LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.24 (06) [E]

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From: John Patrick von Suskil <pvon1332 at hotmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.23 (08) [E]

I can think of two words which have the same spelling, but two different
pronuciations.
They are:

Bow (like on a gift)
Bow (of a boat)

But the two five letter words, hmmm that will take me some time.

Mach es gut

Yours,
Patrick

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From: jpkrause <jpkrause at weblink2000.net>
Subject: Orthography

> - there are only two words in English ending in
> 'shion' - can anyone think what they are?
One is fashion
> Also can anyone think of a word rhyming with orange?
Sure--door 'inge  (door hinge)  Well, it rhymes if you speak American
English with a Western or Midwestern accent.
Jim Krause

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From: Philip Ernest Barber <pbarber at loc.gov>
Subject: LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.23 (09) [E]

There may be eight consonants written, but I  count only five consonantal
sounds: ng, s (twice), t, ch, and r. Surely w is not a consonant here.  (Or
maybe it is; I claim no competence in the matter of Dutch vowels and
diphthongs!)

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

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