"I know a word with all the vowels ..."

[Lionel Mandrake]

"I know a word with all the vowels in their proper order," said Tom facetiously.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good one!

I wonder how many people will get this...

;-)

[Lionel Mandrake]

2. My dear CP,

DU is full of writers and other smart folks.

Some of us are old enough to remember "Tom Swifties".

[geardaddy]

3. Nice.

:D

[Lionel Mandrake]

10. Please feel free to post something similar in Welsh

if you are so inclined.

Not that i would understand it if you did. ;-)

[Tikki]

4. Excellent...and one with 4 vowels in a row...

'Louie'...



Tikki

[LiberalEsto]

5. I know an Estonian word with 4 of the same vowel

jääääres

means "at the edge (äär) of the ice (jää)."

Estonians have a lot of vowels. They stole them from Central Europe.

[dimbear]

6. I'll drink to that.

"Not I" said Tom. abstemiously.

[Lionel Mandrake]

8. "I drink too much whenever I go to France,

but then I don't drive", said Tom essencially.

[siligut]

7. And sometimes W

In diphthongs, like cow and bow, the W takes on the sound of the preceding vowel. Learned that in elementary school.

[Lionel Mandrake]

9. Yes, some "consonants" are really vowels in disguise.

But if we include them in the list of vowels, then there is no word with all the vowels.   :-(

[Xipe Totec]

11. I know one in Spanish - murcielago nt

[Lionel Mandrake]

13. Good one,

even if no hablo espanol.   :dunce:

[Xipe Totec]

15. Don't feel bad, I forgot the accent - murciélago

And, apparently, the Italians liked the word so much, they named one of their Lamborghini cars murciélago



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Murci%C3%A9lago

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. I don't believe you

she said, unconvinceably.

:)

[Lionel Mandrake]

14. Heh heh.

It took me a while, but I finally got it.
:rofl:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. ~

;)