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From: rharmsen@knoware.nl (Ruud Harmsen)
Subject: Re: Question: Vowelless word
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 12:43:14 GMT
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In article <3k0rl6$mq7@netnews.upenn.edu> dbowie@mail2.sas.upenn.edu (David F Bowie) writes:
>: A friend is looking for a word which describes "words without
>: vowels".  She has checked with the library, and searched through
>: all her books, but to no avail.
Do you want to include interjections? If so, there probobaly are many. E.g. 
Dutch has "Pssst" for "hey, listen, I've got a secret to share", and "Ssst" 
for "shut up".
