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by **Cec** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:16 am

udosuk wrote:No, the word I'm waiting for is in fact ogry.

Ah! - just when I thought I'd solved something. Now how do we SOS MCC to stop waiving his hands about?

Cec

by **lunababy_moonchild** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:44 am

udosuk wrote:Think of words ending in "-gry". 2 of them are "angry" & "hungry". There're only 3 words in the English language. What's the 3rd word? The word is something everybody uses everyday. If you've listened carefully, I've already told you what it is...

I must protest

it's not something that everybody uses everyday.

udosuk wrote:No, the word I'm waiting for is in fact ogry

I think not.

Pseudodictionary.com wrote:
ogry - Adjectival version of "ogre."

e.g., Jim's bad table manners made him seem ogry during dinner. Unfortunately, this word does not solve the "three English words all ending in -gry" chestnut.

Ogry is not listed in any other dictionary that I have access to online, therefore it is not in fact a word. Like lurgy (as in suffering from the dreaded), and bootylicious, it's not actually a word that can be derived by deduction. Either you've heard it or you haven't.

So, far be it from me to criticise, but methinks this is unfair (and I did watch Shrek and don't recall hearing ogry).

Luna *small scale pout*

by **emm** » Sun May 07, 2006 12:42 pm

This one's in the dictionary though I've never heard it used - it rhymes with hungry.

Dictionary.com wrote:onegry: noun - a state of being alone and unhappy
Etymology: one + (an)gry

by **udosuk** » Sun May 07, 2006 1:03 pm

LOL... I was originally just testing everyone's sense of humour and "eyes to details"... Just check out the bottom area of my last post in the previous page...

But then I came across this page... Which offers many more alternative answers to this riddle... Some of them are at least as convincing as this answer (e.g. "gry")...

As for the "ogry" word... I was just making it up jokingly... Needless to say I was suprised to see Luna managed to look it up in an "online dictionary" site... But in fact there is a very common English word serving the purpose of this word - ugly... :!:

by **MCC** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:23 pm

udosuk wrote:Seriously, Cec (& MCC) got it right... Pity they didn't wait for some others to get frustrated searching for the non-existent 3rd word first...

I should like to say, that inspite of what udosuk wrote, I did not actually mention the word 'language'' in my post.
I was holding back to allow others the opportunity to reply.

MCC

by **udosuk** » Mon May 08, 2006 3:18 am

Apologies to MCC... The 2nd part of that comment refers to Cec only and I used the wrong pronoun "they"...

But make no mistake, I'm not blaming Cec for his smartness... I guess when some post this riddle they're expecting to see people struggle... And when nobody does it gets a little bit disappointing...

by **MCC** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:27 am

I know, it's frustrating when someone picks up on a riddle you were hoping will last some time, but that's life.

by **lunababy_moonchild** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:14 am

Not as frustrating as trying to solve one and being met with an answer that doesn't actually exist

Then again, it's only a game .......................

Luna

by **Chessmaster** » Thu May 11, 2006 2:40 am

What number comes next

2,5,26,677,?

by **Ruud** » Thu May 11, 2006 3:14 am

chessmaster wrote:What number comes next

[0,1,] 2,5,26,677,458330,210066388901,44127887745906175987802

Code: Select all: F(x) = (F(x-1) * F(x-1)) + 1

Ruud.

by **Cec** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:24 am

Some of the posted riddles get answered quickly so I thought I'd put up three:

(a) What was the world's highest mountain before the discovery of Mount
Everest ?

(b) After finding a coin marked 55 BC. the person took it to a coin
collector to get it valued. On quickly looking at the coin the finder
is told the coin is a forgery. How did the coin collector know this ?

(c) Without breaking them or bending them, how can you make four
equal triangles using only six identical size matches ?

Cec

by **zonkjonk** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:40 am

a) Mount everest
b)How did the coin maker know it was BC?
c) lay four matches to form a square then 2 diagonally across?
I wish I knew how to draw a picture here

by **udosuk** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:46 am

zonkjonk's first two answers are probably right.

(c) Build a tetrahedron.

Alternative answer to (a):
Sagarmatha (Sanskrit)
Chomolungma/Qomolangma (Tibetian)
Zhumulangma Feng/Shengmu Feng (Chinese)

Surely these names are earlier than "Mount Everest"...

by **Cec** » Thu May 11, 2006 8:03 am

zonkjonk wrote:a) Mount everest:)

Well done zonkjonk. You realized Mount Everest was still there even before it was discovered . One elephant stamp.

zonkjonk wrote:(b)How did the coin maker know it was BC?

Correct again - two elephant stamps.

zonkjonk wrote:(c) lay four matches to form a square then 2 diagonally across?
I wish I knew how to draw a picture here

It's not the answer I've got zonkjonk but I wish you could draw a picture. You may well have another solution but I can't see how your description would produce four equal triangles because the six matches are identical length. Confirmation from others to your "solution" most welcome.

Cec

by **MCC** » Thu May 11, 2006 8:34 am

udosuk wrote:Alternative answer to (a):
Sagarmatha (Sanskrit)
Chomolungma/Qomolangma (Tibetian)
Zhumulangma Feng/Shengmu Feng (Chinese)

Surely these names are earlier than "Mount Everest"...

What's in a name? that which we call a mountain
By any other name would be as high.

MCC

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