Gość: Thorkell IP: *.net.autocom.pl 05.06.03, 13:40 i have a puzzle for You: Can you think of two eight letter English words that each contain all the vowels? it's from www.mensa.org.uk/prizepuzzle/index.html i don't know how to solve it. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś czytaj wygodnie posty
Gość: chickenShorts Re: a puzzle IP: *.w80-13.abo.wanadoo.fr 05.06.03, 16:01 Gość portalu: Thorkell napisał(a): > i have a puzzle for You: > > Can you think of two eight letter English words that each contain all the > vowels? > > it's from www.mensa.org.uk/prizepuzzle/index.html > > i don't know how to solve it. 1)Uncopyrightable; 2)jalousie; 3)autopoiesis Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: chickenShorts Re: a puzzle IP: *.w80-13.abo.wanadoo.fr 05.06.03, 16:05 Sorry! Missed that "8-letter" condition... Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: chickenShorts Re: a puzzle IP: *.w80-13.abo.wanadoo.fr 05.06.03, 16:25 1 - dialogue; 2) - equation !!! Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
butter_fly Re: a puzzle 05.06.03, 21:00 Here, feel free to choose: (with repeating vowels) ABOIDEAU ABOITEAU EULOGIAE (no repeating vowels) AEQUORIN AEROBIUM AGOUTIES DIALOGUE EDACIOUS EQUATION EULOGIAS EUPHORIA EXONUMIA JALOUSIE OUTRAISE SAUTOIRE SEQUOIAS THIOUREA Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: al Re: a puzzle IP: *.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl 06.06.03, 09:12 None of the listed by all of you examples meet the competition conditions, as it must be like that (no matter the sense): 1: IBEARYOU (all the 6 vowels contained in the first word) 2: IWEARYOU (all the 6 vowels contained in the second word) These are of course wrong examples for that reason that they make no sense (don't exist as one unit). Try again. :) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: Thorkell Re: a puzzle IP: *.net.autocom.pl 06.06.03, 15:46 I think Al is right.Try again,please. I still don't know the solution;i browse the dictionary:-/ I suspect there's something captious in this puzzle-You know,it's from Mensa;-) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: chickenShorts Re: a puzzle IP: *.w80-13.abo.wanadoo.fr 06.06.03, 18:30 Gość portalu: Thorkell napisał(a): > I think Al is right.Try again,please. No way! I refuse to consider 'Y' a vowel as it contains two consonants, 'w' & 'h'... Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
butter_fly Re: a puzzle 06.06.03, 20:35 Gość portalu: chickenShorts napisał(a): > Gość portalu: Thorkell napisał(a): > > > I think Al is right.Try again,please. > > No way! I refuse to consider 'Y' a vowel as it contains two consonants, 'w' > & 'h'... The vowels are A, E, I, O, and U. All other letters are consonants, except, in some cases, the letter Y. The letter Y is inherently vacillating in its nature and usage, and consequently is sometimes a vowel, sometimes a consonant, depending upon how it is used in the name. When determining if the Y is a vowel or a consonant, the basic rule is this: When the letter serves as a vowel, and in fact sounds like one, it is a vowel. The same is true when the Y serves as the only vowel in the syllable. Examples of both of these cases are such names as Lynn, Yvonne, Mary, Betty, Elly, and Bryan. However, if the Y does not provide a separate vowel sound, as when it is coupled with another vowel, it is considered a consonant. In names such as Maloney or Murray, the Y is a consonant, because the vowel sound depends upon the long E in Maloney and the long A in Murray. In general, the Y is a consonant when the syllable already has a vowel. Also, the Y is considered a consonant when it is used in place of the soft J sound, such as in the name Yolanda or Yoda. In the names Bryan and Wyatt, the Y is a vowel, because it provides the only vowel sound for the first syllable of both names. For both of these names, the letter A is part of the second syllable, and therefore does not influence the nature of the Y. More examples: In Sydney, the first Y is a vowel, the second Y is a consonant. In Billy, Sylvia, Missy, Kyle, Blythe, Sylvester, and Katy, the Y is a vowel In Kay, Yeltsin, May, and Kuykendahl, the Y is a consonant. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: al To cut the long story short IP: *.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl 07.06.03, 22:04 butter_fly napisała: > Gość portalu: chickenShorts napisał(a): > > ... > The vowels are A, E, I, O, and U. All other letters are consonants, except, > in some cases, the letter Y. > ... If you are not able to define the guidelines, every effort to solve this task is futile. You can find out what in AE & BE is cosidered as vowel from: faculty.washington.edu/dillon/PhonResources/vowels.html May be Mensa people are anticlockWise. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: guest Re: a puzzle IP: *.LING.UPENN.EDU 06.06.03, 23:00 Gość portalu: Thorkell napisał(a): > i have a puzzle for You: > Can you think of two eight letter English words that each contain all the > vowels? I'm sorry but this puzzle is silly. AEOUYI are letters, vowels are SOUNDS and there are many more vowels in English than these 6 letters. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: Thorkell Re: a puzzle IP: *.net.autocom.pl 07.06.03, 20:18 Sorry for my ignorance;i didn't know that "y" is not a vowel... As somebody wrote before,it's crucial whether we consider letters or sounds.And vowels are sounds.For example we have the word "dialogue"-there's a diphthong [ai] here,and two vowels:[o]and this "strange"[e](don't know how to type it).The same with "equation":in spelling we have letters:e,u,a,i,o;in pronunciation we have one vowel:[i] and a diphthong:[ei]; it's not so easy as in Polish where there's one letter=one sound(sometimes two letters=one sound as in "sz",or "h" and "ch").In English letter "a" can mark many different sounds. So i consider this puzzle stupid;or maybe it has some hidden meaning. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś