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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: words without vowels
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In article <3on2kv$jgn@prakinf2.PrakInf.TU-Ilmenau.DE>,
   ai50731@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Peter.Conrad) wrote:

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>I know a complete sentence without vowels in Chech:
>Strc prst srkz krk!
>The meaning is "Put the finger into the throat" 
>
>Peter.Conrad@rz.tu-ilmenau.de

I wouldn't know what that means in Chechen, but
I recognise the language as Czech.

For the thousandth time, believe the natives, there is
a vowel in every single word of that sentence and it
is exactly where it's supposed to be, in the middle
of each syllable.

Paul JK.

BTW it means: push a finger through the throat
