What about syzygy? Are y's cheating?
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Daisy Jane - Feb 16, 2011 5:30:21 am PST #23170 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2011 5:30:51 am PST #23171 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hwcnyhvnmwthtvwls
(Howcanyouhaveanamewithoutvowels)
lisah - Feb 16, 2011 5:32:36 am PST #23172 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
(Howcanyouhaveanamewithoutvowels)
Oh, Tommy, it's the government. There are no words, only acronyms.
DJ, I will have to find out about Ys.
Gudanov - Feb 16, 2011 5:33:07 am PST #23173 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I watched Jeopardy again and I for one welcome our new computer overlords.
Daisy Jane - Feb 16, 2011 5:34:46 am PST #23174 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
lisah [link]
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2011 5:37:35 am PST #23175 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
(If archaic words and spellings are considered, there are many more, the longest perhaps being twyndyllyngs, the plural of twyndyllyng.)
Awesome! Or, Wsm!
Twyndyllyng means "A twinling; twin."
Kat - Feb 16, 2011 5:38:10 am PST #23176 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I was going to weigh in with nth, which is my favorite vowelless word.
lisah - Feb 16, 2011 5:41:10 am PST #23177 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
That's a great one, Kat! I'll suggest it.
It has nothing to do with the system but evidently that is not the most important, or even A, requirement for naming!
Tom Scola - Feb 16, 2011 5:42:37 am PST #23178 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
MTHRFCKR
lisah - Feb 16, 2011 5:44:46 am PST #23179 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Srsly! or possibly SRSL