| Author | Message | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 438 Registered: 8-2010 |
This is a puzzle that's called Dizzy; It might throw you into a tizzy! Also, to post might take some time Because you must do it in rhyme. Can you between these a link deduce: A classic, a classish, and a named magic deuce? (Also, I feel obliged to say: The title is relevant in some way.) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1380 Registered: 9-2010 |
Whirligig, here I believe, It's a while since versponses I've seen Which weren't my own; do you care What rhyme or meter our answers declare? A classic, you do say here, Lateral classic? Am I far or near? Classic puzzles are too easy for this forum Though the book I have; I adore 'em Classish, I'm not sure of the meaning so continuing on with deuce, I'm seeming To remember a puzzle recently Which had not ace, nor three But a two of clubs, which could be Used in a sense quite magically? You've certainly got my head in a whirl Whirligig; let's see if this dizziness, thoughts unfurl. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8160 Registered: 4-2010 |
A magic deuce - is it a card, though? Of poker variety? Or maybe tarot? Classish...is it a class, tell me please? A social class? School class? Any of these? A classic - a prank? Or a joke? Or a car? Are these guesses on a track close, or on far? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 444 Registered: 8-2010 |
Rhyme and meter? I couldn't care less, As long as you answer in rhymingness. (Was that a word?) Kaylee, it's true; The classic is a puzzle, but who? Which, I mean, and I regret; But the deuce is not a card, any of it. The classish is scrundishly a class, Of what seems to be a huge mass, But with a bit of research, you will see That it exists only classishly. The classic, yope, involves a prank; But it's a puzzle; you have Kaylee to thank. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8172 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does this classic puzzle involve some dead midgets? Or albatrosses, dead DJs, or widgets? Is this the one 'bout the sawed-off cane? (These puzzles are driving me insane!) The deuce - a pair? Or two of a kind? Could we use science for the "classish," to find? Wait - could the deuce be something with "2" on it? (I sound like I'm rambling, I must now be honest.) | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 447 Registered: 8-2010 |
You have now come quite far, As two major steps now are: Classic becomes midget, and too The deuce is instead a pair, or two. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 448 Registered: 8-2010 |
One more thing I must say, The classish is scientific in every way. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8175 Registered: 4-2010 |
Class as in the taxonomic order? So are we looking for species? Genus? Order? Or family maybe, or kingdom, or phylum? The midget - a real one? In an asylum? A pair...homophone? As in pare? Or pear? Or maybe two of something, that we might dare? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 450 Registered: 8-2010 |
The classish is from taxonomy But it's not really a class, you see. It's none of those other ones, either, In fact, it might not really be there. The midget is a famous guy, But not real, instead FSEI. The pair is two of something, yes, But have a sense of joinedness. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8178 Registered: 4-2010 |
A pair - might they be Siamese twins? Are they people, in any case? As for within taxonomy, the class - is it a subclass? Or subphylum, subsomething...this question I ask? The midget - is he from the me- dia? Entertainment? Perhaps Mini-Me? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 455 Registered: 8-2010 |
The pair is of people, but not Siamese; Or twins either; no, not these. The taxonomic group is not super, Or sub, infra, micro, parv, magn, or duper! And a midget isn't really him; You should look for a synonym. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8187 Registered: 4-2010 |
For midget, perhaps a term PC? "Little person"? Or dwarf? Any of these? The people - are they a famous duo? A pair of siblings? Is that true-o? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 458 Registered: 8-2010 |
One of the next steps you did say; The midget is a dwarf — hurray! The people are a famous twain, But not siblings — that would cause pain. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8226 Registered: 4-2010 |
The people - are they happily married? Are they in the tabloids, which are quite scary? Are they alive? And the dwarf, ask I might, Is it one of the seven who hung out with Snow White? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 464 Registered: 8-2010 |
The people are a couple, true, But no longer alive; boo-hoo. And if you're a Harry Potter fan, This is your warning and your ban; $poylers may soon lie ahead, That will keep you awake in bed. The dwarf is not one of seven, Or nine, or ten, or eleven; He is part of a larger crowd; To guess at the number, you are allowed. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8235 Registered: 4-2010 |
The number - more than ten? Fifty? A hunderd? Is this a famous group, I wonder? The couple - are they the two of fame In Kaylee's complete username? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 467 Registered: 8-2010 |
The number is between fifty and ten, The group is of famous dwarf men; Although some knowledge is required If a solution is desired. (Do not be terribly distressed; In both your cases it's possessed.) The couple are Nymphadora and Remus, And so it now would clearly seem as If you've found one crucial key; The named magic deuce refers to Kaylee. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8239 Registered: 4-2010 |
Oh wow - the answer may have just reached My head - this odd knowledge to me unteached. Yes, I know that's not a word. But "untaught" was not a rhyme - absurd! The dwarves - in LOTR are they seen? If so, would "dwarf" refer to me? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1431 Registered: 9-2010 |
