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Forum Post Final
If you got rid of all the English words not taken from Old English, not much would be left. Anyway, flu is from Italian, caribou is from Algonquian, tofu is from Japanese, guru is from Hindi, gnu ...
Forum Post Bad Translations.
...om/ The object of this challenge is to find a sentence that changes significantly when converted from English to another language, and back again, using this translator. For example: 'He...
Forum Post What word ends with ?
What is the only word in the english language that ends in 'mt'? Thank you.
Forum Post Calibans puzzle (problem)
...hillips Could you explain the history of this title? =-=-=-=-=-= Natalia P.S. Sorry for my English...
Forum Post Rare Entries Contest ETH1 (not MSB 19)
...to whether it is official. The only languages that are mentioned as official in four or more countries are English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and the one I unfortunately chose, Portuguese. This doe...
Forum Post Blast, Paper, Box, Bank - an old brain teaser revisited...
... traditionally correct answer is 'bag', because, like all the words in group A, it forms a valid English word when preceded by 'sand' - sandblast, sandpaper, sandbox, sandbank, and...
Forum Post Synonyms to antonyms
On a different forum, someone posted this question: What two common English words are synonyms, but when you add the same suffix to each, become antonyms? The answer given was jail and prison ...
Forum Post a household word
There's is a common English word which has, I think, an uncommon property. The word contains the letter 'g', and the letter following it is an 'a'. But the couple 'ga...
Forum Post Smullyans Mockingbird: request for info
...g in that word, which there wasn't. Ah, those formal mathematicians. They even try to interpret plain English as logic I've updated the page that I mentioned above to reflect the corre...
Forum Post Word Cycles
...willing to go in admitting words (both use some proper names). Don't know of any 6-letter examples in English, though there may very well be one. Mike Keith Word play, math, music:...
Forum Post What are the correct words that go together here?
... e r . s p a c e - Explanation: Each word in the first list has an English synonym which is also a French word whose meaning appears in the second list. (For in...
Forum Post Whats the link
...it clear (as does the URL) that this is part of the all-encompassing movement by AIRheads to take over the English language. ...
Forum Post Mr P Mr S
...ith an answer and a program to solve it. That's not a whole lot of help. Can anyone explain it in English? (Or Spanish or whatever). Thanks. Mr. S. and Mr. P. are both perfect logicia...
Forum Post Rare Entries Contest SWP01
..., not the esoteric name you looked up on the internet. As in Peter Renzland's definition of 'English word' a while back, the vagueness makes it very difficult to guess what words mi...
Forum Post Dictionary puzzle
Solution to this please: Take all the words in the English dictionary. For each word, sort the LETTERS in that word into alphabetical order (eg, PUZZLE becomes ELPUZZ) Re-sort the entire WORD list...
Forum Post Making the Round(ing) Trip
...pm.fr/enus/6_Publications/si/si- brochure.html Encycl Brit is just reflecting was is commonly used in the english language. regardless if it is standard or not.... KPH cannot be a standard unit b...
Forum Post Common/rare entries contest CORA1
...to score. My discretion is final, but the usual rules about countries etc. apply. All answers should be in English...
Forum Post new Rare Entries contest MSB23
...56 years, crucifixion as an ordinary way to execute a condemned criminal? : 8. Give a 5-letter word in English which singular noun whose : primary meaning is a part of the human body. : : 1 Sp...
Forum Post 8 players in round robin
...es me post a new puzzle. ) ) Eight persons play in round robin. (right expression? sorry about my poor ) English) ) ) In this game player A and B were common winners. ) ) But the rivals C and D made...
Forum Post Help with a message
I have a message from a newspaper report, I have been trying to read. It is in code but I cannot figure any of it out. Can anyone offer any hint or advice please ? Message is below:- YMAUVZTPFZIPCZKDX...
Forum Post Quiz 18: The Meme Machine Quiz
... is also a Forum allowing you to pose your own questions to the regular visitors. This site is a world English site, attracting visitors from all parts of the world. Come along, bring your smarter...
Forum Post No Springs--Honest Weight (Speed question)
Weight does not vary on different planets, as the term weight is used in medicine and physiology and in sports. Therefore, the Hayden's 'Earth' scale should be sent to the moon, and...
Forum Post Letters Contest ASK1
...layers. Your answer to all of the following questions will be a letter in the range [A-F] *INCLUSIVE* (English alphabet only & case insensitive... coming up with trick letters is not part of t...
Forum Post Talking about minutes, seconds and...
...ish Weights # of Coins) xx.s. [Sterling] = 06 pennyweights, 10 graines, 16 mites, # 18 droits, 10 periots, English weight; 07 deniers, 21 graines, # 07 primes, 01 seconds, 09 thirds, 19 fourths, Scott...
Forum Post The Answer Man
...set of questions. Suppose that we wrote down every single question that makes grammatical sense in the English language. It's not clear to me that this is a countable set. Using the origi...
Blog Post Doing The Weekly Crosswords, Here's How
...at least you are wiser for the next time. Learn the crosswords language. Yes I know they are written in English but the wording is really specific. If you read a lot of crosswords you'll find it ea...
 

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