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#827614 - Fri Sep 28 2012 08:13 AM no e's please
einsteinII Participant Registered: Fri Jul 20 2012 Posts: 47 Loc: Missouri USA	What is the longest word in the English language that does not have an "e" in it?
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#827624 - Fri Sep 28 2012 09:09 AM Re: no e's please
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#827634 - Fri Sep 28 2012 09:42 AM Re: no e's please
mehaul Forum Champion Registered: Wed Feb 03 2010 Posts: 6516 Loc: Florida USA	antiFLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATIONist? (or -ism) I went to two resources and couldn't find FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION Ren. Do you have a definition? Is it related to flocculate? Edited by mehaul (Fri Sep 28 2012 09:43 AM) _________________________ If you aren't seeing Heaven while you dream, you're doing something wrong. Dreams allow escape from the passage of Time. The ultimate activity is the Dream.
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#827712 - Fri Sep 28 2012 11:50 AM Re: no e's please
lesley153 Mainstay Registered: Fri Sep 07 2007 Posts: 737 Loc: Bedford England UK	Originally Posted By: mehaul I went to two resources and couldn't find FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION Can't think why not. I've found a few. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/floccinaucinihilipilification http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/floccinaucinihilipilification http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/floccinaucinihilipilification http://www.thefreedictionary.com/floccinaucinihilipilification I think there were more but I got bored. Originally Posted By: mehaul Is it related to flocculate? dictionary.reference.com seems to think so! _________________________ I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind. ~ Richard Greenberg
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#827739 - Fri Sep 28 2012 02:14 PM Re: no e's please
mehaul Forum Champion Registered: Wed Feb 03 2010 Posts: 6516 Loc: Florida USA	Thanks. Strangely on a copy and paste into wiktionary I got no hit! Maybe because it was in all caps? I thought that resource was case insensitive. _________________________ If you aren't seeing Heaven while you dream, you're doing something wrong. Dreams allow escape from the passage of Time. The ultimate activity is the Dream.
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#827742 - Fri Sep 28 2012 02:19 PM Re: no e's please
lesley153 Mainstay Registered: Fri Sep 07 2007 Posts: 737 Loc: Bedford England UK	My pleasure. I didn't do copy and paste - I did select (double click) and drag into the search bit, and got "about 167,000" results. _________________________ I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind. ~ Richard Greenberg
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#827749 - Fri Sep 28 2012 02:46 PM Re: no e's please
einsteinII Participant Registered: Fri Jul 20 2012 Posts: 47 Loc: Missouri USA	OK you guys are pretty good at this. How about a multiparagraph story containing no e's. i saw one recently.
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#827750 - Fri Sep 28 2012 03:02 PM Re: no e's please
dippo Mainstay Registered: Sat Jun 14 2008 Posts: 745 Loc: London England UK	This should really be in 'Ask Funtrivia'. The story: Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter "E" is a 1939 novel by Ernest Vincent Wright. (Wiki)
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#827772 - Fri Sep 28 2012 04:53 PM Re: no e's please
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	I agree . Is it possible to move it to Puzzles and games? I have a book called Eunoia By Christian Bok that has a chapter for each vowel , to the exclusion of all others. It is clever but extremely boring! _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#827778 - Fri Sep 28 2012 05:18 PM Re: no e's please
TabbyTom Moderator Registered: Wed Oct 17 2001 Posts: 8479 Loc: Hastings Sussex England UK	OK, Ren - I'll try to move it now _________________________ Dilige et quod vis fac
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#827810 - Fri Sep 28 2012 08:49 PM Re: no e's please
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	Wow! Well done, that man! Talk about "Your wish is my command" Thanks TT! _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#827916 - Sat Sep 29 2012 07:12 AM Re: no e's please
einsteinII Participant Registered: Fri Jul 20 2012 Posts: 47 Loc: Missouri USA	I feel like a happy wanderer with posts moving around as they are. Good job, guys.
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