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Old June 21, 2009, 04:08 PM
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A riddle - un acertijo
A sequence of six letters of the alphabet describes him and his national airline.
Question: Where does he live?

Una secuencia de seis letras del alfabeto se describe a él y a su compañía aérea nacional.
Pregunta: ¿Dónde vive este hombre?
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The Netherlands?


Little correction on spelling: "acerjito" should rather be "acertijo".
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Old June 21, 2009, 05:05 PM
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The Netherlands?


Little correction on spelling: "acerjito" should rather be "acertijo".

¡Brava, muy bien! My Dutch spelling is also a bit suspect as IJ is a separate letter in a Dutch dictionary.
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No idea.
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Old June 21, 2009, 09:29 PM
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By sequence, do you mean the letters must be in alphabetical order?
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By sequence, do you mean the letters must be in alphabetical order?
Yes In alphabetical order without any gaps!
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I believe I know the answer. It's hidden so others can still try their hand at it.
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I believe I know the answer. It's hidden so others can still try their hand at it.
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Good. You have the right letters, but where does he live?
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How did you find the answer Rusty?

I never knew the answer.


jijij I believe that am not good for the riddles
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How did you find the answer Rusty?

I never knew the answer.


jijij I believe that am not good for the riddles
¡Yo tambien! Nunca los entiendo
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Good. You have the right letters, but where does he live?
He lives in the Netherlands, as Malila already pointed out. Were you after more than this?
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He lives in the Netherlands, as Malila already pointed out. Were you after more than this?
Bingo!

HIJ = he = él

K = koninklijk = royal = real

L = lucht = air = aéreo

M = maatskappij = company = compañia
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The English word FACETIOUS(LY) has all the vowels A E I O U (and Y) in the correct alphabebetical order.
I know two similar English words that do the same.

How many can you find in English or Spanish?

La palabra inglesa FACETIOUS(LY) tiene todas las vocales A E I O U (y Y) en el orden correcto alfabebetico.

Sé dos similares palabras ingleses ¿Cuántas se puede encontrar en inglés o español?
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El nombre propio "Aurelio" tiene las cinco vocales, aunque no en orden.
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El nombre propio "Aurelio" tiene las cinco vocales, aunque no en orden.
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Ultrarevolutionaries is a word in which each of the five main vowels occurs twice.
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Subbookkeeper is the only English word with four pairs of double letters in a row.
¿Quién halla esas palabras?
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En español hay varias... pero ninguna se me ocurre con las vocales en orden... murciélago, aeronáutica, eucalipto, abuelito, ecuación... ¿se valen las palabras donde la "u" no suena? (Arquetipo, estanquillo, cosquillear...)

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¿Quién halla esas palabras?
Personas como nosotros con un diccionario muy grande!

Me gustan mucho ultrarevolutioaries y subbookkeepers

En alemán se dice palabras como Flussschifffahrt

Fluss .....río.... river

Schiff....... barco... boat

Fahrt....... excurcón...... trip
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En español, las palabras que contienen todas las vocales se llaman "pentavocálicas" o "panvocálicas". Las palabras en cuyo interior las vocales se hallan ordenadas, se denominan "alfabético-vocálicas", frente a las "alfabético-vocálicas inversas", cuyo orden es inverso.

No conozco ninguna palabra española panvocálica que sea a la vez alfabético-vocálica (hay de cuatro vocales, como "transgredidos"), pero sí alfabético-vocálica inversa: suboccidental o sudorífera, por ejemplo.
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En español, las palabras que contienen todas las vocales se llaman "pentavocálicas" o "panvocálicas". Las palabras en cuyo interior las vocales se hallan ordenadas, se denominan "alfabético-vocálicas", frente a las "alfabético-vocálicas inversas", cuyo orden es inverso.

No conozco ninguna palabra española panvocálica que sea a la vez alfabético-vocálica (hay de cuatro vocales, como "), pero sí alfabético-vocálica inversa: suboccidental o sudorífera, por ejemplo.
¡Muchas palabras muy hermosas!

suboccidental, sudorífera,transgredidos, pentavocálicas, panvocálicas, salfabético-vocálicas inversas.

Hay otras palabras ingleses y alfabético-penta(o hexa)vocálicas. Por ejemplo abste........ ) dos ejemplos.
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