LL-L "Orthography" 2003.10.22 (16) [E]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language policies" 2003.10.22 (09) [E]

> Let it be emphasized, albeit retrospectively, that it was indeed meant to
be
> facecious.

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

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

Facetious-shmacetious ... OK, sorry about whatever it was, error or typo,
when I wrote "facecious."

Reinhard/Ron

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