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    From HenHanna@HenHanna@dev.null to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Sun Jun 22 19:03:04 2025
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    P.S. Congratulations and thanks to Wei-Hwa Huang
    (whu...@cco.caltech.edu)
    who responded to my:
    Concupiscence contains 4 'c's. Can you give a succinct word with 3 'c's?

    with the sharp and delightful,
    "No, but I found an unusual word with 3 'u's".
    "coccyx" has to be the favorite positive response.

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    The 'c's in oscilloscope are pronounced differently. Can you give
    another
    English word with 'sc's which are pronounced differently?



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    Unununium == Former name for the chemical element with atomic
    number 111
    (now called roentgenium).



    The word unununium is a systematic element name derived from its atomic
    number, 111. It was formed using the following pattern:

    "un" (from Latin +2nus, meaning "one") is used for each digit "1" in the
    atomic number.

    "ium" is a standard suffix for element names.

    So, unununium literally means "one-one-one-ium," directly reflecting its position as element 111 in the periodic table.

    This naming convention was used as a temporary placeholder until a
    permanent name (roentgenium) was officially assigned.

    The etymology is thus:
    un (one) + un (one) + un (one) + ium (element suffix) = unununium.
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  • From HenHanna@HenHanna@dev.null to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Sun Jun 22 20:38:52 2025
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    On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 19:02:59 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    P.S. Congratulations and thanks to Wei-Hwa Huang
    (whu...@cco.caltech.edu)
    who responded to my:
    Concupiscence contains 4 'c's. Can you give a succinct word with 3 'c's?

    with the sharp and delightful,
    "No, but I found an unusual word with 3 'u's".
    "coccyx" has to be the favorite positive response.

    ---

    The 'c's in oscilloscope are pronounced differently. Can you give
    another
    English word with 'sc's which are pronounced differently?



    __________________________

    Unununium == Former name for the chemical element with atomic
    number 111
    (now called roentgenium).



    The word unununium is a systematic element name derived from its atomic number, 111. It was formed using the following pattern:

    "un" (from Latin +2nus, meaning "one") is used for each digit "1" in the atomic number.

    "ium" is a standard suffix for element names.

    So, unununium literally means "one-one-one-ium," directly reflecting its position as element 111 in the periodic table.

    This naming convention was used as a temporary placeholder until a
    permanent name (roentgenium) was officially assigned.

    The etymology is thus:
    un (one) + un (one) + un (one) + ium (element suffix) = unununium.


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    Pacific
    Success


    If PacificOcean were a 1 word.........

    the 3 C's are pronounced differently.
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