A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from July 13, 2020
“‘There are no words in English that have all vowels in alphabetical order,’ he said facetiously”

A-E-I-O-U-Y are the English vowels, in order. There are several English words that use all vowels in alphabetical order, such as “facetiously.”
     
“‘I know a word which uses all six vowels, including ‘y,’ in alphabetical order’ said Tom facetiously” was posted on the newsgroup soc.org.freemasonry on November 13, 2005. This is also an example of a Tom Swifty.
   
“‘There are no words in the English language that have all the vowels in alphabetical order,’ he said facetiously” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on July 14, 2020.
   
   
Google Groups: soc.org.freemasonry
ID’s & Acronyms
Jim Pauk
11/13/05
(...)
“I know a word which uses all six vowels, including ‘y,’ in alphabetical order” said Tom facetiously.
 
Twitter
katherine
@kansassykat
“Have all six vowels in one word? And I suppose you want them to appear in alphabetical order” said Tom fAcEtIOUsly
1:38 PM · Feb 7, 2013·Twitter SMS
 
Twitter
DON RICKTER
@DonRickter
“There is no word in the English language that has
six vowels in alphabetical order, I said facetiously.”
9:32 AM · Aug 11, 2014·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
NEPOTISM
@chokeules
“I couldn’t possibly think of a word that uses all the vowels in alphabetical order,” he said, facetiously.
10:43 PM · Jan 5, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Kent Haines
@KentHaines
“There is no English word that contains all five vowels and y in alphabetical order,” he said facetiously.
8:59 AM · Sep 6, 2017·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
John X Williams
@lexicoj0hn
” ‘Abstemious’ is the only English word featuring all 5 vowels once and once only in alphabetical order,” said Tom facetiously. #tomswiftie
12:32 PM · Feb 28, 2019·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Stephen Mayhew “@” ACL2020
@mayhewsw
Replying to @srush_nlp
My favorite swifty: “I suppose you want me to say a word that has all vowels, and in alphabetical order!” said Tom, facetiously.
5:54 PM · Jun 14, 2020·Twitter Web App
     
Twitter
William J Jackson
@WilliamJJack
There are no words in the English language that have all the vowels in alphabetical order…
...he said facetiously.
10:02 PM · Jun 29, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/FinalCaveat July 14, 2020
“There are no words in the English language that have all the vowels in alphabetical order,” he said facetiously.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityEducation/Schools • Monday, July 13, 2020 • Permalink


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