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Word Trivia II: Identify the longest 1-syllable English words 1

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SantaMufasa

Technical User
Jul 17, 2003
12,588
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As a hint, qualifying entries should be at least 9 letters long.

[santa]Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
@ 19:31 (16Dec04) UTC (aka "GMT" and "Zulu"),
@ 12:31 (16Dec04) Mountain Time
 
I know this one by heart! I noticed these when I was about 15. [smile]

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[white]strengths
straights[/white]

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• Every joy is beyond all others. The fruit we are eating is always the best fruit of all.
• It is waking that understands sleep and not sleep that understands waking. There is an ignorance of evil that comes from being young: there is a darker ignorance that comes from doing it, as men by sleeping lose the k
 
Esquared,

Well done, but there are more.

[santa]Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
@ 20:20 (16Dec04) UTC (aka "GMT" and "Zulu"),
@ 13:20 (16Dec04) Mountain Time
 
Code:
[COLOR=white]
screeched
stretched
[/color]

Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+

 
Rod,

Well done to close out the list that I have. I'd give you a "Little Purple Star" for your efforts, but for some reason, the Purple Star button is gone. (I'll owe you one and give it to you as soon as we get the Purple Star thing figured out.)

Cheers,

[santa]Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
@ 18:19 (17Dec04) UTC (aka "GMT" and "Zulu"),
@ 11:19 (17Dec04) Mountain Time
 
Dimandja,

Was yours a cross post with Rod, or do you simply enjoy the one-syllable "stretched"? [smile]

[santa]Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
@ 18:26 (17Dec04) UTC (aka "GMT" and "Zulu"),
@ 11:26 (17Dec04) Mountain Time
 
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