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Guinness Record for Catholic Chant: Euouae


According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the word "euouae," is the longest "all-vowels" word in the English language.

What is this word? If you sing Gregorian chant, you see it all the time. It is a mnemonic for the final vowels in the last part of the Gloria Patri:

"seculorum Amen"
e-u-o-u-a-e

It tells you which notes land on which syllable. 

No doubt, "euouae" would make for an interesting Scrable word.
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