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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:54 am
by Cardinal Sin
I shall keep an eye out for her.
Ok chaps. There are 3 words (that I can think of) which have a double -uu- in the word. VACUUM is the obvious one, can you think of the other 2?
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:56 am
by Istenem
CONTINUUM and hmm
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:58 am
by Matt Vinyl
I can think of one to do with 'Time & Space'...
Continuum
I'm sure there's more than three, but any others are currently eluding me...
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:59 am
by Matt Vinyl
unknownpseudonym - Gah, you beat me by a mininanosecond! LOL
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:02 am
by Istenem
and i have a bigger penis than you
would MUU-MUU count? the hawaiian frock thing.
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:02 am
by Cardinal Sin
Yes continuum is correct. But I'm going to give the prize for whoever gets the one that is left
EDIT: No it bloody wouldn't count UP. Nor would your Hungarian word for burnt goulash or your Inuit word for yellow snow.
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:04 am
by Istenem
ah RESIDUUM then?
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:06 am
by Cardinal Sin
Yes, well done UP. Should really have left it a little longer before giving the clue, but there you are.
Over to you UP.
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:09 am
by Istenem
righto.
sticking with English:
there are a few English words which both begin and end with the letter I.
ignorami, impeti, isthmi, illuminati etc.
which is the shortest such word?
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:14 am
by Cardinal Sin
Idi is latin I think, but it might be an English word so you never know.
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:22 am
by Matt Vinyl
Ini?
What's the betting it's ii (captain!)
LOL...
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:30 am
by Cardinal Sin
if it's not that, then I'm going for impi.
(just realised I haven't been told my first guess was wrong
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:31 am
by Istenem
sorry chaps: idi, ini and ii aren't words the answer is a common word though. impi is a word but not a winner.
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:42 am
by Matt Vinyl
I'm going to be cheeky here and go for 'I', being a 'word' I guess?
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:45 am
by Istenem
correct. it is also the most commonly said word but journalists are trained to avoid writing it. anyway I wins over to Matt