figure out this problem and ill give you $.20 from paypal

MrDudeMan

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Jan 15, 2001
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ah ha! mrcide wins! facetious!

you guys were *kinda* right, but you cant repeat the letter...

sorry, bad instructions!

i dont remember what the other word is, hehehe


what is your paypal addy?
 

bmd

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Only 2? I should get the $.20 for finding this:

The shortest word with the vowels in alphabetical order is AERIOUS (7 letters), meaning "airy." The OED2 shows one use of this word with this spelling in 1657. Other words with this property are ABSTEMIOUS, ABSTENTIOUS, ACERIFLORUM, ACERIFLORUS, ACHEILOUS, ACHEIROUS, ACLEISTOUS, ADECTICOUS, which is not in the OED2 but which the Internet shows is used as an adjective to describe a pupa with "non-functional mandibles," AEROBIOUS, AFFECTIOUS, ALEIKOUM, ANEMIOUS, ANNELIDOUS, ARCHEILOUS, ARSENIOUS, ARTERIOSUS, ARTERIOUS, AUTECIOUS, BACTERIOUS, CAESIOUS, FACETIOUS, FRACEDINOUS, PARECIOUS, PLACENTIOUS, TRAGEDIOUS, VACEIOUS.
 

andrey

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Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
ah ha! mrcide wins! facetious!

you guys were *kinda* right, but you cant repeat the letter...

sorry, bad instructions!

i dont remember what the other word is, hehehe


what is your paypal addy?

mrcide, make sure you don't spend everything at once after winning the jackpot! :)
 

Turin39789

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damn my 56k always robs me

fyi
Abstemious, abstentious, adventitious, aerious, annelidous, arsenious, arterious, caesious and facetious are all words with all five vowels in order. If you count 'y' as a vowel, -ly can be added to most of them to get all six vowels
 

MrDudeMan

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oh haha i dunno where i heard that then, stupid public school system

i remember being told in 9th grade that only 2 words have all of the vowels in order!


i dont care who gets the .20 haha, but i think bmd should get it for the good find! :)
 

bmd

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Originally posted by: Turin39789
damn my 56k always robs me

fyi
Abstemious, abstentious, adventitious, aerious, annelidous, arsenious, arterious, caesious and facetious are all words with all five vowels in order. If you count 'y' as a vowel, -ly can be added to most of them to get all six vowels
I already posted most/all of those :p.
 

bmd

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I also have some with reverse alphabetical order if you want those :p.
 

MrDudeMan

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bmd has cash! i sent him 11.20 instead haha, i checked my bank account and i was 11 dollars over a nice number, so i balanced both accounts :)
 

Frosty3799

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Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
bmd has cash! i sent him 11.20 instead haha, i checked my bank account and i was 11 dollars over a nice number, so i balanced both accounts :)

dayum, you can round it down another $100 by sending to me ;)
 

MrDudeMan

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Originally posted by: Frosty3799
Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
bmd has cash! i sent him 11.20 instead haha, i checked my bank account and i was 11 dollars over a nice number, so i balanced both accounts :)

dayum, you can round it down another $100 by sending to me ;)

;)