Re: Does anyone else cringe...


"R H Draney" <dadoctah@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Chess One filted:
>>
>>"Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> And I'm afraid we don't carry "zyzygyous",
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>>AmerEng is sysygy, i am zorbachronic
>>what other 6 letter words have no vowels?
>
> Those Ys *are* vowels, but if you insist otherwise:

:)

i knew i couldn't get away with that in the company of such splanchnotromist
invigilators, but its interesting to see what notice is taken

> crypts
> glyphs
> lymphs
> nymphs
> sylphs
> trysts

fangool!

> ...all plurals of five-letter "avocalic" words...there's also "rhythm"
> (whose
> plural is an honest-to-Webster *seven*-letter word with no
> vowels)...another
> five-letter word with Y as its only vowel is the adjective "thymy",
> descriptive
> of chicken prepared in a certain way, and inspiration for Rolf Harris's
> biggest
> hit....r



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