AEIOU: 120 known human beings.Supervocalics are words or phrases with AEIOU AEIOU Any Easy Intimacy (book) AEIOU Alles Erdreich Ist Österreich Untertan (Austria Is to Govern the World) AEIOU Austriae Est Imperare Orbi Universo once each, and no Ys. This is the first of a 3-part series examining complete sets of supervocalic people, places and things People, Places and Things is an unpublished collection of short stories by US author Stephen King, written in 1960 together with his friend Chris Chesley and published using their own press. . The goal was to find known human beings--reasonably famous supervocalic people--for each of the 120 orderings of AEIOU. After copious co·pi·ous adj. 1. Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply: a copious harvest. See Synonyms at plentiful. 2. amounts of Google searching Google is owned by Google, Inc. whose mission statement is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful". The largest search engine on the web, Google receives several hundred million queries each day through its various services. , the feat has been accomplished. Given the nature of the challenge, the standard of "reasonably famous" was generally as loose as necessary to fill a slot, though people needed to have some claim to fame greater than local renown to make the list. Of course, preference was given to internationally well-known names (Count Basie, Bela Lugosi Noun 1. Bela Lugosi - United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956) Bela Ferenc Blasko, Lugosi ), but just as readily to those with well-known accomplishments (meatpacker Samuel Wilson
Some names have been mentioned previously in Word Ways (see Susan Thorpe's "Vowel vowel Speech sound in which air from the lungs passes through the mouth with minimal obstruction and without audible friction, like the i in fit. The word also refers to a letter representing such a sound (a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y). Mates" in Aug 1996, or the May 2003 Kickshaws Kick´shaws` n. 1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. Art thou good at these kickshawses! - Shak. 2. A fancy dish; a tidbit; a delicacy. Some pigeons, . . . ), though most were assembled by spotting them somewhere or searching the web for specific first or last names. The list leans towards US popular culture, though plenty of international names, historical figures, and luminaries from architecture, archaeology, and even recreational linguistics appear. Fictional, mythological myth·o·log·i·cal also myth·o·log·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or recorded in myths or mythology. 2. Fabulous; imaginary. myth , or biblical characters, and commonly used nicknames, pseudonyms This article gives a list of pseudonyms, in various categories. Pseudonyms are similar to, but distinct from, secret identities. Artists, sculptors, architects
For each slot I arbitrarily selected the most famous or subjectively most interesting person available. Many alternatives were possible and in some cases it was close. Charles Bukowski “Bukowski” redirects here. For the auction house, see Bukowskis. Henry Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was an influential Los Angeles poet and novelist. , Blanche DuBois For the band, see . Blanche DuBois is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. Jessica Tandy received a Tony Award for her performance as Blanche in the original Broadway production. , or Wilona from "Good Times" Ja'Net DuBois--tough choice! Baseball's Van Lingle Mungo
Mike Douglas, born Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr. (August 11 1925 – August 11 2006), was an American entertainer. won by a nose over author Dinesh D'Souza Dinesh D'Souza (born April 25, 1961 in Bombay, India) is an author, currently serving as the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. and Sister Soul jab. Most slots were filled by reasonably well-known people, but some required a reach. The toughest may have been EUOAI. Helmut Nodari, who appeared in the 1961 Austrian classic "Autofahrer Unterwegs," is the lone entrant en·trant n. One that enters, especially one that enters a competition. [French, from present participle of entrer, to enter, from Old French; see enter. with just one IMBD IMBD International Migratory Bird Day IMBD infant mortality attributable to birth defects credit. (He is surely getting more press in this article than he did for that performance.) He beat out Gertrud Joachim, who published one article in the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery, New York, www.acm.org) A membership organization founded in 1947 dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of information processing. In addition to awards and publications, ACM also maintains special interest groups (SIGs) in the computer field. Journal in 1959. Various Zebulons and Eudoras had even less claim to celebrity. With no offence to Helmut or Gertrud, clearly we're scraping the bottom of the fame barrel. Other slots which could stand some help: AEIUO, EOUIA, IEOAU, IUAEO, IUAOE, OAIEU.
Known Human Beings
Vowels Name Description
1. AEIOU Charles Kimbrough US actor Murehy Brown.
2. AEIUO Alexis Dupont 19th century French opera
singer.
3. AEOIU Walter Gropius German-born architect
Bauhaus founder.
