#88323
12/02/2002 11:02 PM
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There is a word that paradoxically changes both its number and its gender with the addition of an 's'.
Indeed, it becomes singular where before it had been plural, and feminine instead of masculine....
The words are Princes and Princess
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#88324
12/18/2002 4:41 PM
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you-supply-the-answer,I'll-give-you-the-question:
The answer is 9-W , posed in the "Caffeine/Dehydration--quick question" thread of I&A (this very forum!)
The question was Do you spell your name with a "V," Herr Wagner?
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#88325
12/18/2002 5:27 PM
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Ha!!! 
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12/19/2002 2:15 PM
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#88327
01/21/2003 2:11 AM
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1 = F O of the C N1 Fell Out of the Cuckoo's Nest
1 MPM = 60 ??? = 88 FPS 1 Mile Per Minute = 60 Miles per Hour = 88 Feet Per Second
2 for the SS 2 for the SeeSaw
3 = A at which J J M M W G DuP T G C of his M 3 = Age at which James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree Took great care of his Mother (from Winnie the Pooh)
3 B M = S H T R 3 Blind Mice = See How They Run
3 = C in the F 3 = Coins in the Fountain
3 = on a M 3 on a Match
4 = C of the E 4 = Corners of the Earth
4 = H of the A 4 = Horsemen of the Apoclypse
4 = S and 7 Y A Four Score and Seven Years Ago
7= D in M 7 Days in May
7 = I in a S B G 7 Innings in a Soft Ball Game
7 = H of R 7 = Hills of Rome
7 = W of the A W 7 = Wonders of the Ancient World
BF = 8 Butterfield 8
8 = E 8 is enough
8 = K N H 8 = Kings Named Henry
B 9 S Beethiven's 9th Symphony
10 = L I10 = Little Indians
12 = A M 12 = Angry Men
12 = D of C 12 = Days of Christmas
12 S of the Z 12 Signs of the Zodiac
13 = B D 13 = Baker's Dozen
14 = S of the C 14 = Stations of the Cross
15 = M on a D M C (Y H H and a B of R) 15 = Men on a Dead Man's Chest (Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum)
16 = T and WDY G 16 = Tons and What Do You Get
M 18 Milo 18
26 = L of the A 26 = Letters of the Alphabet
30 = S over T 30 = Seconds over Tokyo
43 = P of A 43 = Presidents of America
54 = C in a D (with the J) 54 = Cards in a Deck (with the Jokers)
76 = T L the B P 76 = Trombones Led the Big Parade
80 D to G A the W 80 Days to Go Around the World
83 C C R 84 Chariong Cross Road
88 = P K 88 = Piano Keys
101 = D 101 = Dalmations
103 = E in the P T 103 Elements in the PeriodicTable
110 = C R B 110 Cornets Right Behind(see 76 = T)
206 = B in a S 206 = Bones in a Skeleton
1001 = A N 1001 = Arabian Nights
1776 = M in the D 1776 Miles in the Danube
1814 = WTaLTAWCJDtheMMIn 1814 we took a little trip/along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
5280 = F in a M 5280 = Feet in a Mile
86400 S = 1440 M = 1 D86,400 seconds = 1440 Minutes = 1 Day
I'll update this periodically, as time permits.
(originals - and additional challenges - in Initial Impressions, in Wordplay and Fun)
(updated Jan 30, 2003)
(3 = A at which J J edited March 3, 2003)
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#88328
01/30/2003 4:04 PM
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3 = A at which J J W W W G DuP T G C of his M 3 = Age at which... (see below):
James James
Wellington Wellington
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great care of his Mother
Though he was only threeIt's from Winnie the Pooh, Now We Are Six, I think (maybe it's from The House at Pooh Corner?) Edit: Yes. The poem is named "Disobedience," from Now We Are Six. The complete text can be seen at http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~ridge/local/disobedience.html.
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#88329
01/30/2003 4:18 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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That was really bugging me. I knew the part about the age and the mother, but couldn't think who it was. Thanks to both of you!
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#88330
03/03/2003 1:11 AM
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In response to "GOK's Disease" (in Words from Medicine, "below-the-line") = "God Only Knows"
"NBD" stands for "No Big Deal"
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#88331
03/03/2003 2:13 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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My version has JJ MMWGDu P! - the "M M " standing for "Morrison Morrison." edit - and so does the link, above !!
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#88332
03/04/2003 1:51 AM
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Oooops!  How right you are. I think I'll have to invent a new reading disability, chacterized by misinterpreting letters upside down, rather than the more typical right/left problem. (I think maybe I'll go back and edit out the mistake, too. Thanks for the alert!)
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#88333
09/13/2003 6:43 PM
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Yes. This thread.
"...the old cattle rancher who died and left his three boys to carry on. The ranch was renamed "Focus"--and why would that be? "
It's JH's riddle, not mine; I'll let him post the answer if he wants to.
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#88334
09/13/2003 10:26 PM
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Because...
that's where the sons raise meat.