oh, hurray, a puzzle with me in it! I love being in puzzles :-D Bet the dwarf is Balin! (If not, why not???) | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 469 Registered: 8-2010 |
You are correct, and it is true That the dwarf, Balin, refers to you. The classish is an issue, though, Can you figure it out? I think so. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1452 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the classish Hominid? For LTPF'ers, they are the trend I know I'm not rhyming well But just maybe that'll end the puzz-el? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 471 Registered: 8-2010 |
The classish is not Hominidae; Or any family, okay? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1497 Registered: 9-2010 |
Well, I suppose it'll have to be all right, But I suppose it's one of the LTPF whose name we must write? I'm looking around and classish don't see there, And I'm also wondering if about my puzzle anyone else cares. | ||
| Firesparx (Firesparx)
New member Username: Firesparx Post Number: 4 Registered: 11-2010 |
Has the classish to do Latin with Or else just a name, like 'Dillywhopper Smith?' | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 351 Registered: 9-2010 |
Does "classish" mean sort of "class"? Or are you a pain in the .... striped sea bass? You know what I'm saying? But with no delaying, I'll ask, oh no I will not pass. Is the "class" that "classish" is like, objects similar and alike? Or students who learn from a teacher? Or maybe at Sunday school from the preacher? Or perhaps it's the time that they study? Or students who graduated together- best buddies? Maybe it's from The Ohio State? Class from the year nineteen hundred and eight? Or perhaps "class" refers to a social relation? Like high class, low class, or those on psychiatric medication? Or is it class as in what a tacky person lacks? Or an airline accomodation, first class, middle or back? Or is it the biological phrase? That comes in between phylum and order in the classification maze? Or maybe it's class as it relates to math or stats? And by the way, I loved the Balin clue, namesake of Matt's. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 473 Registered: 8-2010 |
"Class" refers to biology, But this IS NOT a class, you see; I scrundishly thought that it was a class, And relevant is the striped sea bass. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8429 Registered: 4-2010 |
Could it be "fish"? Another type Of animals, with spots or stripes? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 357 Registered: 9-2010 |
Slight sea bass is a relevant thingum? I was only using it as a euphemism? But ok, is it Kingdom Animalia? Or phylum chordota, or morinidae, it's biological "familia"? Or maybe it's order perciformes? Or genus morone or species M. saxitilis? I don't know if that rhymes, my Latin isn't strong. But am I right or have I been guessing in vain all day long? Is it specifically the striped sea bass that matters? Or fish in general, or animals not used in cake batters? Or perhaps it is the stripes? Or things in the sea, oh I must gripe? What you thought was a class, was it a real classification? If so, did the striped sea bass really belong to it, and when you found out did you get constipation? Did you think the "class" was composed of all things in the sea? Like whales, phytoplankton, and bacteria in fish pee? Or perhaps I am entirely wrong In which case could you sing a song? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 358 Registered: 9-2010 |
oops, that should begin with "striped sea bass" | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 474 Registered: 8-2010 |
Gregory, it seems that you are too late; Balin got it first, sealing your fate. It's a paraphyletic group, and, as you wish, I'll skip straight to the next part; it just means fish. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1536 Registered: 9-2010 |
Could the fish possibly be, If you like, the elusive Gourami? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 476 Registered: 8-2010 |
The fish is not Gourami, no, And to move on, you need to know That this connection is quite odd; It also somewhat relates to something that could make this line rhyme, if I were to say it. A language you must also seek, But I'm not going to rhyme this time either, at the risk of giving too much away. :P | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8452 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the connection odd Relate simply to God? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 361 Registered: 9-2010 |
What about Chris Dodd? Or a nod, plod, or pod? Does prod, quad, or rod matter? And would scrod, shod, or sod be mad as a hatter? Or maybe it's a squad that helps? Like a firing squad, that makes death row yelp? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1548 Registered: 9-2010 |
Or would the fish be cod, Though to relate it to LTPF is odd As I'm not sure where to find Fish and chips in a bind Except my own puzzle here Which was a neologism, it's clear. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 477 Registered: 8-2010 |
God is the connection, it's true, But on the LTPF, this relates to who(m)? (Darn you, grammar rules!) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1551 Registered: 9-2010 |
The God on the LTPF, it is true, Would be the Admin, or perhaps Woubit (drop the mr., I must do) Who is the most woubit-y of puzzlers, so My guess, I suppose not so out of the blue Is either Paul Sloane, or Woubit, which one's true? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 479 Registered: 8-2010 |
The God is not Woubit or Paul, But the true God, "I AM," All in All. The question: how does this relate To fish? This next step is your fate. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1559 Registered: 9-2010 |
I wonder, ere we religions debate (I'm a Christian, though, by the way, mate) Tell me, is it true, The "Jesus fish" do Have something to do with this puzzle's fate? I can't remember any other name For this fish of sticker'd fame Which my college group pastor Said made his car faster He kept it on the dashboard next to his name. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 480 Registered: 8-2010 |
