| Author | Message | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 310 Registered: 12-2010 |
Until recently, I had a scrund about the spelling of a certain word. This word exists in several languages (spelled slightly differently). It's a very common word that you often see in newspapers etc, but somehow I always misread it. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2521 Registered: 9-2010 |
is the word a noun? verb? adjective? adverb? article? conjunction? interjection? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 312 Registered: 12-2010 |
is the word a noun? this verb? adjective? adverb? article? conjunction? interjection? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1184 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it found in: German? English? Italian? Spanish? Portuguese? French? Russian? Greek? Other? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1185 Registered: 9-2009 |
Forgot something: is it a proper noun? Does it refers to politics? Geography? Weather? Time? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2522 Registered: 9-2010 |
cheeseburger? :-D oh wait, it can't be that... | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 313 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is it found in: German? English? Italian? Spanish? Portuguese? French? Russian? Greek? Other? all of them except for Greek. It's of Latin origin and you can also find it in other Slavic, Romance and Germanic languages Forgot something: is it a proper noun? no Does it refers to politics? usually this one Geography? Weather? Time? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 314 Registered: 12-2010 |
cheeseburger? :-D oh wait, it can't be that... lol, it's not cheeseburger and not Käseburger either | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1187 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you misread it in one specific language? In all languages? Is it a name of a public building? (Like the houses of parliament?) Of a public office (president for example)? Does the scrund relate to doubling of consonants or vowels? Is the word's etymology relevant? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 315 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did you misread it in one specific language? In all languages? this Is it a name of a public building? (Like the houses of parliament?) Of a public office (president for example)? no to both Does the scrund relate to doubling of consonants or vowels? no Is the word's etymology relevant? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10842 Registered: 4-2010 |
Politics...does the word refer to elections? Certain people? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 316 Registered: 12-2010 |
Politics...does the word refer to elections? often Certain people? please clarify | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10846 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it refer to candidates? Active politicians? Former politicians? Voters? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 317 Registered: 12-2010 |
Does it refer to candidates? this... Active politicians? Former politicians? Voters? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10851 Registered: 4-2010 |
Incumbents? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 318 Registered: 12-2010 |
Incumbents? I've never heard that word before, lol. So... no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10854 Registered: 4-2010 |
Candidates of a certain party? Returning candidates? New candidates? Dark-horse candidates? Incumbent candidates are candidates who are currently in power - for instance, assuming Barack Obama runs for U.S. president in 2012, he will be the incumbent, since he is currently president. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 319 Registered: 12-2010 |
Candidates of a certain party? Returning candidates? New candidates? Dark-horse candidates? could be all of them - think simpler! Incumbent candidates are candidates who are currently in power - for instance, assuming Barack Obama runs for U.S. president in 2012, he will be the incumbent, since he is currently president. Thanks for the explanation! It seems to be an exclusively English word, at least it doesn't exist in German or French. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1190 Registered: 9-2009 |
Now that is a sort of puzzle for which brute force attacks come in handy, along the lines of : "Is the word [LTPF list of integers] long? Does it start with [LTPF list of letters of the Latin alphabet]? The second letter is [LTPF list of letters of the Latin alphabet]?" Etc... :-) Is the noun referring to a material object? An idea? Is it an abstract noun? Is it refering to the moment when the new candidates are sworn in? Constitution relevant? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 321 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is the noun referring to a material object? this An idea? Is it an abstract noun? Is it refering to the moment when the new candidates are sworn in? no Constitution relevant? no No brute force attacks please! Especially because you're so close to the solution. Your thinking is just way too lateral and difficult right now. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10856 Registered: 4-2010 |
Male candidates? Female candidates? Well-known candidates? Little-known candidates? Celebrity candidates? All candidates? Candidates for a certain political position? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 322 Registered: 12-2010 |
Male candidates? Female candidates? Well-known candidates? Little-known candidates? Celebrity candidates? All candidates? this, because... Candidates for a certain political position? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10862 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the word "candidate"? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 325 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is the word "candidate"? oh yes. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10863 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think that candidates were candid? When in fact they tend to, well, not be? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 327 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did you think that candidates were candid? When in fact they tend to, well, not be? that too, but that would be another scrund, lol. The only relevant thing is the spelling of "candidates" | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10865 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think the word was spelled with a K instead of a C? That any of the letters were doubled? Were not there? Were changed? Did you think it was something like "candy-dates"? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 329 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did you think the word was spelled with a K instead of a C? In fact, it is spelled with a K in German so that I could have had that scrund as well, but no That any of the letters were doubled? no Were not there? this Were changed? no Did you think it was something like "candy-dates"? sounds nice, but no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10868 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think the word was "candates"? In your scrund, was the word missing one letter? 2? 3? 4? More? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 330 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did you think the word was "candates"? close In your scrund, was the word missing one letter? this - a consonant 2? 3? 4? More? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1193 Registered: 9-2009 |
Cadidate? Canidate? Candiate? Candidae? Andidate? It doesn't make sense, though | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 333 Registered: 12-2010 |
Cadidate? Canidate? this Candiate? Candidae? Andidate? Nice work, it's time for the ********SPOILER******** I used to think that the word "candidate" (or "Kandidat" in German) was spelled withouth the d in the middle. And even now that I know the correct spelling, I don't hear the d sound. I just googled it, and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary lists the pronunciation without the d sound as a possibility: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/candidate - so it does make sense (; | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10872 Registered: 4-2010 |
"Canidate": something young adolescents ask their parents when they want to go out with someone for the first time. I've never actually heard it pronounced "canidate" before, but thinking about it, I could see where that pronunciation might come into play. Nice puzzle, doriana kitteh! Or rather...niys puzzl, doriana kitteh! | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1195 Registered: 9-2009 |
Nice puzzle, Doriana. Thinking now, even here it tends to be pronounced as "cannidate", but I wasn't aware that this might be a widespread tendency. I should have thought though, because your puzzle about "all Germans must know each other" was an early warning! :-) | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 111 Registered: 11-2010 |
hmmmm...until I read this puzzle...I didn't realize I had the same scrund...LOL! Thanks for clearing that up! |
