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...