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Subject: Re: Answer to words in the english language that end in dous

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Emily Brown

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Date Posted: 06:55:46 01/05/05 Wed
In reply to: Chuck 's message, "Re: Answer to: 3 words in the english language end in gry One is angry One is hungry" on 21:30:06 09/11/04 Sat

>I'm not sure if anyone ever checks this anymore, but
>Jon E.'s answer was correct. The problem with this
>riddle is that as it's been passed down the wording
>has gotten screwed up (the orginal word game was
>devised soemtime in the 70's). The orginal reads
>something like. "Thinks of three words that end in
>-gry. Angry is one, Hungry is another. There are
>three words in the English language. What is the
>third word? Everyone knows what it means an deveryone
>uses it everday. . ., etc." The whole -gry thing is
>just a red herring, the question, ultimately is, " . .
>. There are the words in 'THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.' What
>is the third word? . . . " The third word in "The
>English Language" is LANGUAGE.
>
>As for the person who referred to everyone as
>"reatrds" or however he spelled it, there are actually
>over a hundred words that end in -gry, though they are
>all outdated or arcane and do not answer the part of
>the riddle which says, "everyone uses it everyday."
>Such examples are: Anhungry, Begry, Bowgry, Cogry,
>Cottagry, Fenegry, Gonagry, Hangry, Iggry, Losengry,
>Magry, Menagry, Nangry, etc.
>
>So, there you go. You don't have to believe me or
>listen to the answer because, as was eloquently
>pointed out earlier, I may be Reatrded.

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