# Ending in -a

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-in-a/3698>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 28, 1999, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-in-a/3698 "1999-09-28T03:18:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-in-a/3698/41 "1999-10-04T21:24:00Z")

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Forgive me for sending this sucker to the top once more - where’s the alphabet song thread? I tried looking it up in Search and got nothing.

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**Author:** ![BenDover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@BenDover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BenDover)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 1999, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-in-a/3698/42 "1999-10-05T03:02:00Z")

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[www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/002778.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/002778.html)

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The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. - Henry Van Dyke

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**Author:** ![SuperNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@SuperNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNerd)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 1999, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-in-a/3698/43 "1999-10-05T03:36:00Z")

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Oh my gosh. I’m sitting here with tears running down my cheeks - this one is even better than the ‘How to give a cat a bath’ thread. I’ve been tempted to post many times, and then I read an exchange like this and realize that: I am not worthy; you people are gods.

I’d print this thread off, but paper just isn’t as cheap as it used to be.

Thanks (and I really mean that),  
-E-

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Dilbert: But that would be dating myself  
Dogbert: Well, it’s not like anyone else would date you

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 1999, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-in-a/3698/44 "1999-10-05T03:47:00Z")

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Are there any words in the English languge that contain a vowel? What are they?

Oh, and how about a separate list for words with more than one letter?

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