LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.23 (08) [E]

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From: Terrence Connor <tconnor at broadpark.no>
Subject: LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.23 (06) [E]

Kjære lavlenderne

Another word riddle for anyone who may be interested.

There is only one five letter word in English that though spelt the same way
has too different meanings and different pronunciation. Clue : one of them
is spelt beginning with a lower case letter and the other with a capital
letter.

Oh, syringe rhymes with orange .... partially.

regards

Terrence
Sandefjord, Norway

> From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
> Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2003.10.23 (01) [E/S/French]
>
> > Also on another aside as a bit of a puzzle for people
> > - there are only two words in English ending in
> > 'shion' - can anyone think what they are?
> >
> > Also can anyone think of a word rhyming with orange?
>
> Fashion.
> Cushion.
> Suicide mishion (who cares for spelling at times like that?).
>
> Doorhinge.
> One more inch.
> Forage, as pronounced by an Irishman.
>
> Gabriele Kahn
>
> ----------
>
> From: Brooks, Mark <mark.brooks at twc.state.tx.us>
> Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2003.10.23 (01) [E/S/French]
>
> Gary wrote:
> "Also can anyone think of a word rhyming with orange?"
> Yes, that would be "forrange."  It's a hybrid word for those occasions
when
> you are at your "Home On The Range" and you go foraging for food ;-)
> Mark
>
> ----------
>
> From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
> Subject: "Orthography"
>
> > From: Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Orthography
> >
> > Also on another aside as a bit of a puzzle for people
> > - there are only two words in English ending in
> > 'shion' - can anyone think what they are?
>
> Cushion and fashion. But in Scots I can also think of fushion and pushion.
> Just goes to show that Scots isn't English, right  ;)
>
> > Also can anyone think of a word rhyming with orange?
>
> "The Blorenge" is a mountain in south Wales - one of the three peaks of
> Abergavenny.
>
> Sandy
> http://scotstext.org/
>
> ----------
>
> From: burgdal32admin <burgdal32 at pandora.be>
> Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2003.10.23 (01) [E/S/French]
>
> > Another piece of trivia: did you know that "facetiously" is probably
> > the
> > only word (and certainly the shortest) in the English language that
> > contains
> > all vowels, including the "y", once each in alphabetic order?!
> >
> > Gabriele Kahn
>
> And does anybody know a word with more consonants (in any
> lowlandtongue) like our  Dutch word: angstschreeuw (8!).
>
> Groetjes
> luc vanbrabant
> oekene

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.23 (06) [E]

> And does anybody know a word with more consonants (in any
> lowlandtongue) like our  Dutch word: angstschreeuw (8!).

Sure - a sausage roll in Berlin: Wurschtschrippe (9!!).

Or too much Russian soup in German:

Borschtschschwemme (12!!!)

Gabriele Kahn

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From: Gaidheal <gaidheal at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.23 (06) [E]

Latha math, a Lowlanders;

Luc said:
And does anybody know a word with more consonants (in any
lowlandtongue) like our  Dutch word: angstschreeuw (8!).

If only we could use Slavic ;)

Beannachdan,
Uilleam Òg mhic Sheumais

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From: jannie.lawn <jannie.lawn at ntlworld.com>
Subject: LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.23 (06) [E]

Hai Lowlanders
Luc van Brabant (correct spelling?) asked: 'And does anybody know a word
with more consonants (in any
lowlandtongue) like our  Dutch word: angstschreeuw (8!).'
Well, what about the following: vanzelfsprekend (10), midzomernachtdroom
(9), opheffingsuitverkoop (10), ...
Groeten, Jannie Lawn-Zijlstra
Cambridge, UK

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Riddles

Gabriele:

> Sure - a sausage roll in Berlin: Wurschtschrippe (9!!).
>
> Or too much Russian soup in German:
>
> Borschtschschwemme (12!!!)

Luc had specified:

> (in any lowlandtongue)

German, including Berlin dialect, doesn't qualify (though the latter has an
old LS substrate and may, strictly speaking, be considered a Missing
variety).

So here's an easy one:

* Which *Lowlandic* number word reads the same forwards and backwards,
  and in which language(s)?

(Speakers of this/those language(s) might want to hold on for just a few
hours to let the newbies take a stab at it first.)

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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