Word of the Week (month, day, hour, whatever)

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^^^^probably has no vowels in it if it's a Welsh word.
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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 8:53 am The post contains the words: with, tittle, in and this.

That’s why I said four.

However, as it appears that a tittle can also be a punctuation mark, it is probably more correct to say that there are six.
My understanding is that tittles are diacritics as opposed to punctuation marks. Therefore I would take the position that there are four tittles and two full stops (periods for our US friends) in the original post.
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Lethologica when it’s to do with ordinary words.

Lethonomia when it’s to do with names.
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^^
Brilliant - my brain is lethol! :lol:
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Sorry everyone, but Aberdonians can’t speak Doric. Ye need the spik te proper neepies like me!
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Old Bald One wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:57 pm ....neepies....
Brilliant! :lol:
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Bungle-ator wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:17 am ^^^^probably has no vowels in it if it's a Welsh word.
Psst, rhythm. Hmm? ;)
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timor54 wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:30 am
Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 8:53 am The post contains the words: with, tittle, in and this.

That’s why I said four.

However, as it appears that a tittle can also be a punctuation mark, it is probably more correct to say that there are six.
My understanding is that tittles are diacritics as opposed to punctuation marks. Therefore I would take the position that there are four tittles and two full stops (periods for our US friends) in the original post.
I had a strange feeling of foreboding when I first wrote tittle. You must check you have the number correct I said to myself.
Perhaps I should have checked again!
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welshlad wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:13 pm
Bungle-ator wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:17 am ^^^^probably has no vowels in it if it's a Welsh word.
Psst, rhythm. Hmm? ;)
Now this raises the question that has always intrigued me. Are Scrabble sets different for different languages? I suppose they must be, really.

I imagine it would be difficult to play Scrabble in Hawaiian with a set of Polish letters. And then there is Māori, which doesn’t have B, C, D, G, L, or S to my knowledge.
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Old Bald One wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:57 pm Sorry everyone, but Aberdonians can’t speak Doric. Ye need the spik te proper neepies like me!
It was teauchters that spoke funny mostly. Folks from the likes of Insch, kintore, kemnay, Echt....... etc.
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Neepie or teuchter, I was born in Insch, grew up in Inverurie, so spik proper Doric! Much to SWMBOs disgust cos she’s a “ toonser” from Aberdeen.
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This thread needs reviving. Thank you, missF.
missF wrote: Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:25 pm You want a 41mm watch - go scroll through the 41mm watches, without having to also scroll through the 47mm behemoths either
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Thanks Steve! Behemoth is certainly a good one! :thumbup:
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