Spotty's Little Known Facts
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they are both members of the genus "Prunus"...Lost Leopard Spot wrote:genus, please.thebish wrote:almonds belong to the peach family...
Prunus persica = peach
almond = Prunus dulcis
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so... basically then an almond is a peach stone.thebish wrote:they are both members of the genus "Prunus"...Lost Leopard Spot wrote:genus, please.thebish wrote:almonds belong to the peach family...
Prunus persica = peach
almond = Prunus dulcis
just don't get them mixed up if you want to retain your teeth into old age.
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The Hawaiian alphabet only contains Twelve letters.
A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, and W.
A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, and W.
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Well, they can't say fairer than that then.Gary the Enfield wrote:The Hawaiian alphabet only contains Twelve letters.
A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, and W.
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Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation
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bobo the clown wrote:Well, they can't say fairer than that then.Gary the Enfield wrote:The Hawaiian alphabet only contains Twelve letters.
A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, and W.
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Iceland's got less ice than Greenland; Greenland has less green than Iceland.Bruce Rioja wrote:Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation
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iceland has more burgers than waitroseLost Leopard Spot wrote:Iceland's got less ice than Greenland; Greenland has less green than Iceland.Bruce Rioja wrote:Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation
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Melrose has more burghers than Icelandthebish wrote:iceland has more burgers than waitroseLost Leopard Spot wrote:Iceland's got less ice than Greenland; Greenland has less green than Iceland.Bruce Rioja wrote:Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation
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Lost Leopard Spot wrote:Melrose has more burghers than Icelandthebish wrote:iceland has more burgers than waitroseLost Leopard Spot wrote:Iceland's got less ice than Greenland; Greenland has less green than Iceland.Bruce Rioja wrote:Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation
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Bruce Rioja wrote:Ah, but Gomorrah never comes.
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... but will it have its hat on ???Gary the Enfield wrote:Tha Sun'll come aaaaaaaaaht, Gomorrrah!Bruce Rioja wrote:Ah, but Gomorrah never comes.
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I didn't know this so looked it up - I am now more confused.Gary the Enfield wrote:The Hawaiian alphabet only contains Twelve letters.
A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, and W.
What kind of consonant is 'okina, and why do the rest appear to have a stutter?The current official Hawaiian alphabet consists of 18 letters: 5 normal vowels: Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu; 5 vowels with macrons: Āā, Ēē, Īī, Ōō, Ūū; 8 consonants: Hh, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Pp, Ww, ʻokina
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The rest seems pretty self-explanatory in that it has one upper and one lower case.
Feck knows that 'okina is! Wiki says it's unicameral (so same in both cases hence only once) and denotes a glottal stop.
Feck knows that 'okina is! Wiki says it's unicameral (so same in both cases hence only once) and denotes a glottal stop.
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So, that'll be 5 vowels, though each may spoken in two ways, and 7 vowels, along with a glottal. So that's 12 then ???Prufrock wrote:The rest seems pretty self-explanatory in that it has one upper and one lower case.
Feck knows that 'okina is! Wiki says it's unicameral (so same in both cases hence only once) and denotes a glottal stop.
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Well that be be a question of semantic linguistics that my brain can't cope with right now!
What is a letter? Is é a different letter to e? I would say no, and so say 12, but I'm not really sure why!
What is a letter? Is é a different letter to e? I would say no, and so say 12, but I'm not really sure why!
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