| Author | Message | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 963 Registered: 5-2007 |
A man shot himself upon seeing a review. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1217 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he shoot himself to death? Did he intend to kill himself? Did he shoot himself with a firearm? Is he H/A/M? Did this happen in modern times? Relevant where? Egypt relevant? Egyptians? Hobbling? Did he shoot himself in the foot? Because the review said his boots were bulletproof? | ||
| Tanvishashikant (Tanvishashikant)
New member Username: Tanvishashikant Post Number: 190 Registered: 9-2007 |
Did the man shoot himself with a camera? Was the review that of a film? Book? Restaurant? Or of any thing else that's entertainment or leisure related? Where did he see the review - on TV? In an AD? In a book? Newspaper? Magazine? Hoarding? Notice board? Was he involved in any way in creating the subject/object that was reviewed? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 964 Registered: 5-2007 |
Did he shoot himself to death? yes Did he intend to kill himself? yes Did he shoot himself with a firearm? yes Is he H/A/M? well, he was Did this happen in modern times? yes Relevant where? yes Egypt relevant? no Egyptians? no Hobbling? no Did he shoot himself in the foot? no Because the review said his boots were bulletproof? no Did the man shoot himself with a camera? no Was the review that of a film? no Book? no Restaurant? no Or of any thing else that's entertainment or leisure related? yes Where did he see the review - on TV? In an AD? this one In a book? Newspaper? Magazine? Hoarding? Notice board? this one Was he involved in any way in creating the subject/object that was reviewed? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1231 Registered: 9-2009 |
Relevant that he shot himself? Or only that he committed suicide? Did he kill himself because: he had done something bad? He had nothing to live for? Something bad would happen to him? Another good reason? A stupid reason? | ||
| Oisin (Oisin)
New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 255 Registered: 12-2008 |
Was the review a positive review? negative? Did the man kill himself because of the critical judgment of the review? was the reason for the suicide directly linked to the subject of the review? or was there an aside in the review which triggered the suicide? and as this is a LTPF puzzle, did the reviewer mention as an aside on the review of, say, Coleridge's Rime of the Ancyent Marinere, that albatross tasted exactly like... oh, let's not go there. Did the man feel personally slighted because of the review? shamed? exposed as a fraud? financially ruined? Was the suicide caused by the content of the review itself? or was the review a coded message of some sort? The review: a theatre review? dance? opera? ballet? music? literary? Did the man know the reviewer? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 965 Registered: 5-2007 |
Relevant that he shot himself? no Or only that he committed suicide? yes Did he kill himself because: he had done something bad? no He had nothing to live for? yesish Something bad would happen to him? perhaps Another good reason? no A stupid reason? well, you might say so Was the review a positive review? yes negative? laeftr Did the man kill himself because of the critical judgment of the review? no was the reason for the suicide directly linked to the subject of the review? no or was there an aside in the review which triggered the suicide? no and as this is a LTPF puzzle, did the reviewer mention as an aside on the review of, say, Coleridge's Rime of the Ancyent Marinere, that albatross tasted exactly like... oh, let's not go there. good idea Did the man feel personally slighted because of the review? no shamed? noish exposed as a fraud? no financially ruined? no Was the suicide caused by the content of the review itself? yes or was the review a coded message of some sort? no The review: a theatre review? this one dance? opera? ballet? music? literary? Did the man know the reviewer? no | ||
| Torquemada (Torquemada)
New member Username: Torquemada Post Number: 19 Registered: 1-2010 |
Was the review of a theatrical production he was in? One he was involved in? Did he know people who were involved in it? If so, did he want them to do well? Did he misunderstand the review? Was the headline misleading? Was a certain word/phrase used in the review ambiguous? | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1666 Registered: 2-2005 |
If he wasn't in the production, had he seen it? Had he enjoyed it? Did he think it was a good production? Did he think it was as good as the reviewer did? | ||
| Oisin (Oisin)
New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 258 Registered: 12-2008 |
The review: might any positive review of this production have triggered the suicide reaction? Or did this review mention a particular person, or comment on a particular aspect of the production, and this caused the suicide? Was there one particular sentence, or passage, that was the cause? Yesish to 'nothing to live for': had he hoped to be the first to achieve something, and the review revealed that his hopes were thwarted? was he in love with someone, and that love would now be unrequited? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 966 Registered: 5-2007 |
Was the review of a theatrical production he was in? no One he was involved in? no Did he know people who were involved in it? no If so, did he want them to do well? Did he misunderstand the review? yes Was the headline misleading? to some extent Was a certain word/phrase used in the review ambiguous? yes, indeed If he wasn't in the production, had he seen it? no Had he enjoyed it? Did he think it was a good production? Did he think it was as good as the reviewer did? he had not seen the play in question, and had no reason to form an opinion about it one way or the other The review: might any positive review of this production have triggered the suicide reaction? yes, and so might certain negative reviews Or did this review mention a particular person, or comment on a particular aspect of the production, and this caused the suicide? nothing like this Was there one particular sentence, or passage, that was the cause? well, the "review" was four words long, one of which was problematic Yesish to 'nothing to live for': had he hoped to be the first to achieve something, not the first, but he had hoped to achieve something, and... and the review revealed that his hopes were thwarted? ...on seeing the review, he despaired of ever achieving that aim was he in love with someone, and that love would now be unrequited? nothing like this either | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2451 Registered: 1-2007 |
By review do you mean this was a poster advertising a play with a soundbite from a review printed on it e.g "It's a must see" Hmm How do I phrase this ...Was the review written in theatrical lovey type language? Was he hoping to overcome any physical disability? | ||
