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Subject: Re: 3 words in the english language end in gry One is angry One is hungry Author: Connie Hill [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 09:48:39 03/15/05 Tue In reply to: Larry Coyle Thomas 's message, "Re: 3 words in the english language end in gry One is angry One is hungry" on 18:56:12 10/11/04 Mon >>>>>How is it 'language'? >> >> >>The answer is quite simple. The riddle is worded >>incorrectly, having been mangled by too many people as >>it has been passed along. It should read as follows: >> >>************************ >>Angry and hungry are two words in the English language >>that end in 'gry.' There are three words in the >>English language. What is the third word? Everyone >>knows what it means and everyone uses it every day. >>Look closely and I have already given you the third >>word. What is it? >>************************ >> >>The answer is not even remotely related to the words >>that end in "gry." That is thrown in to confuse >>people. The important sentences are the second and >>third ones. The first sentence states the fact that >>there are three words in "the English language." The >>third sentence asks you what is the third word in "the >>English language." >> >>The answer is "language," since it is the third word >>in the riddle phrase of "the English language." >> >>It is a trick similar to asking "There is one word in >>Arabic that means "You have a big head!" How do you >>spell it? Answer = "I T" I asked how you spell "it" >>and was not asking how to spell the Arabic word (if >>there is one...I picked that out of the air). [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: 3 words in the english language end in gry One is angry One is hungry Debra Tew 09:51:23 03/15/05 Tue