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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 70 points 7 months ago (26 children)

i'll never stop being mystified by the fact that we have a 5 letter word that's pronounced exactly the same as the first letter of the word

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 57 points 7 months ago (20 children)

queueing

Oh. Great. 5 vowels in a row. The language needed that.

[–] Pilon23@feddit.dk 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I can add Wrzeszcz for perspective. It may not be in a row, but no 8 letter word should have 3 zs

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Zmrzlina would like to have a word with you, only 2 Zs but 5 consonants in a row

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