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Bob Stephens

Jan 1, 1970
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How about "Qantas", as in the airline?

...Jim Thompson

That one's an acronym : "Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service" -
I think.

Bob
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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Is qoph the only word where q is not followed by a u?

It depends on what you admit as an 'English' word. 'Qoph', after all, is
Greek in origin, and archaic Greek at that. Arabic words, like 'Qatar',
for example, have no 'u' after the 'q', and I think 'Qatar' must count
as English.
 
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Spehro Pefhany

Jan 1, 1970
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It depends on what you admit as an 'English' word. 'Qoph', after all, is
Greek in origin, and archaic Greek at that. Arabic words, like 'Qatar',
for example, have no 'u' after the 'q', and I think 'Qatar' must count
as English.

There seem to be a lot of odd ones, mostly middle-Eastern, Albanian or
Chinese in origin. Qingdao might be familiar to some here. ;-)

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
 
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Ross Mac

Jan 1, 1970
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Ian Bell said:
Is qoph the only word where q is not followed by a u?

Ian

I don't think the 13th word in the Hebrew alphabet counts....could be wrong
on the 13 thing...anyway, you get my gist.....
 
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CH

Jan 1, 1970
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There used to be a nicer (UK) version for the spectrum.

"Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain".

BBROYGBVGW = Resistor Colour code = Apples
ROYGBIV = Visible light spectrum = Oranges

Apples <> Oranges

HTH
Chris.
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Ian Buckner
There's always the Cinq Ports on the south coast of England....

I've only seen that spelt 'Cinque'

Former resident of Hastings.
 
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Active8

Jan 1, 1970
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Ian Buckner said:
According to Scrabble website

http://www.mattelscrabble.com/en/adults/tips/tip12.html

the words qi, qat, and qadi as well as qoph are legal in English play.
Aw hell. I don't play that game much, but when I do, I usually piss
someone off just using a dictionary. Now you've fed me another belt
of ammo ;)

But my real pet peeve is playing chess with someone who claims to
know how to play well and never heard of en passant.
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Bill Sloman <[email protected]>
"Cinq" is listed in the Concise Oxford Dictionary, as a variant of
"cinque" denoting the five on a dice.

Scrabble players seem to choose their dictionaries rather carefully.

Maybe RH looked under 'q', not foreseeing an entry under 'c'. There
might be one or two other words with final q. The Urdu for 'rifle' is
'bandook' but that might also be spelled 'banduq', and is a word that
entered British army language, if not more widely, as many other Hindi
and Urdu words did.
 
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Spehro Pefhany

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Bill Sloman <[email protected]>


Maybe RH looked under 'q', not foreseeing an entry under 'c'. There
might be one or two other words with final q.

Suq (variant of souk), coq (au vin).

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Spehro Pefhany <Spehro@Pefhany.?>
coq (au vin).

I think that still counts as French. There's also streptocoq au vin,
which is served as a main dish after smoked salmonella.
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Spehro Pefhany <Spehro@Pefhany.?>


I think that still counts as French. There's also streptocoq au vin,
which is served as a main dish after smoked salmonella.

ROTFLMAO!

...Jim Thompson
 
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Active8

Jan 1, 1970
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ROTFLMAO!

...Jim Thompson
That *was* perfect, wasn't it? Gotta save that for my uncle the
liquist/latin teacher (consultant, now.)
 
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