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Old 18-Dec-2004, 01:39
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Try that with a gap between your front teeth!
What do you mean?
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Old 18-Dec-2004, 02:06
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i before e except after c with a long sounding e or a long-sounding a, as in neighbor or weigh

your sort of chant it like you do the alphabet

and of course there are always the exceptions like caffeine
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i before e except after c with a long sounding e or a long-sounding a, as in neighbor or weigh

your sort of chant it like you do the alphabet

and of course there are always the exceptions like caffeine
And just when I thought I had it all figured out. Agh. caffeine. Yup. my troubles have just begun.
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rock or diamond maybe...hardest is the hardest word or maybe word...or the
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jajaj...mmm
what about this one...: ultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis...XD...
try it!
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My short list is:

Kewpie (as in the carnival doll)
Phlegm
Naphtha
Spigot
Khaki
This list originally had 5 other such words. It claimed that rare, indeed, was anybody found that could spell all ten! Please submit the other five words that belong to this particular list.
Thaks, Jack
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But it's not one word; I see spaces there

PS: Oh, it seems quoting the message changes it. That's a general truth by the way
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