4. AEOUI Francesco Quinn US actor Platoon. Son of
Anthony.
5. AEUIO Anne Hutchinson 17th century US Religious
reformer.
6. AEUOI Charles Bukowski US poet, subject of Barfly.
7. AIEOU Annie Proulx US Author, The Shipping
News.
8. AIEUO Van Lingle Mungo ML baseball 1931-45.
9. AIOEU Martin Brodeur NHL goalie 1991-2003.
10. AIOUE David Souter US Supreme Court justice.
11. AIUEO Maxim Kuznetsov NHL 2000-03.
12. AIUOE Patti Lupone US actress. 1979 Tony-
Evita.
13. AOEIU Hans Cornelius German philosopher.
14. AOEUI Marco Venturi Italian classical musician.
15. AOIEU Francoise Durr French tennis player.
French Open, 1967.
16. AOIUE Carson Smith McCullers US author Member of the
Wedding.
17. AOUEI Paco Underhill US consultant/author, Why
We Buy.
18. AOUIE Arlo Guthrie US singer, Alice's
Restaurant.
19. AUEIO Samuel Wilson US meatpacker--"Uncle Sam".
20. AUEOI Samuel Goldfish Brazilian film exec, aka
Goldwyn.
21. AUIEO Astrud Gilberto Brazilian singer, Girl From
Iponema.
22. AUIOE Austin Powers International man of
mystery.
23. AUOEI Paul O'Neill Recent US Treasury
Secretary.
24. AUOIE Paul Scofield Best Actor 1966, Man For
All Seasons.
25. EAIOU Len Cariou US actor. 1979 Tony,
Sweeney Todd.
26. EAIUO Benazir Bhutto Former Pakistani Prime
Minister.
27. EAOIU Epaphroditus Early Christian figure,
Paul's messenger.
28. EAOUI Jean Cousin French Renaissance painter.
29. EAUIO Beau Dixon Canadian singer/songwriter.
30. EAUOI Bela Lugosi US actor, many horror
films.
31. EIAOU Keith Barbour US singer, New Christy
Minstrels.
32. EIAUO Neil Cavuto US news anchor, Fox News
Channel.
33. EIOAU Leigh Broadhurst US nutritionist, The
Evolutionary Diet.
34. EIOUA Frederick Douglass US abolitionist and author.
35. EIUAO Erik Gustafson US peace activist.
36. EIUOA Felix Ulloa Salvadoran magistrate.
37. EOAIU Leonard Whitcup US composer, wrote for
Perry Como.
38. EOAUI Leonard Rubin High profile US copyright
attorney.
39. EOIAU Nelson Canadian political
scientist.
40. EOIUA Benoit Duval Michaud French race car driver,
Dakar rally.
41. EOUAI Greg Louganis US dryer, Olympic gold
medalist.
42. EOUIA Geoff Cunningham US writer/director, Rocky
Road.
43. EUAIO Deucalion Greek myth, son of
Prometheus.
44. EUAOI Edmund Arrowsmith 17th century English
martyr.
45. EUIAO Edmund Richardson US lawyer, Clarence Darrow
associate.
46. EUIOA Greg Gugliotta US TV producer.
47. EUOAI Helmut Nodari Austrian actor. 1 film,
1961.
48. EUOIA Sequoia Linguist, inventor of
Cherokee alphabet.
49. IAEOU Michael Okwu US news correspondent, CNN.
50. IAEUO Michael Musto NY columnist, Village
Voice.
51. IAOEU Richard Brodeur NHL goalie, 1972-1988.
52. IAOUE Richard Boucher US diplomat State Dept.
spokesman.
53. IAUEO Ivan Rutherford Actor. Jean Valjean in Les
Miserables.
54. IAUOE Brian Musgrove NZ stock car racer.
55. IEAOU Michel Aoun Exiled Lebanese general/
Prime Minister.
56. IEAUO Mike Caruso ML baseball 1998-2002.
57. IEOAU Mike Broadus SF musician, Planet Orange.
58. IEOUA Mike Douglas US talk show host, 1964-
1980.
59. IEUAO Sir Edmund Barton First Australian Prime
Minister, 1901-03.
60. IEUOA Winbert Mulholland US horse trainer, Racing
Hall of Fame.
