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Our Em

Our Em Report 25 Oct 2005 11:41

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Our Em

Our Em Report 25 Oct 2005 11:41

1 What is the only word in the English language that ends in “mt”? 2 What word in the English language has six vowels, and everyone is an “A”? 3What do these words have in common: point, skeleton, limited, restaurant and oblige? 4 A part of a wheel is a SPOKE, another word for people is FOLK, so how do you spell the word for the white of an egg? 5 What 15 letter word contains the letter “E” five times and no other vowels? 6 Name a common word with five consecutive vowels.

Erikoinen

Erikoinen Report 25 Oct 2005 11:43

6 . BOOOOO ! ;O))

Erikoinen

Erikoinen Report 25 Oct 2005 11:44

1. Empty

Unknown

Unknown Report 25 Oct 2005 11:45

1 DREAMT 4 ALBUMEN! 6 FACETIOUS

Our Em

Our Em Report 25 Oct 2005 11:47

1 and 4 correct :))

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 25 Oct 2005 11:53

1 dreamt 2 abracadabra? Not really English 3. cannot be rhymed 4 albumen 5 defencelessness 6 facetiously

Our Em

Our Em Report 25 Oct 2005 12:00

2 and 6 are wrong Gwynne 6.... 'consecutive vowels'

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 25 Oct 2005 12:01

*slaps self for not reading the question*

Paul

Paul Report 25 Oct 2005 12:02

4 is YOLK aint it?

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 25 Oct 2005 12:02

6. queueing

Erikoinen

Erikoinen Report 25 Oct 2005 12:03

The yolk's on you for that one Paul LOL Ken xx

Our Em

Our Em Report 25 Oct 2005 12:03

no Paul... its Albumen.. its a trick question. lol

Paul

Paul Report 25 Oct 2005 12:03

never was any good at english - Im from Norfolk afterall!

Our Em

Our Em Report 25 Oct 2005 12:04

yep Gwynne, number 6 correct.. just number 2 to get.

Erikoinen

Erikoinen Report 25 Oct 2005 12:06

wish to raise an objection to Question 3 'cannot be rhymed'? point can be Ken xx

Our Em

Our Em Report 25 Oct 2005 12:07

can be rhymed with what, Ken ?

Erikoinen

Erikoinen Report 25 Oct 2005 12:08

Joint (of meat) Ken xx

Our Em

Our Em Report 25 Oct 2005 12:10

well fancy that! well done ken for spotting that :))

JenRedPurple

JenRedPurple Report 25 Oct 2005 12:10

Ken - of meat!!! yeah right! ;-P