You are so close to the end, so you Should find the answer that is true: Which LTPF member relates To this famous fish of fate? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8481 Registered: 4-2010 |
The only one that I can tell Might be the answer is...Noel? (I'm thinking of Christmas, And hoping that this must Be OTRT, er, um...well?) | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 482 Registered: 8-2010 |
Noel it is not, but a hint here is: You're looking for the fish's appearance. (Well, not its shape, but rather What's on it matters.) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8489 Registered: 4-2010 |
What's on the fish - do you mean the name "Jesus"? It's an outline - relevant to this game? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 483 Registered: 8-2010 |
"Jesus" is sometimes on it, true, But another word sometimes is too; This is what you seek, and it's also [xxx], But this other word refers to who(m)? (The xxx rhymes, but I'm not revealing what it is.) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8512 Registered: 4-2010 |
The only other car fish of which I can think, Tends to raise a mighty controversial stink. It's two fish, one "Truth", that is swallowing seen, A fish labelled "Darwin" - is this what you need? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2046 Registered: 7-2009 |
Balin, you're working so hard on this one That I don't want to $poil your fun. But will give this tip about the fish: That not every Christian speaks English. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 485 Registered: 8-2010 |
Darwin? No, that's not the one, And I don't want to $poil your fun, But Noel's got it, so you will see: A language is necessary. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8553 Registered: 4-2010 |
A language - is it Euro-spoken In a place with English broken? Or is it Asian? African? A dead one? From the Vatican? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 488 Registered: 8-2010 |
The language is from Europe, yes; Which one is it? Well, try to guess! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8586 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it Spanish? French? Or Greek? Perhaps Italian's what we seek? Or maybe Swedish, German too, Norwegian, Finnish, I ask you? Or Danish, Dutch, or Irish then? Russian maybe? (When will this end?) It could be Polish, maybe Swiss, Or Portuguese - well, hit or miss? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 490 Registered: 8-2010 |
The third one is the one you seek; The language is quite indeed Greek. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8636 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it "IHS" we felt? Or "Christ," "Messiah," something else? Wait - IHS, if that it is, Then anagrams to user "ISH"! | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 493 Registered: 8-2010 |
"IHS" is not it, no way! This does not refer to Jesus anyway; It's instead a very common word That you may very well have heard. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8656 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it refer to God at all? Or to a char'cteristic? Qual- ity? Like "Love"? Or "Truth"? Or such? Have these questions now come to much? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 494 Registered: 8-2010 |
The word is a common concrete noun, That refers to something you've already found. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8682 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it refer to just a fish? Or something 'bout a car, I wish? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 497 Registered: 8-2010 |
Something 'bout a car? You wish! This word is the Greek word for fish! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8693 Registered: 4-2010 |
So the word we seek is "ichthys" then, Or however it's spelled, with keys or pen? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 498 Registered: 8-2010 |
"Ichthys" is the word, it's true, But this word then refers to who(m)? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1663 Registered: 9-2010 |
Icthys, Wiki says, is the Jesus fish word And who among LTPFers has Jesus their Lord? Well me for one, but not literally, I think Peter was the fisherman to whom Jesus did speak. So then I'll suggest without delay That LTPF's Peter365 to go's the way? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 500 Registered: 8-2010 |
It's not too hard to this perceive As referring to those who believe. But this is a dead end, I say! You might not want to go this way; Ichthys relates not to the creature, But to the word's one certain feature. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8707 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the feature of the word Related to consonants absurd? Or vowels? The "y"? The alphabet Greek? Or is it something else we seek? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1665 Registered: 9-2010 |
For Icthys, is the way to go The word's string of letters show An acrostic? For the article here Believes it symbolizes such, it's clear. Are we looking for an acrostic name? Or someone with a God-like claim to fame? On this group, that'd be the Mods? Or woubit, whose fame I do applaud. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 502 Registered: 8-2010 |
Have you this symbol never seen? Or (pardon me if I seem mean), Having never connected these, Are you guessing blindly, like a breeze? Find the picture of this fish, And then you might fulfill my wish Of guessing rightly who it is, And then I might call you a whiz! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8719 Registered: 4-2010 |
Fish - Gourami? That might be The answer, very simply. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1678 Registered: 9-2010 |
I believe, Balin, friend, That at one point to try and end This puzzle, I guessed Gourami myself And Whirligig put my guess on the shelf. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8723 Registered: 4-2010 |
Ah yes, you did: so please ignore That question of mine just before. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1681 Registered: 9-2010 |
