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Subject:Re: Off Topic! RE- Words tha From:Tony Rocco <tony_rocco -at- NAVIS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 10 Jul 1996 14:44:50 U
RE>Off Topic! RE: Words that end in - GRY 7/10/96
Would it be peevish and pedantic of me to suggest that these brain teasers
are inappropriate for our list? I for one think they are. - TGR
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Date: 7/10/96 13:06
To: Tony Rocco
From: Huber, Mike
It's a trick question, I don't think it's phrased exactly right here. The
actual question at the end is something like "what is the third word?"
The answer is a word that doesn't end with -GRY but is in the correct
location in the correctly constructed riddle.
The premise as implied is false. There are not three commonly used words
in English that end in -GRY. So let's not get into a list of obscure -GRY
words.
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From: Williams, Patricia[SMTP:willi090 -at- DDCD -dot- MC -dot- DUKE -dot- EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 1996 2:44 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list TEC
Subject: Words that end in - GRY
Bill Hartzer wrote:
>> A fellow technical writer gave this to me this morning to see if I
could
figure it out (because she couldn't). Does anyone know the answer?
In the English language there are only three words that end in GRY.
Hungry,
angry, & the
other one. It is something you use everyday. Everyone knows what it is
stands for. If you
listen closely you have been given the answer.
Tracy Boyington wrote:
>Been there, done that. :-) The word is "gry" -- some kind of obscure
word;
I can't remember what it means.
I also seem to remember another obscure word - "puggry" (alt spelling
puggery). Again, no idea what it means. So sad when the mind
goes............
Pat Williams, Editor
Duke Clinical Research Institute
2024 West Main Street, Bay C-2
Durham, NC 27705
v: (919) 286-8905
f: (919) 416-9345
e: willi090 -at- mc -dot- duke -dot- edu
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