61. IOAFU Nicholas Hellmuth US Mayan archaeologist.
62. IOAUE Phil Donahue US talk show host, 1967-.
63. IOEAU Christopher McManus Word Ways Contributor.
64. IOEUA Christopher Durang Playwright, 1999 Obie
Beyond Therapy.
65. IOUAE Chris Trousdale US boy band singer Dream
Street.
66. IOUEA Minoru Genda Japanese general, planned
Pearl Harbor.
67. IUAEO Wilbur Davenport MIT engineer, author.
68. IUAOE Wilbur Hargrove Marshall U. football
player, 2001-4.
69. IUEAO Miguel Tacon Spanish governor of Cuba,
1834.
70. IUEOA Miguel Concha Mexican journalist.
71. IUOAE Linus Roache UK actor, Wings of the
Dove.
72. IUOEA Sir Hugo Beach UK 4-star general, retired.
73. OAEIU Horace Lindrum Australian Billiards
champion.
74. OAEUI Constance Cummings US actress Blithe Spirit.
75. OAIEU Logan Whitehurst US musician Jr. Science
Club.
76. OAIUE Rosalind Russell US actress, 4-time Oscar
nominee.
77. OAUEI Omar Uresti PGA golfer.
78. OAUIE Thomas Cruise Actor. Oscar nominee, Jerry
Maguire.
79. OEAIU Joe Zawinul US Jazz/fusion pianist,
Weather Report.
80. OEAUI Pope Paul VI Pope 1963-1978.
81. OEIAU Robert Christgau US Rock critic / writer.
82. OEIUA Cornelius Ball ML Baseball, 1907-12
(Neal).
83. OEUAI Joe Slusarski ML baseball 1991-2001.
84. OEUIA Robert Mulligan US film director. Oscar
nominee, 1962.
85. OIAEU Monika Treut German film producer/
director.
86. OIAUE Gloria Russell US art historian.
87. OIEAU Orville Armbrust ML baseball 1934.
88. OIEUA Robin Ventura ML baseball, 1989-.
89. OIUAE Loic Burkhalter Swiss hockey player.
90. OIUEA Monique Chang Gymnast, US national team
1996-2000.
91. OUAEI Douglas Leigh Sign designer, many NYC
landmarks.
92. OUAIE Count Basie US pianist/band leader.
93. OUEAI Chou En Lai First Chinese premier.
94. OUEIA Lou Kleinman US sound editor, Gladiator.
95. OUIAE Louis Malle French film director.
96. OUIEA Lows Reard French designer, inventor
of the bikini.
97. UAEIO Susan Elliot US author, Becoming Self-
Employed.
98. UAEOI Muhammed Konjic UK soccer player, 1998-.
99. UAIEO Juan Diego Canonized Mexican Indian
('San Diego').
100. UAIOE Chuck Mangione US jazz musician, Grammy
winner.
101. UAOEI Stuart Goldstein US squash champion, 1978.
102. UAOIE Susan Brownmiller US feminist author.
103. UEAIO Pudd'nhead Wilson Mark Twain character.
104. UEAOI Jules Prancois US Civil War soldier and
poet.
105. UEIAO Lucretia Mott Quaker abolitionist,
women's activist.
106. UEIOA Question.Mark ... & the Mysterians (His
legal name!)
107. UEOAI Jules Remains French writer and play-
wright.
108. UEOIA Duke Robdlard US guitarist Roomful Of
Blues.
109. UIAEO Julian Lennon UK musician son of John.
110. UIAOE Julia Roberts Actress 2001 Oscar, Erin
Brockovich.
111. UIEAO Burrill Bernard Crohn US doctor. Named Crohn's
disease.
112. UIEAO Justin Leonard US golfer. Won 1997 British
Open.
113. UIOAE Luis Gonzalez ML baseball MVP, 2001.
114. UIOEA Judith Vogelsang US TV producer/director.
115. UOAEI Bruno Martelli Main character in movie
Fame.
116. UOAIF Rudolph Cartier Austrian-born UK TV
Producer/Director.
117. UOEAI Hugo Weaving Aussie actor. Agent Smith,
The Matrix.
118. UOEIA Hugo Weisgall Czech-American opera
composer.
119. UOIAE Udonis Haslem College basketball player,
U of Fla.
120. UOIEA Hugo Riemann German composer/
musicologist.
