Posted on 05/01/2021 5:26:23 PM PDT by hapnHal
Today's quiz!!
How many words in English have the double letters uu?
I can only find three. 1. vacuum 2. Hyundai Equus and a third word ??
See, if you know what is the third "uu" word.
and, are there any more double "uu" words?
PS Don't ask Biden.
Vacuum
Had to look it up, continuum, but there’s more than three
Continuum
continuum
Hyundai....only has 1 ‘U’....lol :)
Unobtanium.
“menstruum /ˈmɛnstruəm/ (men-stroo-əm), rarely written also “menstruüm”, is an archaic term for a solvent, i.e. a liquid that dissolves a solid.”
I thought that happened monthly?
;)
Per: https://www.lexico.com/explore/what-words-in-the-english-language-contain-two-u-s-in-a-row
There are several English words containing two consecutive u’s. Most of them came into English from Latin:
vacuum = a space
continuum = a continuous sequence
residuum = a chemical residue
menstruum = the matter discharged during menstruation
triduum = a three-day period of religious observance in the Catholic Church
duumvir = each of a pair of magistrates holding joint office in ancient Rome
duumvirate = a coalition of two people having joint authority
All but the first two words on this list are quite rare, though, or are only likely to be encountered in specialist contexts. There are also a couple of other words containing two u’s in a row that have come into English from other languages:
muumuu = a loose dress of a kind traditionally worn in Hawaii (from Hawaiian)
Weltanschauung = the world view of a particular individual or group (from German)
Duumvir
“Words” are where it’s at!!!! LOVE it.....thanks for this post
Will there be a quiz for f & u later on? : )
The name of the place, Dave Clark Five
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln7_1TsVyvs
Nature abhors you.
Although it’s not an English word, I have seen and heard “Weltanschauung” (worldview) used in English—and the word processing program for FR doesn’t flag it as a misspelling.
uummm, I cant think of any other ones that would be in the dictionary, but since that can be modified at will now, who knows.
Ashuukshanga is the original name in the Tongva or Gabrielino Indian language for Azusa, Calif.
Excellent! There’s a reason that the letter “w” is called “double-u”, but nowadays the Welsh word “cwm”, meaning a steep and narrow valley, is usually rendered as “combe” or “coomb”. There are probably some other examples, but I’m too lazy to dig them out right now.
Words are fun.
Babar has two Bs.
Just not together.
Wow Editing the dictionary was easier than I thought
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squush
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