Tuesday, April 19, 2005
A volokh puzzle:
Consecutive Vowels:
A recent post led me to notice that "obsequious" has four consecutive vowels. What not very rare English word has five vowels in a row? It's not a really common word, but it yields hundreds of thousands of hits on google (unlike, say, "miaoued"), and it's not a proper noun.
The answer, of course, is EIEIO.
What? That's not it? Aaaaarrr, matey.
Consecutive Vowels:
A recent post led me to notice that "obsequious" has four consecutive vowels. What not very rare English word has five vowels in a row? It's not a really common word, but it yields hundreds of thousands of hits on google (unlike, say, "miaoued"), and it's not a proper noun.
The answer, of course, is EIEIO.
What? That's not it? Aaaaarrr, matey.
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