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Re^4: A Word Game

by LanX (Saint)
on Feb 09, 2022 at 21:56 UTC ( [id://11141296]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: A Word Game
in thread A Word Game (Update 3)

Yes, but English tends to incorporate loanwords into its dictionary without adjusting the orthography.

edit

tho I doubt there is an example where it's the only vowel.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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Re^5: A Word Game
by hippo (Bishop) on Feb 10, 2022 at 10:29 UTC
    tho I doubt there is an example where it's the only vowel.
    $ grep -P '^[b-df-hj-np-tvwxz]{5}$' /usr/share/dict/words crwth fldxt fpsps hdqrs mphps pgntt phpht smrgs

    Not that /usr/share/dict/words is the ultimate arbiter but I'd say such a thing was at least so rare as to be inconsequential to the task at hand. It might be worth making a case for "w", OTOH.


    🦛

      hm ... there doesn't seem to be an equivalent for /usr/share/dict/words on Win. In order to make the OPs code run on win one needs to download it?

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
      Wikisyntax for the Monastery

Re^5: A Word Game
by GotToBTru (Prior) on Feb 10, 2022 at 19:50 UTC

    “English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose vocabulary.”

    - James D. Nicoll
    But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (NASB)

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