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#88335
09/14/2003 12:23 AM
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Poke me with a fork...I'm done 
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#88336
09/21/2003 6:05 PM
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A start -
cowl, crease, dart, erase, farce, faro, frame, fret, from, hoar, holies, howl, lime, lore, mare, mart, recoil, roads, safer, smart, trams, treads, trow, whilom, whoa, whom, worms, wort
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#88337
09/21/2003 7:50 PM
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Add
armies, smear, farms, recto, meads, mesa, corms, tease
armies, corms, cowl, crease, erase, farce, farms, faro, frame, fret, hoar, holies, howl, mart, meads, mesa, recoil, recto, roads, safer, smart, smear, tease, trams, treads, trow, whilom, whoa, whom, worms, wort
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#88338
09/22/2003 11:09 AM
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so one can use letters that are diagonal to each other?
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#88339
09/22/2003 11:54 AM
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Erm--I PM'd mine; couldn't figure any other way to stop poaching. Yes, diagonals are allowed. For ex.,
S E
A T
can be set, sea, seat, eat, eats, ate, sat, tea, or teas.
Hmm--think I'll copy that over to the original thread, just in case.
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#88340
09/23/2003 11:24 PM
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...or east, or sate, or even seta. A versatile set of letters, that.
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#88341
09/24/2003 12:29 AM
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glioma
armies, corms, cowl, crease, erase, farce, farms, faro, frame, fret, glioma, hoar, holies, howl, mart, meads, mesa, recoil, recto, roads, safer, smart, smear, tease, trams, treads, trow, whilom, whoa, whom, worms, wort
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#88342
11/17/2003 8:54 PM
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R E L A
P O C T
A D U S
K I Y E NINE: kein
eight-letter words: products
Seven-letter words: preload, produce
Six-letter words: ductal, locust, recuse, repaid, staler
(French)epouse
Five letter words: adore, clout, douse, eclat, locus, louse, roues, rouse, proud, score, scout, study
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#88343
11/19/2003 4:14 PM
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addict
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polecats proctal prelact are some nice p's, and cloudy is a pleasing six
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#88344
11/19/2003 4:19 PM
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I'll add 'leprous'. Oh yes, and 'locusta' - something to do with grass I think, tho' I could be wrong.
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#88345
11/19/2003 6:35 PM
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R E L A
P O C T
A D U S
K I Y E
NINE: kein
eight-letter words: polecats, products
Seven-letter words: leprous, locusta(?), prelact, preload, proctal, produce
Six-letter words: cloudy, ductal, locust, recuse, repaid, staler
(French)epouse
Five letter words: adore, clout, douse, eclat, locus, louse, roues, rouse, proud, score, scout, study
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#88346
11/21/2003 1:16 PM
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Don't forget the singular noun for POLECATS and PRODUCTS. That means you have an extra 2 7-letter word.
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#88347
11/21/2003 1:48 PM
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AUGH, I have GOT to get back to W&F!
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#88348
11/28/2003 4:06 PM
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| T | P | U | S |
| E | R | O | H |
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| L | W | D | E | five letter words: dwarf, erupt, forte, opera, oread, shied, shoal, shore, short, tread
six-letter words: shofar
seven-letter: petrous
Close-but-no-cigar: perfidious (can't reuse the "i" but it would be so nice!)
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#88349
11/29/2003 1:47 PM
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My only 6-letter word so far is TROUPE.
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#88350
12/02/2003 3:17 PM
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old hand
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M O P
E A R
T R Y
Seems to fit the criteria
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#88351
12/02/2003 3:46 PM
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M O P
E A R
T R Y
I got the transpose of this (same solution).
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#88352
12/02/2003 4:24 PM
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>I got the transpose of this
me also.
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#88353
12/06/2003 8:17 PM
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| T | P | U | S |
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five letter words: dwarf, erupt, forte, opera, oread, shied, shoal, shore, short, tread
six-letter words: shofar
seven-letter: petrous, diopter
Close-but-no-cigar: perfidious (can't reuse the "i" but it would be so nice!)
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#88354
12/13/2003 1:23 AM
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B E V F
A W I L
H Y S O
E T U N
Partial list:
five-letter words: flout, foist, lousy, noisy, snout, south, thaws, views, viols, whets
Do hyphens count? five-way
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12/13/2003 11:51 PM
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B E V F
A W I L
H Y S O
E T U N
five: olive, solve, evils
six: floutS, unoils
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#88356
12/17/2003 8:22 PM
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B E V F
A W I L
H Y S O
E T U N
Partial list:
five-letter words: flout, foist, lousy, noisy, snout, south, thaws, views, viols, whets
six-letter words: flouts, unoils
Do hyphens count? five-way
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#88357
12/17/2003 11:35 PM
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journeyman
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I guess, if it did, you'd have a seven letter word, if not, you're pretty much stuck! LOL
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01/02/2004 1:45 PM
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work in progress - please feel free to add, below, and I will amalgamate | O | D | R | A |
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five letters: agile, clime, drags, gismo(?), grime, lemon, oleos, shone, sidle, smile, uncle
six letters: garish, nuclei, oldish, ragmen
seven letters: melodia (see http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0533611.html)
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01/02/2004 2:57 PM
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Isn't it amazing how evident it is when somebody tells you the words.
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01/04/2004 1:16 AM
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work in progress - please feel free to add, below, and I will amalgamate
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| U | N | O | H |
five letters: agile, clime, drags, gismo(?), grime, lemon, oleos, shone, sidle, smelt, smile, uncle
six letters: garish, nuclei, oldish, ragmen
seven letters: melodia (see http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0533611.html
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01/06/2004 12:07 PM
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01/07/2004 10:49 AM
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