I have seen this symbol often before Most usually in C28 (The Christian store) It's drawn with two arcs, that much is true However, where you're leading, I haven't a clue. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2059 Registered: 7-2009 |
It does not seem alright to me To solve puzzles I already know That said, I do begin to see The host's frustration justly shows. Thus I hope that it's ok To point you back where to go. Open your eyes; look closer today At the things you already know. Miss Kaylee has produced a link. Look closer, what do you see? Or barring that, go and seek: Ichthys does hold the key. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 506 Registered: 8-2010 |
Since Noel has kindly said it, And you've probably read it, A HINT this is to you; Now you know what to do. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1704 Registered: 9-2010 |
It looks rather twisty, it's true, So might it be a whirligig, aka you? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 508 Registered: 8-2010 |
No, you're wrong again, so next You should focus more on the text. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8779 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do any of the letters we need? An I C H, or Y S T? Or all of them, in negative space Will we finally find our place? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 509 Registered: 8-2010 |
You need an I and Y, and yet It's much more complicated than that. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8802 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are vowels relevant? If so, I still don't know which way to go. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 511 Registered: 8-2010 |
Maybe Google will help now; But if no Google is your vow, Then more than vowels you must seek, But all the consonants are Greek! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8815 Registered: 4-2010 |
So do we need the alphabet That is in Greek? Then are we set? Is one particular Greek letter To this puzzle, quite much better? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 1197 Registered: 5-2007 |
Of fish I now intend to speak, And alphabets - both ours and Greek. First, to help you find your plaice, "Ichthys" is in upper case. Next, its letters we assemble And study what they most resemble. Iota - smallest of the fry - In Greek and Roman looks like "I". Chi, among the English speakers, Marks the spot for treasure seekers. Theta - try to comprehend A football standing on its end. Upsilon is a suggestion Of a simple one-word question. Sigma, as one plainly sees, Is singularly at its ease. Now, my friends, you know at that More than did the parson's cat.* *There once was a parson of Kew Who kept a pet cat in his pew. He taught it to speak Alphabetical Greek, But it never got further than "mu". | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8875 Registered: 4-2010 |
Thank you Woubit, for your rhymes; I have the answer this time. Iota - that becomes an I And X is just the shape of "chi". Theta looks like O, and my! Upsilon resembles Y! Sigma "E", and spell it out, The answer is now about. This one user is "Ixoye", Whose name I cannot pronounce. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2070 Registered: 7-2009 |
yay! As to my turns-out-to-be-not-so-helpful hint, it was trying to point you back to the Wikipedia article Kaylee linked to, which includes the answer you just gave in its very first line. It's amazing what we all look right past if it's in parenthesis. =) Sorry, no rhymes for me today. Not feeling 100% today. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8890 Registered: 4-2010 |
Don't feel bad, Noel, in fact, I missed the link entirely. I know that doesn't rhyme, but that's The consequences of | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1765 Registered: 9-2010 |
I feel silly now, I guess, But I bow to Woubit's awesomeness And thank him sincerely for his rhyming post For had he not said it, my brain would be toast. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 514 Registered: 8-2010 |
Well, it looks like it's $poiling time, But for "SPOILER" I can't find a good rhyme! So I will now this trouble mend By simply calling this **********THE END********** Thanks to you all for getting it, Even if the last part was hard as ... well, never mind. And now let's recap once again: They're all LTPF members, and then The title "Dizzy" was a clue; Whirligig was what it led to, But you this other hint did not take, Although it was no piece of cake, And now, an ending rhyme I'll try: Happy puzzling, and goodbye! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8932 Registered: 4-2010 |
A fun versponse, Whirligig! Though posts reached numbers really big. (I'm still unsure just how to say Ixoye's name in the correct way.) | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2076 Registered: 7-2009 |
As to pronunciation of IXOYE, I *think* the pronunciation IS actually "ichthys" or "ichthus," based on the greek letters that are represented. I = [I]ota X = [CH]i --> I think the "ch" sound here is more like a "k" to our ears O = [TH]eta Y = [U]psilon E = [S]igma | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 516 Registered: 8-2010 |
Until I figured out the connection, I always thought of it as "icks-oy." I don't know how he wants it pronounced, but I don't really think it matters. | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 1198 Registered: 5-2007 |
What! Do you live in the sticks, boy? Seven times never say "icks-oy". If you're inclined to say "ick-thus" You might be hit with a brick - thus To avoid needing several stitches Just say, as our fathers said, "ich-this". | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2077 Registered: 7-2009 |
oh, so it really is a "ch" sound and not a "k"? So much harder to say! | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 518 Registered: 8-2010 |
Well that's true for the Greek word, but I don't know how he wants the name pronounced, since it uses Latin letters that merely bear a superficial resemblance to their Greek counterparts. I would go into a detailed explanation of the pronunciation if this board supported IPA characters. |
