speed@eros.UUCP (05/03/84)
. I ran into an interesting puzzle the other day involving vowel strings in words. It has two parts and goes like this: First, maximize the number of vowels in a row in any given English word. Prefixes and suffixes ARE allowed. Then maximize the ratio between the number of vowels in a row and the total number of letters in the word. Bear in mind that you must maximize the first part and only then try to maximize the second part. A word with 3 vowels in a row beats a word with 2 vowels in a row no matter what the length ratio is. What is the maximun nuber of vowels in a row and what is the ratio? Here are some examples: boots = ( 2 , 3/5 ) while boot = ( 2 , 1/2 ) I have found one example that is 8 letters long and has 5 vowels in a row. Can anyone do better, and can you find my example?
adm@cbneb.UUCP (05/10/84)
#R:eros:-500:cbnap:22500001:000:275 cbnap!tjl May 9 16:44:00 1984 You might be interested in the French word "jouaient" which means to play (third person plural imperfect tense). Notice it has all five common vowels in a row. Also of interest is the English word "nth" which is a worst case example of vowel strings/vowel concentration.
rsg@cbscc.UUCP (Bob Garmise) (05/10/84)
How about "facetious"...it has all five vowels, and they're in order! ...bob garmise...at&t bell labs, columbus...
amigo@iwpba.UUCP (amigo) (05/10/84)
>> Also of interest is the English word "nth" which is a worst >> case example of vowel strings/vowel concentration. I have always liked the word "cwm"--also spelt "coomb", which shews the pronounciation. John Hobson AT&T Bell Labs--Naperville, IL ihnp4!iwpba!amigo (NOTE TEMPORARY MACHINE)
4341fah@houxn.UUCP (05/10/84)
fAcEtIOUslY - now you've got all six vowels (in order no less) ...El Hic
colonel@gloria.UUCP (05/11/84)
[i said "crwth", not "crouton."] And how about the English word "miaoued"? Dmitri Borgmann mentions it somewhere. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...seismo!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel
rao@utcsstat.UUCP (Eli Posner) (05/14/84)
Or how about "queueing"?
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