| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3343 Registered: 4-2010 |
Mine becomes twice as big and includes another. Very likely to be a quickie | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 928 Registered: 6-2008 |
What "becomes twice as big"--is it tangible? a word or phrase? some other text? Does it become twice as big because "another" is added to it? So that it is big enough to "include another" within it? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3348 Registered: 4-2010 |
What "becomes twice as big"--is it tangible? a word or phrase? A word, but elaborate some other text? Does it become twice as big because "another" is added to it? Noish So that it is big enough to "include another" within it? No | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 930 Registered: 6-2008 |
Does the word become twice as long? or does it become plural? or mean something twice as big as another word? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3351 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the word become twice as long? Yes or does it become plural? No or mean something twice as big as another word? No | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1833 Registered: 7-2009 |
Does "mine" = your name? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3352 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does "mine" = your name? Yes...(my username, that is) | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3455 Registered: 5-2003 |
Anything to do with the fact that it appears twice in the sidebar? I remember a long time ago there was a puzzle revolving around the differences between the user name and the real name, as once appeared in the side bar. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1813 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is it a balindrome? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3372 Registered: 4-2010 |
Anything to do with the fact that it appears twice in the sidebar? No, but good thought. I remember a long time ago there was a puzzle revolving around the differences between the user name and the real name, as once appeared in the side bar. Is that one still in the archives? If so, I'd like to check that one out. Is it a balindrome? Haha, no ;-) | ||
| Thepasch (Thepasch)
New member Username: Thepasch Post Number: 14 Registered: 8-2010 |
Probably wrong, but... when your name includes an "other" (another...), it becomes twice as big, as Balin and other both have 5 letters. "Other Balin" would make your name become twice as big and include an "other". Say no already. :D | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3391 Registered: 4-2010 |
Probably wrong, but... when your name includes an "other" (another...), it becomes twice as big, as Balin and other both have 5 letters. "Other Balin" would make your name become twice as big and include an "other". Say no already. :D If you insist...no. Good thought, though. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2780 Registered: 1-2007 |
Any wordplay e.g. anagrams at work here? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3397 Registered: 4-2010 |
Any wordplay e.g. anagrams at work here? Wordplay, yes. Anagrams, no. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 931 Registered: 6-2008 |
To make it twice as long, are letters added at the beginning? in the middle? at the end? or is it a FA that letters are added to "Balin"? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3440 Registered: 4-2010 |
To make it twice as long, are letters added at the beginning? in the middle? at the end? See next answer or is it a FA that letters are added to "Balin"? Yes | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 144 Registered: 8-2010 |
Recap: Your username (Balin) becomes twice as long and includes "another." Another username? If so, Nimue? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3487 Registered: 4-2010 |
Recap: Your username (Balin) becomes twice as long and includes "another." Yes Another username? Yes! If so, Nimue? But not this one | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 148 Registered: 8-2010 |
Revised recap: The username "Balin," when some form of wordplay is done, becomes twice as long and includes another username. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 149 Registered: 8-2010 |
Does the wordplay involve a misspelling or phonetic spelling (like "puzzcell")? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3494 Registered: 4-2010 |
Revised recap: The username "Balin," when some form of wordplay is done, becomes twice as long and includes another username. Yes Does the wordplay involve a misspelling See next or phonetic spelling (like "puzzcell")? Yes!!! | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3061 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does the other user have a puzzle on the front page? Has the user posted in this puzzle? Does a strange phonetic spelling of "Balin" produce the desired result? Is "Balin" interspaced with another 5-letter username? Or part of a longer username? Or are letters of either username mixed or reversed? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1814 Registered: 3-2006 |
Pig Latin? Ay-LYNNE-bay? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3504 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the other user have a puzzle on the front page? No, see below Has the user posted in this puzzle? No, see below Does a strange phonetic spelling of "Balin" produce the desired result? Yes Is "Balin" interspaced with another 5-letter username? No, but the username is 5 letters, see below Or part of a longer username? No (tiny ish) Or are letters of either username mixed or reversed? No Pig Latin? No, but... Ay-LYNNE-bay? ...Lynne is indeed the user you're looking for. Well done. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3070 Registered: 9-2009 |
"balynne"? Or is the resulting word 10 letters? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3071 Registered: 9-2009 |
"Balynne"? Or is the resulting word 10 letters? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3511 Registered: 4-2010 |
"Balynne"? No, but OTRT Or is the resulting word 10 letters? Yes | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 155 Registered: 8-2010 |
Beighlynne? Is the result pronounced the same as Balin but contains Lynne spelled out? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3528 Registered: 4-2010 |
Beighlynne? Si! Is the result pronounced the same as Balin but contains Lynne spelled out? Correct! **********SPOILER********** I was thinking about how long you can make words with the same phonetic pronunciation, like "fish" to "ghoti," or "sigh" to "scheye." I tried this with my username, and realized that it contained the username "Lynne," as in "Beigh-LYNNE," and knew right away that it'd be a good puzzle. The title is a phonetic expansion of "word puzzle," which was pretty much figured out. Nice job, everyone, most notably Whirligig for the solve. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 158 Registered: 8-2010 |
How does the short I become an O in "ghoti"? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3089 Registered: 9-2009 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3530 Registered: 4-2010 |
The O in "women" is pronounced like a short I. The "ghoti" puzzle is a classic in itself. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1819 Registered: 3-2006 |
Nice. There is a Plateau de Beille in the Pyrenees, which would take it up to eleven. And my parents live on Rue des Abeilles ... which would be twelve if you're prepared to be a bit liberal with phonetics ;) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3547 Registered: 4-2010 |
I'll have to keep that in mind - thanks for the info, Whouldwherm. =) | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 163 Registered: 8-2010 |
I guess that makes me Whirrlleighghigh, then? Whirr as in "whirred" lleigh as in "Kelleigh" gh as in "ugh" i as in "bit" gh as in "ugh" | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3550 Registered: 4-2010 |
I guess so...wow, that's a long one. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 166 Registered: 8-2010 |
With three "gh"'s! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3554 Registered: 4-2010 |
...almost perfectly in a row! (Or should I say a "rough"?) | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 168 Registered: 8-2010 |
Egneighoueigh, ghrreighth ghasll! E as in bet = A gn as in gnome = n eigh as in Kelleigh = y ou as in Ouachita = w eigh as in eight = ay gh as in ugh = g rr as in error = r eigh as in eight = ea th as in Thomas = t gh as in hiccough = p a as in the article = u s as in bags = zz ll as in hall = le | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 3559 Registered: 4-2010 |
Theighnnck ewe! | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2798 Registered: 1-2007 |
hee hee i thought the phonetic puzzle title was Weird Puzzle! |
