Re: "cwm" etc.

From: Marion Gunn (mgunn@egt.ie)
Date: Thu Jun 12 1997 - 09:02:32 EDT


Do we really have to do this?
IS RICKY JUST SENDING A FAX OVER TO THOR, THE QUIET ZENOPHOBE IN
MIDWALES?
Marion Gunn
ps
That's Thor with a Thorn. mg

Unicode Discussion wrote:
>
> Thanks to everyone who has inundated me with explanations of the
> semivocalic nature of English /w/. When I wrote that cwm was the only
> English word I knew of with no vowel, this was tongue in cheek! :-) Some
> of my best friends are semivowels and semiconsonants!
>
> Here's a summary so far of pangrams, some more perfect than others:
>
> Quartz Glyph Job Vex'd Cwm Finks.
> Cwm fjord bank glyphs vex't quiz.
> Vext cwm fly zing jabs Kurd Qoph.
> Quick brown fox, jump over the lazy dogs.
> Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
>
> Any more "perfect" ones? Send 'em on!
>
> _____________________________
> Richard S. Cook
> Somerville, Massachusetts USA
> email: rscook@world.std.com
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