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The longest common word in the English language without any vowels
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This clue came up in the General Knowledge crossword on Saturday in The Daily Telegraph.
The answer is RHYTHM but surely the longest word without vowels is RHYTHMS?
Locally in a town called Hitchin in Hertfordshire we have an annual music festival called Rhythms Of The World.
Would like some feedback. Thanks.
The answer is RHYTHM but surely the longest word without vowels is RHYTHMS?
Locally in a town called Hitchin in Hertfordshire we have an annual music festival called Rhythms Of The World.
Would like some feedback. Thanks.
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That doesn't even come close:
Twyndyllyngs beats it by a mile. Not very common I grant you.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/twyndyllyng
Twyndyllyngs beats it by a mile. Not very common I grant you.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/twyndyllyng
From wikipedia:
The longest such word in common use is rhythms, and the longest such word in Modern English is the obsolete 17th-century word symphysy. (If archaic words and spellings are considered, there are many more, the longest perhaps being twyndyllyngs, the plural of twyndyllyng.)
There was also a sentence made up of just consonants:
"Shy gypsy slyly spryly tryst by my crypt"
The longest such word in common use is rhythms, and the longest such word in Modern English is the obsolete 17th-century word symphysy. (If archaic words and spellings are considered, there are many more, the longest perhaps being twyndyllyngs, the plural of twyndyllyng.)
There was also a sentence made up of just consonants:
"Shy gypsy slyly spryly tryst by my crypt"
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