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Old Monday 5th April 2004, 01:14   #1
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What's your best guess?
What is unique about the following group of letters:
aehiklmnopuw?


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Old Monday 5th April 2004, 01:26   #2
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they're all in order?
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Old Monday 5th April 2004, 11:38   #3
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Good morning gthang! Yes they are all in order but that is not the answer. A hint to follow in a bit.
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Old Monday 5th April 2004, 11:59   #4
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Good morning to you too!

i don't think there's a bird in them thar letters...
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No, no bird. Just a fun quiz.

Okay hint. It is an entire alphabet somewhere.
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Old Monday 5th April 2004, 12:25   #6
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Ahhh... it's the Hawai'ian alphabet!!!

Kia Ora!!!
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Oh... except there's no "r".

Hmmm... I'll get down from the podium and have a rethink!
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Oh... except there's no "r".

Hmmm... I'll get down from the podium and have a rethink!
Innit? Is kia ora also hawaiian?
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Is kia ora also hawaiian?
Nope... got that wrong... it's Maori... D'oh!

So, I'll reinstate my Hawai'ian Alphabet answer, and hope I don't look even more stupid!!!
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Nope... got that wrong... it's Maori... D'oh!

So, I'll reinstate my Hawai'ian Alphabet answer, and hope I don't look even more stupid!!!
You look like a tern to me
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So, I'll reinstate my Hawai'ian Alphabet answer, and hope I don't look even more stupid!!!
I agree with your Hawai'ian answer. So if you're wrong you have company.
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Nope... got that wrong... it's Maori... D'oh!

So, I'll reinstate my Hawai'ian Alphabet answer, and hope I don't look even more stupid!!!
I believe you are right with tha above. Hawai'ian uses the second shortest alphabet in the world - 12 letters plus ' The apostrophe acts as a glottal stop (Hawaii, should, I believe be written as Hawai'i)

Pinching Karen's quiz ... if Hawai'ian is the 2nd shortest alphabet, what is the shortest and what is it ???? I'll give you a clue, it has 11 letters ......
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Solomon Islands' alphabet.
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the shortest alphabet is my vocabulary...lol!

hmmm, must be a tribe from Africa... still primitive... just a guess.
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Something clicks about your answer, GT...
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The only thing that clicked about my answer was the mouse...
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Ahhh... it's the Hawai'ian alphabet!!!

Kia Ora!!!
Excellent Dave. You win this one.
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Oh... very droll...
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Well Karwin is close but not precise enough ....

(I believe the official language of the Solomon Islands is English although it is only spoken by a small percentage of inhabitants and Pijin is the `lingua franca')
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