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the shortest word
Message de fantaisie posté le 20-05-2005 à 04:13:03 (S | E | F | I)
Hello
What is the shortest word in English language that contains all six vowels in alphabetical order?
Thanks

Réponse: the shortest word de aussie, postée le 20-05-2005 à 11:37:24 (S | E)
Hello,
The word containing all the vowels in alphabetical order is:-

"Abstemious"

Thanks.
Aussie.

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Edité par serena le 21-05-2005 17:31

Réponse: the shortest word de fantaisie, postée le 20-05-2005 à 12:20:44 (S | E)
hello aussie
Good work..but it is not the word..this one contains only five vowels ..the main vowels ..but not all vowels..

Réponse: the shortest word de lethidee, postée le 20-05-2005 à 20:34:27 (S | E)
Hello fantaisie

I propose "aeon" but I don't think that is right because there is are only 4 vowels and not 6.
Bye

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Edité par serena le 21-05-2005 17:30

Réponse: the shortest word de regine_lyon, postée le 20-05-2005 à 21:48:34 (S | E)

I think it is "Abstemiously" !!!! AEIOUY => 6 vowels

Réponse: the shortest word de aussie, postée le 21-05-2005 à 10:28:29 (S | E)
Hello fantaisie,

Please elaborate. I quoted the word with vowels. I write to you to ask
which other vowels are required to make the word. I hope I will be
able to answer your question.
Thanks.
Aussie.

Réponse: the shortest word de serena, postée le 21-05-2005 à 17:42:00 (S | E)
Hi !

Now I get what Fantasie is asking for.
Aussie, the word you gave misses a vowel : the Y Regine-Lyon added by giving "Abstemiously" (12 letters).

This is a shorter one, but surely not the shortest.
"facetiously" (11 letters).

Réponse: the shortest word de Brit, postée le 21-05-2005 à 23:03:44 (S | E)
... I don't think that "Y" in English is a vowel...

Réponse: the shortest word de bridg, postée le 21-05-2005 à 23:15:09 (S | E)
No, In the anagrams game, "Y" isn't a vowel

Réponse: the shortest word de brit, postée le 21-05-2005 à 23:39:16 (S | E)
... So in this case, Aussie may be right?

Réponse: the shortest word de serena, postée le 21-05-2005 à 23:51:49 (S | E)
In English, the letter Y is a vowel as well as a consonant.

- In truly, it's a vowel.
- In try, it stands for a diphthong (a combination of two vowel sounds)
- In beyond, it's a consonant.

Yours, truly.

Réponse: the shortest word de fantaisie, postée le 22-05-2005 à 02:51:11 (S | E)
Serena
It is right ..the shortest word is facetiously...and Y is a vowel and consonant ..

Réponse: the shortest word de fantaisie, postée le 22-05-2005 à 03:34:04 (S | E)
To Bridg
but in phonology Y is a vowel

Réponse: the shortest word de serena, postée le 22-05-2005 à 04:09:01 (S | E)
Cool ! Thank you Fantaisie.

Nice things to know.
Does the longest one with those same principles exist too?
Hard to be sure of this.

Réponse: the shortest word de aussie, postée le 22-05-2005 à 07:08:42 (S | E)
Hello,

Thanks to add up in my knowledge that " Y " is also a vowel.
And it has double use as a vowel and consonent.

Aussie.

Réponse: the shortest word de swimminlee89, postée le 22-05-2005 à 15:41:17 (S | E)
What about "facetiously"?

Réponse: the shortest word de swimminlee89, postée le 22-05-2005 à 15:42:40 (S | E)
Oh sorry--I didn't see that someone had already posted "facetiously"
Desolee!

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