[net.nlang] 'w' as vowel

lew@ihuxr.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.) (10/11/83)

Webster's Seventh Collegiate lists "cwm: CIRQUE". A cirque is a bowl
shaped basin on a mountain side. "cwm" is Welsh for valley.

decot@cwruecmp.UUCP (Dave Decot) (10/12/83)

When some puzzling markings were found along a river that ran through a
valley, some newspaper printed this headline:

	Cwm Fjord Bank Glyphs Vext Quiz

Now you tell me why this is an interesting headline.

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Dave Decot	..!decvax!cwruecmp!decot