Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!zehntel!ihnp4!houxm!5941ux!dje From: dje@5941ux.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Words in Alphabetical Order Message-ID: <282@5941ux.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 14:18:32 EDT Article-I.D.: 5941ux.282 Posted: Thu Jul 7 14:18:32 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jul-83 13:03:29 EDT References: allegra.1632 Lines: 6 According to Dmitri Borgmann, author of "Beyond Language," there is an eight-letter word in alphabetical order. Although he does not cite a specific dictionary, he claims that "aegilops" is an acceptable alternate spelling for "egilops" (whatever that is -- there's no entry for it in either my American Heritage Dictionary or my department secretary's Webster's Collegiate).