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   L O W L A N D S - L * 30 October 2005 * Volume 01
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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2005.10.27 (06) [E]

Luc wrote:
> Seven vowels + two consonants?
> I'll give you seven consonants + two vowels..."in the end". And it's not
> Polish...it's Dutch *s*.

You mean, seven consonants in a row, and then two vowels? Otherwise I don't
think it would qualify... there are plenty of words with few vowels, like
German "(des) Schranks" (one vowel, seven consonants).

I think we had a consonant thread before, I seem to remember coming up with
the word "Hirschschnitzel" - 8 consonants in a row.

So, what's yours?

Gabriele Kahn

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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at WORLDONLINE.NL>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2005.10.27 (03) [E]

What about "zeeëendeëieren", Dutch for "sea duck's eggs" (plural
of "zeeëendeëi"), prono ["ze.i'e.ind@'Ei at r@]

Ingmar
>
>From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
>Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2005.10.27 (02) [E]

>
>Want another really neat Dutch word, with a consonant in the front and in
>the back, and no less than seven (!) vowels in between:
>
>koeieuier   (cow's udder)
>
>Can anyone beat that?

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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2005.10.27 (06) [E]

Hi, Luc, Ron,

Luc:
> I'll give you seven consonants + two vowels..."in the end". And it's not
> Polish...it's Dutch *s*.

Ron:
> What is it?

"in the end", Mr. Hellinckx might be of 'pre-sanskritian' origin ;-)?

Greutens/Regards

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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From: Kevin and Cheryl Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2005.10.27 (06) [E]

> From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
> Subject: LL-L "Lexicon"
>
> Seven vowels + two consonants?
> I'll give you seven consonants + two vowels..."in the end". And it's not
> Polish...it's Dutch *s*.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Luc Hellinckx
>
> ----------
>
> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Orthography
>
> Salut, Luc!
>
> Had you said "seven consonants + two vowels," I'd have said, "I can do
> better than that: "schrikplank" (*nine* consonants + two vowels).
>
> But you seem to say that the two vowels appear *at the end*.  How could
> that
> possibly be, in any language, including Slavonic ones (where, as far as I
> am
> concerned, syllabic "r" and "l" don't cound in Czech, Slovak, Slovene,
> Croatian and Serbian, because they act as vowels, just like long and short
> syllabic "r" and "l" in Sanskrit)?
>
> What is it?

Ron, obviously he was talking about his last name, which appears at "the 
end" of his message.

By the way, English _strengths_ has eight (orthographic) consonants and one 
vowel.

Kevin Caldwell

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

Oy vey!  Thanks, Jonny and Kevin!  Am I slow on the uptake, or what?  It 
must have something to do with me not yet being used to the new Euro cent, 
making for a particularly slow drop of the penny.  I was looking for two 
vowels at the end of a word with seven consonants ...

Anyway, that Luc of ours sure is a crafty devil (and, aha!, that might be an 
etymological hint regarding his last name).  You'd better wipe that grin off 
your face, Mnnneerrr Hellllinnckkxx with your name spelled in a 
pre-Vedic-Sanskrit way, for we'll get you and get you good one of these 
days.

I've noticed that the old Flemings and those of their ilk loved their "x", 
particularly after "ck".  I guess they wanted to make sure everyone got the 
/ks/ sound right. Weird thingx, them Vlaminckx!

Thanckx!
Reinhard/Ron 

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