euouae is a word?! (in English)

[sumner7]

Vincent wrote:
At a mate's house last night we were playing Scrabble on the PS2 and the PS2 played this word.

So far all I've found out is this:

Euouae - according to Chambers Dictionary it is a name for a Gregorian cadence, obtained from seculorum

I can't find it in any dictionaries, real books or online.

Another friend who studies languages (and has been for about 15 years) thinks it could be from Latin, possibly pronounced:

ee-yoo-ay (ay as in "hay")

Possible plural:  euouii
Pronounced: ee-yoo-eye

So, my point in posting this...

Has anyone ever heard of this word before?
Does anyone have anymore info on this word?
How the hell do you pronounce it?
What variations are there?
What are all the tenses of the word (i.e. adjectives, verbs that kind of thing)?

Interesting...  :-o

[sumner7]

Vincent wrote:

Cyberus wrote:

Vincent wrote:

That would give us an indication of the language being Latin, but as we've seen, it's not that.

Unless, just an idea only, its ecclesiastical/mediaeval Latin....(?)

In any case, that's really low of the PS2 to use that word! :lol:

:roflmao:

It's actually much easier than that.  Here's what we've found out:

"EUOUAE

The vowels from the words 'Seculorum amen,' the final words of the doxology {Christian hymn, verse or form of words glorifying God}.  The abbreviation is typically supplied with musical cues to show the singer how to link the end of the psalm tone and/or doxology (which use the same recitational melody) to the beginning of the antiphon {short passage (usually from the Bible) recited or sung} in the introit {short prayer said or sung as celebrant is entering Mass or Holy Communion service}"

Or, put simply it's a religious musical abbreviation!

Case closed I think :-)

Oh, and it was really low of the PS2 to use that word anyways, I didn't know you could play abbreviations in Scrabble.  Next time I play it I'll try "fo" or "fubar" and see if it accepts them :-P

Swap the game. There must be something wrong with it if it is using abbrieviations. Computers especially are not supposed to cheat in scrabble. :roflmao: