Re: A89: (OT-sorry)another riddle
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Re: A89: (OT-sorry)another riddle
In a message dated 99-12-02 19:01:07 EST, you write:
> Gry is actually a word, but you have an incorrect copy of the riddle. It
> actually goes something more like this:
>
> Think of words that end in -gry. Angry and hungry are two of them. There
> are three words in the english language. If you've read closely, I've
> already given you the third. What is the other word?
>
> And the answer is of course "language". The -gry stuff is just a
> distraction, but as this riddle is told over and over, it gets screwed up
so
>
> it's really unanswerable unless you resort to digging up ancient words
like
> gry.
thanks...i guess it does help to have a correct copy...hehe...I realized that
it had something to do w/ in "the english language" in the other copy...so i
broke down angry and hungry into an+gry and hun+gry...'an' and 'hun' both had
allt he letters fournd in "then english language" so i tried looking for a
3rd...oh well...I think too much...thanks...