6 letter word...

[Mr. President]

No vowels.

What is it?

Sorry if this has been done before.

[Orbiting]

rhythm? or is Y a vowel?

[kartelite]

in that case y is a vowel.

[TCope1982]

is it something like tsktsk or crwths? i think these are both words and obviously have no vowels

[TCope1982]

Also, try this one:

There are four common, every-day adjectives that end in the letters -dous. Three of them are horrendous, stupendous, and tremendous. What is the fourth?

[Sami]

hazardous?

[TCope1982]

yeah Sami, i thought that might have taken a little longer. Alright here's a tougher one:

What is the only female form of an english word that is shorter then the corresponging male term?

[Quailman]

What about DECAPODOUS, which basically means squidlike?

Bitch vs. Bastard?

...or NONHAZARDOUS

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[mathgrant]

"Feminine" is shorter than "masculine".

[TCope1982]

Well Mathgrant, there are a lot of those. I was thinking more of two words with the same root. Sorry for not clarifying.

Quailman, nonhazardous is repetitive and decapodous i don't think is counted as everyday or common. I know its opinionated, but in reality, there are actually a lot of adjectives that end in -dous, but only those four are considered 'everyday.'

[Athene]

What about wife and husband?

[makemeok]

ladies and gentlemen, sister and brother, aunt and uncle, niece and nephew. but none of those have the same root, right?

[Sami]

The fact that he says female "word" and male "term" makes me think it might be "ballerina" and "ballet dancer"....?

[Quailman]

That could apply to a lot of professions. Prostitute and Male Prostitute, for example.

bitch and bastard.

[Mr. President]

Rhythm was correct. y isn't a vowel, it's just a vowel wanna be...

[Quailman]

Well, then rhythms is a seven letter word with no vowels.

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[T McAy]

I think I know the answer to TCope’s question. This is the phrasing of the question that I am more familiar with:

There are many masculine (or gender neutral) words in the English language that can add a suffix to become the feminine counterpart. Examples include bachelor/bachelorette, major/majorette, and author/authoress. What word, referring to a female, can add a suffix to become the masculine counterpart?

[TCope1982]

T McAy, thank you that's a much better way of phrasing it. All of the examples before (including the inivisible ones) DO NOT HAVE THE SAME ROOT WORD. The male term involves adding a suffix to the female term.

[TCope1982]

Mr. President, are you sure y is not a vowel in rhythm?

[kurt]

widow and widower

[TCope1982]

way to go Kurt, that's the correct answer

Anyone else have any questions?

[MBA]

Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

[TCope1982]

does your mother count?

[Orbiting]

ouch!

[Marvin]

Back in school in England, we were taught that Y is always a consonant. In French I believe it is considered a vowel. I'm not sure about other languages.

[aeiou]

As far as the "English" language is concerned there are only FIVE vowels "aeiou". There is no way that "y" is a vowel.

Anyway here is another small question:
What words in the English language have all five vowels (aeiou) appear just once? There can be a lot of such words, but lets restrict ourselves to "everyday" words.

[TCope1982]

sequoia

[Orbiting]

facetious

[planet_buzz]

Let's ask Mr. Webster:

code:

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Main Entry: vow·el 


Pronunciation: 'vau(-&)l


Function: noun


Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French vouel, from Latin vocalis -- more at VOCALIC


Date: 14th century


1 : one of a class of speech sounds in the articulation of which the oral part of the breath


channel is not blocked and is not constricted enough to cause audible friction; broadly : 


the one most prominent sound in a syllable


2 : a letter or other symbol representing a vowel -- usually used in English of a, e, i, o,


 u, and sometimes y 

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**making "aee" "eee" "eye" "oh" "you" sounds... now making "why" sound**

PERSONAL CONCLUSION: Y, while not common, fits the articulation defination, and is a vowel.

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[RandomGuy0]

As a mutation of AEIOU...

Give five words in the English Language (sorry, they're not all that common...) that have all five vowels, once each, in alphabetical order.

The vowels don't have to be in a row, but reading from left to right, they're in order... as a hint, you can add -ly to all of them, and they'll still be words...

[Quailman]

facetious was already listed. Abstemious is another...

[Quailman]

Arsenious? Involving arsenic, I think.

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Cowboy philosophy: always drink upstream from the herd.

[bar-one]

abstemious

[edit] Oh, wait... Quailman already said that. [/edit]

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[kartelite]

WIDOW, WIDOWER

oops, it was already said

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[cha]

How about three sets of adjacent letter pairs?

[cha]

...clarification - three adjacent pairs of letters.

[TCope1982]

cha, answer is bOOKKEEper

[TCope1982]

Here's one:

What is the longest everyday word in the english language that has only one syllable? Here's a hint: it has 9 letters...

[Tahnan]

strengths. Ah, language chestnuts.

[makemeok]

straights?

oops, that too.

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