Re: VMs: could it not be a hoax (I would like it not to be it)

["Rafal T. Prinke" <rafalp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Teague wrote:

> In the list archives I came across discussion of a folio
> (that I haven't been able to find again) where a
> particular character was repeated three times in a row.
> (Does anybody know where, offhand?)
> 
> If the character in question is one of the numbers,  then
> a number value would be a reasonable interpretation.

If I remember well, Estonian has words with the same characters
repeated 3 (or even 4) times in a row.

I have just checked - and yes, the Estonian word "jaaaarne"
(all 4 a's with umlaut diacritics) meaning "edge of ice"
is in the Guiness Book of Records.

Best regards,

Rafal
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