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EyebrowsEd

EyebrowsEd Report 3 Jul 2009 00:31

Neither does sly, spy, fly, fry, why, ply, wry, sky or dry.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 2 Jul 2009 23:59

antidisestablishmentarianism

Used to be the longest word...........who made up the latest one?

Hmmm Scott!!
that explains it then, it aint a real word!!



Unquestionably contains ALL the vowels

Rhythm
does'nt have any vowels

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Berona

Berona Report 2 Jul 2009 23:32

It's 8:30 here in the east and I have been up for a while - but not ready yet to take the corn you dished out!

"Wendy red, red robin...."

Come on, you can do better than that!

Berona

Berona Report 2 Jul 2009 23:23

Oh Allen - go back to bed!

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 2 Jul 2009 21:15

Hi Diane

Thanks for the info about your daughter, Wendy. She sounds absolutely great and I bet you wouldn't change her for anything!!

I always remember saying to my son, Stephen, when he was small -
"I wouldn't swap you - maybe give you away - but I wouldn't swap you."

Steph x

Fiona aka Ruby

Fiona aka Ruby Report 2 Jul 2009 21:12

Interesting. I knew that the name Wendy was invented by J M Barrie, from 'friendy-wendy' apparently. Also the name Fiona was an invention of another author whose name I've forgotten, but his pen-name was Flora McLeod I believe.

I shall bear your advice about the quick sand in mind :)

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 2 Jul 2009 20:51

Longest word in the English Language is

FLOCCIPAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION (29 LETTERS)

Means to estimate something to be worthless. Used by English novelist, Sir Walter Scott.

Plato invented the alarm clock. There were 3 containers set at different levels - water dripped from one to the other and eventually forced air out of a tube emitting a loud whistle.

In September 1928 a sailing ship left Germany for Brazil. The journey took nearly five months during which time 47 passengers died. However, 47 children were born so the ship arrived with the same number with which it had departed.

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a "tittle".

A duck's quack doesn't echo - no-one knows why.

Every person has a unique tongue print.

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants..

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during WWII were made of wood.

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.

Leonard Da Vinci invented scissors.
Also it took him 10 years to paint the Mona Lisa's lips.

There are no words in the dictionary which rhyme with:
orange, purple and silver.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink into quicksand.................and you thought this list was useless!!!