Is it true that facetious is the only word which has only 5 vowels that are all in a row?
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09-03-05, 03:13 PM
bedstor

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Vowels in order. At least five English words contain the five major vowels in
order: abstemious, abstentious, adventitious, facetious, and parecious

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Also found this on the same search... though it's rather high brow for us mere mortals

09-03-05, 03:44 PM
DorianGreyed
The word "abstemiously" has all 6 vowels in alphabetical order, as does "abstentiously", "adventitiously", and "facetiously."

09-03-05, 09:01 PM
Professor
My, what a short memory everyone has: AP thread on words containing all 6 vowels in order (March 2005).

09-04-05, 06:13 AM
clarebear
This wasn't a trivia question I knew. Someone at work told me that facetious was the only word with 5 vowels in a row. I posted to see if he was right. Thanks for the replies! I'm gonna sound REALLY smart when I tell him. Boy will he be fooled! Wink

<-- short memory bear Smile

09-04-05, 12:48 PM
Professor
clarebear -- Unlike DG, who says he reads every single posting, entire sections of AP blow past me every week without my even being aware of them, let alone being able to recall them later. So my previous remark was meant facetiously. Wink

They say there are two sure signs of aging: One is memory loss; the other is, um, I can't remember... Smile

09-04-05, 01:45 PM
DorianGreyed
"They say there are two sure signs of aging: One is memory loss; the other is, um, I can't remember.."

Thanks, Professor. I had been trying to remember the FIRST one for weeks now.
While I'm here, has anyone seen my glasses?

09-05-05, 03:57 PM
clarebear
According to my best recollection, I don't remember.

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