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Languages

Ask questions or just talk about different languages. Since BrainKing is an international game site supporting many languages, this board can be kind of useful.

Since we will be dealing with pronunciation of words rather than their spelling, I think it's useful to have a link to The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet.

To see translations of some frequently used phrases and sentences in other languages see Languages

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4. May 2006, 05:19:44

Walter Montego

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Subject: Re:

Lamby:

Sequoia has all five vowels in a seven letter word.

Facetious has them in alphabetical order.

I'm told meaiou is an alternative spelling to meow, but I don't believe it.

As for consonants, hmm. How about syllables? I know a word with one syllable that has eight letters in it. It's a noun, so adding "s" will make it a nine letter word with one syllable.

That ten bird stuff further down sounds ridiculous. They're all pronounced the same. Ten is ten. A real tongue twister can make you talk funny.

The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick.