LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.24 (01) [E]

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From: Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Riddles

Haj uw,

Terrence wrote:

'There is only one five letter word in English that
though spelt the
same way
has too different meanings and different
pronunciation. Clue : one of
them
is spelt beginning with a lower case letter and the
other with a
capital
letter.'

Not the one you're looking for but 'tears' - 'rips'
and 'drops from crying' neither of which require a
capital letter - are we allowed to include
morphological breaks?? :)

Gary

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.23 (08) [E]

> German, including Berlin dialect, doesn't qualify (though the latter has
an
> old LS substrate and may, strictly speaking, be considered a Missing
> variety).

Spoilsport!

> * Which *Lowlandic* number word reads the same forwards and backwards,
>   and in which language(s)?

That would be "nuen", in German... :-)

As to that "only" five-letter word in English that gets spelled the same
way, but pronunciation and meaning are different: it's not the only one,
because there's also "leads" (as in: guides, or: adds metal).

Gabriele Kahn

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From: John Duckworth <jcduckworth2003 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Riddles


Ron asked:

"* Which *Lowlandic* number word reads the same forwards and backwards,  and
in which language(s)?"

Answer: Negen (nine) in Dutch; Low Saxon negen (ibid); Scots neen
(ibid);W.Frisian fiif (five).

John Duckworth
Preston, UK.

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Riddles

John (above):

> Answer: Negen (nine) in Dutch; Low Saxon negen (ibid); Scots neen
(ibid);W.Frisian fiif (five).

Bingo!  You got 133 point out of 100, because I hadn't even thought of
_fiif_.  (Of course, we are using "Dutch" very liberally in this case, to
which our Flemish, Seelandic and Brabantish friends may object).

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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