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From:
Zefram
Date:
February 21, 2011 04:19
Subject:
Re: Optimizing qr/STRING/msixpodual for amusement
Message ID:
20110221121938.GA3525@lake.fysh.org
??var Arnfj??r?? Bjarmason wrote:
>    -=item qr/STRING/msixpo
>    +=item qr/STRING/msixpodual

Actually, since /a can be doubled to mean something different, there ought
to be two "a"s in there.  In alphabetical order, the letters after qr//
or m// should be "aadilmopsux", and the letters after s/// should be
"aadeeilmoprsux" (adding "eer").

For the 11-letter "aadilmopsux", the longest word available is
"plasmodia", leaving "ux".  The most pronounceable string I can come up
with for the full set of letters is "oxiduplasma".

For the 14-letter "aadeeilmoprsux", the longest words available include
"depolarise" (leaving "amux") and "supermodel" (leaving "aaix").  Best I
see for the whole set is "paradisexoleum".

-zefram
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