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Quiz Words that have the letters UU
1 May 21 | hapnHal

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.


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To: hapnHal
See, if you know what is the third "uu" word.

UUord.

41 posted on 05/01/2021 6:59:46 PM PDT by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity-- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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To: Ezekiel
Yuuuge ... as in: “It will be a Yuuuge, beautiful wall!”

:-P

42 posted on 05/01/2021 7:19:00 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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To: hapnHal

“UUr.”

“Uur sure cute for a 11 year old.” - Chomo Joe


43 posted on 05/01/2021 7:28:26 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: hapnHal

ululate


44 posted on 05/01/2021 8:10:03 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: hapnHal

Nuuk Greenland


45 posted on 05/01/2021 8:12:07 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: Stosh

46 posted on 05/01/2021 8:34:26 PM PDT by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: dynachrome

That’s right! That was in C.S. Lewis’s “The Pilgrim’s Regresss”

A skeptical character told another one that having eggs for breakfast was “eating the menstruum of a verminous fowl”...


47 posted on 05/01/2021 9:13:27 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

“the menstruum of a verminous fowl”

He knew about hillary that far back?


48 posted on 05/01/2021 9:26:31 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: hapnHal

Tuukka Rask. Two U’s, two K’s, and two points.


49 posted on 05/02/2021 12:01:56 AM PDT by Living Free in NH
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To: hapnHal

“Duumycrat” a accentuated word for certain elected high office holders in the United States of America soon to become the People’s Repuublic of America under their misleadership.


50 posted on 05/02/2021 1:03:32 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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To: hapnHal

Uuh?


51 posted on 05/02/2021 1:05:07 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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To: hapnHal

“Squush” is a legitimate word in the OED and American version of the OED.


52 posted on 05/02/2021 1:10:47 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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To: Mears; Savage Beast
Muumuu is not an English word.

Actually, it is. English is a language that just doesn’t borrow words from other languages, when English encounters a new language, it brow bears, mugs, and steals that languages’ words, files the serial numbers off, and incorporates its unique words into the Mulligan Stew that is the English tongue.

53 posted on 05/02/2021 1:18:40 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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To: hapnHal; Savage Beast

In early English, the “uu” paired letters were quite common in spelling words, so much so that in writing them they were often squished together for clarity. They were meant to sound as “ooh-woo” when written together.

As English evolved, the four peaked “u”s written together became more and more written closer and evolved into our modern three-peaked letter of “W” named “double-u” … but in medieval times pronounced with a decided “HW” sound of a sibilant “Hwoo”. In fact, our modern “wh” words were once spelled “hw” for a spell (pun intended), thus later resulting in “awhile” and “while” having similar meanings, with the first retaining more of the leading sibilant “h” sound. Some accents in the UK still retain the lifted beginning of the “wh” in “who, what, where, when, why” that gives them a lilting cadence.

Names such a “Guuilliam, Guuindolyn, Guuinovere or even Uuilliam” were common before the multiple peaks of writing double-us started confusing reading, espeacially when mixed with “i” (Look at the number of potential peaks in “Uuilliam”—8!). Counting the peaks got confusing, and figuring out where to cross the “t” or dot the “i” made combing the four “uu” of the three of “w” a no brainer.

That’s why there are so few “uu” words in the English language…


54 posted on 05/02/2021 1:52:12 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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To: Mears
Oxford Dictionary of English

muumuu |ˈmuːmuː| noun
a woman's loose, brightly coloured dress, especially one traditionally worn in Hawaii.
ORIGIN early 20th century: from Hawaiian mu'u mu'u, literally ‘cut off’.

Apologies will be accepted as made.

You’re welcome.

55 posted on 05/02/2021 7:28:57 AM PDT by Savage Beast (“Morality, like a chameleon, tends to take on the color of the circumambient society.” P. Yogananda)
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To: Swordmaker
Right you are, Swordy:

Oxford Dictionary of English

muumuu |ˈmuːmuː| noun
a woman's loose, brightly coloured dress, especially one traditionally worn in Hawaii.
ORIGIN early 20th century: from Hawaiian mu'u mu'u, literally ‘cut off’.

And not only is the language such a stew, but the entire culture and population are also. And here we are: all in a stew (pun intended)!

And not only the English, but everyone all over the world, whether they know it or not. The English are just more obvious--or maybe transparent is a better word--or maybe even congenial--than the rest.

56 posted on 05/02/2021 7:35:36 AM PDT by Savage Beast (“Morality, like a chameleon, tends to take on the color of the circumambient society.” P. Yogananda)
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To: Swordmaker
What you say is most enlightening, but I can't understand why the contemporary "wh" sound shouldn't be spelled "hw" inasmuch as that's how we pronounce it; isn't it?

I say let's start spelling “who, what, where, when, why” "hwo, hwat, hwere, hwen, hwy". Or have I missed something? Maybe I just don't know how to talk correctly. Should I be saying "w hoo, w hat, w here" for example?

57 posted on 05/02/2021 7:44:52 AM PDT by Savage Beast (“Morality, like a chameleon, tends to take on the color of the circumambient society.” P. Yogananda)
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To: hapnHal

guru...


58 posted on 05/02/2021 7:53:52 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: hapnHal

my apologies, wasn’t paying attention...


59 posted on 05/02/2021 8:00:47 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: Savage Beast
I say let's start spelling “who, what, where, when, why” "hwo, hwat, hwere, hwen, hwy". Or have I missed something? Maybe I just don't know how to talk correctly. Should I be saying "w hoo, w hat, w here" for example?

Good question…

There are those that hold that the “W” is obsolete. . . And should be deleted from the alphabet along with “Q” and “Q” as their usage can be handled by other letters. “W” can be supplanted by going back to a single “U” where necessary. “Uher” for “Where” dropping the silent “e” as well. . . And probably spelling it “Uhar”, using the “a” for what used to be the “e”. I’ve actually seen that suggested as part of “simplification” of English spelling and pronunciation.

60 posted on 05/02/2021 9:58:38 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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