Bit of a riddle for you....
Aug 28, 2008 | 01:47 PM
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Bit of a riddle for you....
Have a read of this - This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!
Aug 28, 2008 | 01:51 PM
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It does not contain the words 'a' or 'the' which is quite unusual.
I may be a million miles off the mark though.
Aug 28, 2008 | 01:51 PM
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Got it..
Aug 28, 2008 | 01:53 PM
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It is grammatically correct, which makes it unusual for Scoobynet.
Aug 28, 2008 | 01:55 PM
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PeteBrant
Got it..
Yep, I think you got it
So the fact that I noticed no 'th
e ' was relevant. DOH!
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Aug 28, 2008 | 01:55 PM
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PeteBrant
Got it..
Git.
Aug 28, 2008 | 02:00 PM
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darts_aint_sport
It is grammatically correct, which makes it unusual for Scoobynet.
I'll second that.
Aug 28, 2008 | 02:10 PM
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I was unusually skillful in finding a solution without third party succour or contribution.
How's that for my response without using the same letter?
Aug 28, 2008 | 02:14 PM
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From: God's promised land
Got it by the third line, what do i win?
Aug 28, 2008 | 02:28 PM
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Kieran_Burns
I was unusually skillful in finding a solution without third party succour or contribution.
How's that for my response without using the same letter?
That's sh1te..oops...****.
Aug 28, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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From: Japan
This thrad is uslss without picturs.
Aug 28, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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The posts within this communication cry out for photographs or symbolic visual displays.
Aug 28, 2008 | 02:55 PM
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TelBoy
The posts within this communication cry out for photographs or symbolic visual displays.
Is that supposed to be "e" free?
Aug 28, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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****
Aug 28, 2008 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by
TelBoy
Th
e posts within this communication cry out for photographs or symbolic visual displays.
FAIL
(or a grade A if a GCSE)....
Aug 28, 2008 | 03:00 PM
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From: God's promised land
Yarkshire version then
T'posts within this communication cry out for photographs or symbolic visual displays.
Aug 28, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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From: There on the stair
Will you just stop manufacturing ridiculous assays into producing solutions that do not contain a particular missing symbol?
Aug 28, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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From: God's promised land
No
How did i do on this occasion?
Aug 28, 2008 | 03:51 PM
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TelBoy
Yarkshire version then
T'posts within this communication cry out for photographs or symbolic visual displays.
Which is wrong, the Yorkshire usage of t'<word> is meant to represent "to the", NOT "the".
i.e. I'm going t'shops is fine.
I'm going to t'shops is not.
Even I know that, and I'm suvvener.
Aug 28, 2008 | 03:56 PM
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Oh for God's sake
Various posts within this communication cry out for photographs or symbolic visual displays.
Oh yes
Aug 28, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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TelBoy
Oh for God's sake
Various posts within this communication cry out for photographs or symbolic visual displays.
Oh yes
yeah but mine were better
Aug 28, 2008 | 04:09 PM
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TelBoy
****
You do appreciate just how funny that is Tel, don't you?
Aug 28, 2008 | 04:10 PM
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TelBoy
No
How did
i do on this occasion?
better, but.....
Aug 28, 2008 | 07:41 PM
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From: West Midlands
Zip,
Aug 29, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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darts_aint_sport
It is grammatically correct, which makes it unusual for Scoobynet.
Is "aint" grammatically correct?
Les
Aug 29, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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Leslie
Is "aint" grammatically correct?
Les
Actually yes it is. It is short for "Am not". this was modified to ain't due to the way it was said
If you think about it: Aren't I is appalling English... Are I not. When written like that it just looks wrong.
Aug 29, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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Kieran_Burns
Actually yes it is. It is short for "Am not". this was modified to ain't due to the way it was said
Yes I know but I was also thinking of the correct way to write it as you did in fact, as "ain't".
Les
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Whoops sorry Les - didn't see the missing '
Please accept my humblest apologies for doubting your lexicographic prowess
Aug 29, 2008 | 09:16 PM
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boomer
Zip,
By 'eck lad. Wheras think ahm from? Oop North, yooth?
No, someone sent it to me via email.
So there's a good chance it did come from t'Ribble Valley
Bit of a riddle for you....
