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Ascension (Posted on 2004-02-08) Difficulty: 3 of 5
  1. What is the longest word in the English language in which all the letters are arranged in alphabetical order?

  2. How about reverse alphabetical order?

  3. What is the last word, alphabetically, whose letters are all in alphabetical order?

  4. What is the first word whose letters are all in reverse alphabetical order?

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Some Thoughts re: The English langauge is just too funny for words==>Penny !! | Comment 13 of 24 |
(In reply to The English langauge is just too funny for words !! by Penny)

Penny
I do not know who Carol is- anyway the source of all the
puns and idiosyncrasies you've quoted is no other than Richard Lederer , a writer of about 20 books on this subject, the funniest being "The anguished English".
Make your day , look it up.
ady
  Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2004-02-08 17:31:11

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