This discussion focuses on identifying English words that contain all five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) in the correct order, with participants suggesting examples like "facetiously," "sacrilegiously," and "pareciously." The conversation also touches on the challenge of finding words with five vowels consecutively, leading to mentions of words like "queueing" and "abstemiously." The participants clarify the distinction between vowels being distinct or repeated, emphasizing the importance of vowel order in the examples provided.
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Ha! FacetiouslyDanger said:
what does not necessarily distinct mean?dextercioby said:
But 'sacreligiously' has 2 i's.Smurf said:
oooooohhh a detective! Arn't you a smart little puppy. here, have a cookie!Danger said:
Thank you. I've just finished breakfast and haven't had dessert yet, so a cookie would be nice.Smurf said:
Why'd you have to start that right when I have to leave for work? Now I'm going to be late.Smurf said:
figured you were a bit long in the tooth to be doing homework No, I think she wanted a serious response.Danger said:
I see - yeah, you're right - you probably shouldn't post to this thread since all your posts are made facetiously. The best I can think of so far are 4 vowels: buoyant (and variants), bayou, joyous, aqueous.dextercioby said:
honestrosewater said:
*Kia* said:
Moi?BobG said:you probably shouldn't post to this thread since all your posts are made facetiously.
Oh, those were for dextercioby's challenge: What about 5 vowels consecutively (not necessarily all distinct) ?? The best I could do was 4 consecutive.*Kia* said:
