = leichtgläubig
It is in mine - though that is a German publication. And i just found another one (American!) in which it is also...
Of course I'm not that gullible to believe anything that is posted as 'fact' in a forum that is called 'Chaos Cascade' by a twisted mind like...
*a muffled sound is heard as the incumbent poster is dragged from the keyboard*
...OK - I concede that the American dictionary I mentioned earlier is 'The essential Vocabulary of American Language and Culture' (by NTC's American English Learning Dictionary) - and in American culture 'gullible' certainly is essential.
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Post by Alrik on Apr 27, 2007 8:41:51 GMT
Gullible ? Reminds me of the word "gully".
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 27, 2007 14:57:07 GMT
Heh. I wondered who'd look. Nice one, Cleg ;D
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Post by Mea Culpa on Apr 27, 2007 18:37:47 GMT
The word "kine" --plural for cow is the only case in which the plural form of a word shares no letters in common with the singular form of the word. The word "gullible" is not in the dictionary. Small correction here Cleg: Noun 1. kine - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"Since a Cow can also be (among other critters) a female elephant  Thus Bovine and Kine have some letters in common |
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Post by cleglaw on Apr 27, 2007 22:54:41 GMT
The word "kine" --plural for cow is the only case in which the plural form of a word shares no letters in common with the singular form of the word. The word "gullible" is not in the dictionary. Small correction here Cleg: Noun 1. kine - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"Since a Cow can also be (among other critters) a female elephant Thus Bovine and Kine have some letters in common Well. Since you are obviously my kine of guy, please tell me what English word has 3 double letters in a row. Balloon has 2 double letters in a row--what word has 3? |
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Post by ss on Apr 28, 2007 3:24:41 GMT
Yessssss... |
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Post by cleglaw on Apr 28, 2007 4:15:53 GMT
Noooooo! Try again.
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Post by metalliman98 on Apr 28, 2007 4:15:57 GMT
bookkeeper
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Post by cleglaw on Apr 28, 2007 4:40:51 GMT
Good.
Can you give me 2 words with each vowel present 1 time and in alphabetic order.
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 28, 2007 8:14:54 GMT
aeiouy... I'll pass  . Übereil |
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Post by Galadriel on Apr 28, 2007 9:36:59 GMT
'Ascension' is the closest I get to be, still missing the 'u' 
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Post by cleglaw on Apr 28, 2007 11:26:03 GMT
hint: they end with "s".
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 28, 2007 13:55:27 GMT
They'll probably both end 'ious' - but that's all I got Oh wait - 'Facetious' is one. |
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 28, 2007 14:01:13 GMT
Hmm... Y isn't a vowel in English I take it?
Übereil
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 28, 2007 14:03:30 GMT
No it isn't, Ube.
A, e, i, o, u are the vowels.
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 28, 2007 14:05:06 GMT
You have only five vowels?  We have nine in Swedish, aouåeiyäö. Übereil |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 28, 2007 14:13:57 GMT
We English are more economical with our language ;D
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Post by peterh on Apr 28, 2007 14:30:57 GMT
Y isn't a vowel? I did not know that..
Damn, you English people are crazy!
In the Danish language the 9 vowels are a, e, i, o, u, æ, ø and å.
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Post by peterh on Apr 28, 2007 14:32:17 GMT
We English are more economical with our language ;D You make the Scots look like big spenders there, el! Why, you're even cheaper than Paris Hilton and me combined! |
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We have nine in Swedish, aouåeiyäö.