Re^4: A Word Game

Yes, but English tends to incorporate loanwords into its dictionary without adjusting the orthography.

tho I doubt there is an example where it's the only vowel.

Cheers Rolf
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Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

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Re^5: A Word Game by GotToBTru (Prior) on Feb 10, 2022 at 19:50 UTC
“English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose vocabulary.” - James D. Nicoll But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (NASB)	[reply]
Re^6: A Word Game by LanX (Saint) on Feb 10, 2022 at 20:19 UTC
loosely related, too many loanwords may confuse simple minds ... Gazpacho + Goulash = Schadenfreude Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^5: A Word Game by hippo (Archbishop) on Feb 10, 2022 at 10:29 UTC
tho I doubt there is an example where it's the only vowel. `$ grep -P '^[b-df-hj-np-tvwxz]{5}$' /usr/share/dict/words crwth fldxt fpsps hdqrs mphps pgntt phpht smrgs` [download] Not that `/usr/share/dict/words` is the ultimate arbiter but I'd say such a thing was at least so rare as to be inconsequential to the task at hand. It might be worth making a case for "w", OTOH. 🦛	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: A Word Game by LanX (Saint) on Feb 10, 2022 at 13:27 UTC
hm ... there doesn't seem to be an equivalent for `/usr/share/dict/words` on Win. In order to make the OPs code run on win one needs to download it? Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l]