The search provided a few points of interest. Former heads of state Sir Edmund Barton Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, QC (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia. and Michel Aoun Michel Naim Aoun (Arabic: ميشال عون) (born 19 february 1935 in Haret Hreik, Lebanon) is a Lebanese military commander and politician. join previously-noted Chou EnLai and Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto (Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو, IPA: [bɛnɜziɽ botɔ] . TV's "Murphy Brown Murphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. It starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, an investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI ," produced by Joshua Sternin Joshua Sternin is an American television writer. He wrote The Simpsons episodes "'Round Springfield" and "Simpson Tide". Other credits include Murphy Brown, That 70's Show, and The Critic. , starred Charles Kimbrough Charles Kimbrough (born May 23, 1936) is an American character actor best known for playing the straight-faced anchor Jim Dial on Murphy Brown. In 1990, the role earned him a nomination for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series". and Louis Malle's widow, Candace Bergen. The 1979 Tony award winners for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical were Len Cariou Len Cariou (born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor. Biography Early life Cariou was born Leonard Joseph Cariou in St. Boniface, Manitoba, the son of Molly Estelle (Moore) and George Marius Cariou, a salesman. and Patti Lupone Patti LuPone (born April 21 1949) is a Tony Award-winning American singer and actress. Biography Early life LuPone was born in Northport, Long Island, New York, daughter of Angela Louise (née Patti), a college library administrator, and Orlando Joseph LuPone, a . Three supervocalic goalies currently tend net in the NHL--Martin Brodeur, Dan Cloutier Dan Cloutier (born on April 22, 1976 in Mont-Laurier, PQ, CAN) is a professional ice hockey goaltender with the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League (AHL). In his 10 year NHL career, Cloutier has previously played with several teams, including the New York Rangers, the , and Brian Boucher--with last-name supervocalic John Vanbiesbrouck John Vanbiesbrouck (born September 4, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan) is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for the New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders, and New Jersey Devils. recently retired. For a supervocalic actor/movie pair, see Linus Roache Linus Roache (born February 1, 1964 in Manchester, Lancashire) is an English actor. He is the son of the Coronation Street actor William Roache and actress Anna Cropper, and a past member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. in "Pandemonium Pandemonium Milton’s capital of the devils. [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost] See : Confusion Pandemonium chief city of Hell. [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost] See : Hell ," or go to Mexico and rent Julia Roberts in "Mujer Bonita Bonita (Spanish and Portuguese for "beautiful") is the name of:
Leonard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. , while Rosalind Russell is a match for shortstop Omar Vizquel Omar Enrique Vizquel (born April 24, 1967 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball shortstop playing for the San Francisco Giants. Previously, Vizquel played for the Seattle Mariners (1989-93) and the Cleveland Indians (1994-2004). . The Oxford Guide To Word Games This is the second edition of a work originally published in 1984 (reviewed by Dave Shulman in the May 1985 Word Ways). The original emphasis was on word games, including solitary amusements such as crossword puzzles, but Tony Augarde has expanded its scope to include various other forms of wordplay: crossword clueing, kangaroo words, blends, text messaging, etc. Perhaps the strongest feature of this book are the examples of historical wordplay, of the sort covered by Bombaugh in Facts & Fancies for the Curious From the Harvest-Fields of Literature: riddles, enigmas, conundrums, charades, chronograms, acrostics, palindromes and anagrams. The history of the two major developments of the 20th century, Scrabble and the crossword, is competently covered, and there is even a chapter devoted to the wordplay of Lewis Carroll. Writing under constraint is featured in a chapter on lipograms and univocalics, and in sections on the classic poetic devices of boutsrimes, centos, chain verse, and equivoque, and the work of the French group OuLiPo. No doubt the chapter of greatest interest to the hard-core logologist is the one on word squares. As expected, Augarde has nicely summarized their origins and has exhibited the classic examples of the 19th and 20th centuries. Although the landmark 10-squares of Rex Gooch came too late for inclusion, it is regrettable that the noteworthy hand-generated 10-squares of Jeff Grant were not mentioned, much superior to the tautonymic square of Borgmann or the incomplete square by Rubin. Surely Eric Albert's unidictionary (Webster's Second) 9-square, which appeared more than a decade ago, is also worthy of mention. This book of 294 pages is available in hardcover (ISBN 0-19-866264-5) for $22. ERIC CHAIKIN Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , California |
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