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Rum_Pirate
10-01-2007, 02:55 PM
What common english word is nine letters long, . . . . . . and each time you remove a letter from it it remains an english word . . . from nine letters all the way down to a single letter?
P.I. Stazzer-Newt
10-01-2007, 03:07 PM
What a startling idea!
Rick Starr
10-01-2007, 03:19 PM
startling
starling
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I

What fun!
Paul Pless
10-01-2007, 04:07 PM
stringierstingierstingersingersingesinesinini
Rick Starr
10-02-2007, 07:26 AM
Apparently there are others:

wrappings
wrapping
rapping
raping
aping
ping
pin
in
i

Any others?
Popeye
10-02-2007, 07:42 AM
what common five letter english word has four vowels?
Tom Wilkinson
10-02-2007, 07:49 AM
eerie
Spin_Drift
10-02-2007, 08:19 AM
How clever you are...

Reading this brings on a smile :) :p :D
Paul Pless
10-02-2007, 08:35 AM
here's a neat one for ya...

What is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel?
Spin_Drift
10-02-2007, 08:40 AM
Strengths
Spin_Drift
10-02-2007, 08:55 AM
How about an English word with with five consecutive vowels...?
Spin_Drift
10-04-2007, 10:58 AM
How about

cooeeing
David W Pratt
10-04-2007, 01:21 PM
the longest word that does not contain an anagram of any other words?
The linguistic equivalent of a prime number.
Skull
Any others?
Popeye
10-04-2007, 01:26 PM
queue
Andrew
10-04-2007, 01:29 PM
A word with three consectutive pairs of double letters?
NoraLee
10-04-2007, 05:13 PM
Bookkeeper
Spin_Drift
10-05-2007, 04:43 AM
What's the longest word in the English language with only one vowel.
Popeye
10-05-2007, 06:46 AM
A word with three consectutive pairs of double letters?

BWWAAHHAAWWAAhaa
Spin_Drift
10-06-2007, 03:26 AM
BWWAAHHAAWWAAhaa


Bookkeeping
Andrew
10-08-2007, 08:09 AM
How about words that are their own antonym
Spin_Drift
10-08-2007, 08:55 AM
inoculate..... to infect with/to protect against

sanction..... to prohibit/to allow