Ali. As I am fond of saying, "Americans expect everyone else in the world to learn our language, as we refuse to learn theirs”.
Same with the Scrabble lexicon; CSW is rather larger. Two different dictionary suites between us and the planet. We are smug about that. Craig > On Dec 17, 2021, at 9:30 AM, Ali Lloyd via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Another super-useful and relevant scrabble word is EUOUAE, one of the > charmingly monikered 'vowel dumps'. Unfortunately not available in TWL so > only for UK scrabble play! > > On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 14:08, Craig Newman via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> I play a lot of scrabble. One of the most endearing short words (Scrabble >> is ALL about short words) in both the English and American lexicons is >> “CWM”, which is a forest hollow, is Welsh, and validates the old saw: “A, >> E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y and W”. >> >> Craig >> >>> On Dec 17, 2021, at 7:57 AM, Heather Laine via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Beth ydych chi'n ei olygu, fy ffrind? mae'r Gymraeg yn iaith hyfryd. >> Gyda dim ond y nifer cywir o lafariaid. >>> >>> I love how the word for "vowels" is almost entirely made up of vowels. >>> >>> Which brings me to my favourite Welsh word. For microwave. Popty ping. >> Ok so its colloquial and only used in the south valleys "Wenglish" but it's >> a great word. >>> >>> Have a wonderful Christmas/New Year/Solstice/Holiday of your choice >> season. Don't let my frivolous response to this thread draw you off the >> straight and narrow course of purely and only discussing LiveCode on this >> list. Or even cod byw. >>> >>> Nadolig Hapus! >>> >>> Heather >>> >>> Customer Services Manager >>> LiveCode Ltd >>> www.livecode.com >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 17 Dec 2021, at 06:14, Pi Digital via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I will donate "aluminium" for them. I don't know where they got that. >>>> >>>> Sir Humphry Davy, the same one responsible for the confusion in the >> term/name. So, the same place as our American cousins. >>>> >>>>> Oh, and don't forget Wales. They only have one sorta vowel, "y", and >> they make do with random consonants when they run short. >>>> They use a, e, o, u and I. W and Y are also considered vowels. They >> don’t use K, Q, V or Z Double L, D, F as well as ch, ph, rh, th and ng all >> make consonant sounds. 29 ‘letters’ in total with 7 vowels. >>>> >>>> But I get that you were only jesting ;) >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
