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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Can someone explain this riddle? tsuwm #184456 04/23/09 11:16 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: tsuwm Q. How many consonants are in the correct answer to this question? A. one or, A. two or, A. three You'll want to be careful with this one. You might face the wrath of Geoff Pullum. He'll come down on you with both feet and a prepositional bush. Linguistically one has two consonants, two has one and three has two. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Can someone explain this riddle? latishya 04/21/09 02:44 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? tsuwm 04/21/09 02:59 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? latishya 04/21/09 03:04 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? Zed 04/21/09 03:56 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? BranShea 04/21/09 06:58 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? Faldage 04/21/09 10:50 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? doc_comfort 04/23/09 04:37 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? tsuwm 04/23/09 06:05 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? Faldage 04/23/09 11:16 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? tsuwm 04/24/09 05:30 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? Faldage 04/24/09 10:15 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? ParkinT 04/24/09 12:58 PM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? tsuwm 04/24/09 03:05 PM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? BranShea 04/25/09 01:46 PM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? Faldage 04/25/09 06:32 PM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? BranShea 04/25/09 07:38 PM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? Buffalo Shrdlu 04/25/09 08:11 PM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? BranShea 04/25/09 09:32 PM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? twosleepy 04/25/09 10:36 PM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? Buffalo Shrdlu 04/26/09 02:31 AM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? BranShea 04/26/09 02:18 PM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? twosleepy 04/26/09 05:36 PM Re: Can someone explain this riddle? Jackie 05/11/09 09:44 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,339 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 756 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,545 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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