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Wed 9 Apr, 2003 06:23 am
What os officialy (you may disagree, but it IS in the lexicon) the only word in the English language, that is not an abbreviation (PW doesnt count), nor an acronym (Mrs doesnt count), and contains no vowels.
rhythm, crypts, sky, my
Looks like I found more than one
WinCE works pretty good too, other than the fact that it breaks your no vowels rule.
'y' doesn't count...that would be too easy...sory guys!
bad job Gautam, didn't get the real one...LOL
I didn't use a "Y" - why won't my word work? Cwm doesn't have any vowels and it really is a word.
I agree on cwm. It's from Welsh. It is some sort of hill. Actually the 'w' I think is a vowel in Welsh. My computerized scrabble game kept using this deuced cwm, so I looked it up.
I know the word from Scrabble too, Equus!
mac, you're brilliant!! Indeed, it is 'nth'!
I said ENGLISH word, not WELSH word, so cwm does not count (also, it's not in the dictionary so it's not official)
It obviously isn't what you are looking for, but it is in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=cwm
Main Entry: cwm
Pronunciation: 'küm
Function: noun
Etymology: Welsh, valley
Date: 1853
Oops. I guess I was slightly wrong about it being a type of hill.
But, I suppose CWM doesn't count because oddly enough, "W" in this case is a vowel.
actually, you guys are right. Congratulations!!!
Words so far:
nth
cwm
I guess these are not real words, but ...
hm, brr, tsk, pfft, psst, tsktsk, :wink:
Laura
A is standing on a corner and waves goodbye to B. B walks away.
C comes up to A and asks A who B is.
A answers: Brothers and sisters I have none.
But that man's father is my father's son.
Who did A wave to?
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