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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jul 18, 2012
>> Unless someone can show me samples of...<<
Bunkum
Alum
Antebellum
Scumbum
Rum
Birdy-num-num
~jwf~
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Baron Grim Posted Jul 18, 2012
Although, this has been mentioned here before...
Continuum and vacuum are the only two words in our language with two consecutive/contiguous 'U's.
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Rudest Elf Posted Jul 18, 2012
"Continuum and vacuum are the only two words in our language with two consecutive/contiguous 'U's."
They may be the two most common English words with two consecutive 'U's, but this guy has found a whole lot more: http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/fun/wordplay/uu.html
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Baron Grim Posted Jul 18, 2012
But I don't think I'd consider any of those words English. Of course, continuum and vacuum are from Latin as well as many of those others, but they have been adopted into the English language.
Taking a second look at it (and at any Walmart in the US) I'd definitely say that muumuu has been fully adopted into the English language. I stand corrected.
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Rudest Elf Posted Jul 18, 2012
The words I checked were all in one English dictionary or another. Certainly, 'equus' is pretty common.
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Rosie Posted Jul 18, 2012
Never posted to this thread before....
but...
did you know that...
Whenever I say the word 'Barbeque'...
it rains??
FACT!
Rosie-the-wlonk
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Jul 18, 2012
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Baron Grim Posted Jul 18, 2012
I was asking Rosie about Rob McKenna... The Unwitting Rain God... lorry driver... nevermind.
But no, not related to the brothers Grimm. I'm just another incarnation of Count Zero. And no, I'm not related to the tasty candy bar.
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Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Posted Jul 18, 2012
~*~*Looks out the window*
It's not raining so I dispute your fact. ~*~
She didn't say it. She only typed it.
~*~(btw, even though I'm an "Amurkin", I have to agree that aluminium is the proper way to spell it and say it. Unless someone can show me samples of chrominum, magnesinum or titaninum.)~*~
Speaking as another American, I completely agree, though in the case of aluminum I've never known someone to say or spell it in any other way. Furthermore, "doughnut" is clearly the proper spelling, to think otherwise is madness. It's made out of dough, isn't it?
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Rosie Posted Jul 18, 2012
>>You're not related to Rob McKenna are you?>>
no relation - as far as I know....
but it was a fact that while I was bbq-ing, I was holding spatula - for flipping - in one hand ....
and an umberella - to keep dry - in the other....
and a glass of wine
and it was thundering !!
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ITIWBS Posted Jul 19, 2012
The 5th President of The Continental Congress, Henry Laurens, captured at sea by the British while on a diplomatic mission, was held for a time in the Tower of London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Laurens
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ITIWBS Posted Jul 19, 2012
On posts 8920 - 8922, even Isaac Asimov pointed out that the word 'helium', though official, is something of a misnomer, since the '-ium' suffix properly denotes a metal, while helium is in the noble gasses group, denoted with the -on suffix and ought properly be spelled, 'helion'.
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Eveneye--Eegogee--Julzes Posted Aug 8, 2012
The smallest prime with a composite number of copies of each digit is the 42-digit 100001111122223333444455556666777798889899.
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Aug 9, 2012
>> a composite number of copies of each digit <<
I guess I dont understand what a composite number means.
If there are four each of the ten digits: 4 X 10 = 40.
So you need two extra of one of the ten digits to arrive
at a 42 digit number.
You chose to add two extra 1s. There are six ones.
Four each of every other digit and six ones.
So what is "a composite number of copies of each digit"?
One of us is missing something here. I am quite prepared
to allow that it is me if you will only define 'a composite
number' and maybe explain why there are four of nine
and six of one.
~jwf~
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Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Posted Aug 9, 2012
With the exception of the number 1, every number is repeated four times over. I don't know for sure that that's what he meant, but I expect so.
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- 8921: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Jul 18, 2012)
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- 8923: Baron Grim (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8924: Rudest Elf (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8925: Baron Grim (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8926: Rudest Elf (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8927: Rosie (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8928: Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8929: Baron Grim (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8930: Rudest Elf (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8931: Baron Grim (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8932: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8933: Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8934: Rosie (Jul 18, 2012)
- 8935: ITIWBS (Jul 19, 2012)
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- 8937: Vestboy (Jul 19, 2012)
- 8938: Eveneye--Eegogee--Julzes (Aug 8, 2012)
- 8939: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Aug 9, 2012)
- 8940: Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" (Aug 9, 2012)
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