| Torquemada (Torquemada)
New member Username: Torquemada Post Number: 22 Registered: 1-2010 |
So any positive review of the production, and even certain negative reviews, might have triggered his suicide? Is that because the relevant phrase isn't exclusively positive? Because other negative phrases could have a similar effect? Was he attempting/hoping to overcome some form of disadvantage? Illness? To achieve something distinctive, e.g. swimming the channel? To improve himself in some other way? Did he take the review as referring to him in some way? A long shot: Was the relevant phrase something like "you won't see better", or "you won't get better", which convinced him that his health, currently poor, would remain that way? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 967 Registered: 5-2007 |
By review do you mean this was a poster advertising a play with a soundbite from a review printed on it e.g "It's a must see" something of that sort, yes Hmm How do I phrase this ...Was the review written in theatrical lovey type language? no Was he hoping to overcome any physical disability? no So any positive review of the production, and even certain negative reviews, might have triggered his suicide? yes Is that because the relevant phrase isn't exclusively positive? the relevant phrase was on this occasion positive, but a negative version was also possible Because other negative phrases could have a similar effect? yes Was he attempting/hoping to overcome some form of disadvantage? yesish Illness? no To achieve something distinctive, e.g. swimming the channel? not really, no To improve himself in some other way? yes Did he take the review as referring to him in some way? no A long shot: Was the relevant phrase something like "you won't see better", or "you won't get better", which convinced him that his health, currently poor, would remain that way? no, but a fine piece of thinking | ||
| Torquemada (Torquemada)
New member Username: Torquemada Post Number: 32 Registered: 1-2010 |
Was the location in [LTPF list of continents]? Was the review in English? Did he speak the language it was in? Was he trying to learn a new skill? Pass an exam? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1241 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was he trying to be the first at something? Best at something? Only one in the world at something? And thought someone had beat him to it? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 968 Registered: 5-2007 |
Was the location in [LTPF list of continents]? in Europe, or - to save any further debate - in England Was the review in English? yes Did he speak the language it was in? to some extent - good question Was he trying to learn a new skill? yes Pass an exam? no Was he trying to be the first at something? Best at something? Only one in the world at something? And thought someone had beat him to it? not quite like this | ||
| Oisin (Oisin)
New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 259 Registered: 12-2008 |
Would it help to establish the production being reviewed? Was it a play? a pantomime? a musical? Did the review mention the name of the production? of the director? author? one of the cast? of a theatre zone (West End? Broadway?) Are false friends (faux amis) relevant? Did he mistake an English word for a similar one in his own native tongue? If so (or if otherwise relevant), did he speak [LTPF list of languages]? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 969 Registered: 5-2007 |
Would it help to establish the production being reviewed? no Was it a play? this one a pantomime? a musical? Did the review mention the name of the production? yes of the director? author? one of the cast? of a theatre zone (West End? Broadway?) none of these Are false friends (faux amis) relevant? no Did he mistake an English word for a similar one in his own native tongue? no If so (or if otherwise relevant), did he speak [LTPF list of languages]? it is said that he spoke Portuguese, having come from Brazil, but this is not especially relevant - he could as well have spoken Klingon | ||
| Oisin (Oisin)
New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 262 Registered: 12-2008 |
Four words: is this linked to the four word constraint of, for example, the four word film review? or the New York Times artsbeat four word reviews? So are the four words a coherent phrase or sentence, or a set of linked words. Is one of the words a neologism? Did the suicide despair of ever learning English? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2252 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was it a Shakespeare play? Relevant what specific play it was? What specific type (comedy, tragedy, etc)? Let's establish this -- he was in no way involved with the production that was reviewed. Correct? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 970 Registered: 5-2007 |
Four words: is this linked to the four word constraint of, for example, the four word film review? or the New York Times artsbeat four word reviews? not this kind of thing So are the four words a coherent phrase or sentence, yes, I would say so or a set of linked words. Is one of the words a neologism? no Did the suicide despair of ever learning English? yes, and now we're cooking with gas... Was it a Shakespeare play? as it happens, no, but... Relevant what specific play it was? ...it could have been anything What specific type (comedy, tragedy, etc)? Let's establish this -- he was in no way involved with the production that was reviewed. Correct? Correct, and apologies for neglecting this puzzle. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2331 Registered: 5-2003 |
Could the review be considered pithy? Did he misinterpret the review? Was he cured of a scrund? Did he think he was cured of a scrund? Did he have a scrund? Did he know it was directed at the play? Did he think it was directed at him? It wasn't a Shakespeare play, but... does it involve Shakespeare? Directly, indirectly, tangentially? Is it by one of his contemporaries (Marlowe, for instance)? Is the man who shot himself a contemporary of Shakespeare? LTPF list of centuries in which this took place, if relevant. Also countries. "he could as well have spoken Klingon" -- does this mean the Klingon version of Hamlet would work as the play in question? Does our protagonist have to be human? Is he killing himself for honor? | ||
| Torquemada (Torquemada)
New member Username: Torquemada Post Number: 118 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is the review ambiguous? Could it be considered bad English? Is a pun involved? Multiple meanings of the same word? Is the precise text of the review relevant? Could the relevant feature of the review potentially appear in any review? Would this puzzle work if he was English, and the review was in Portuguese? Another language? Is the effect specific to English? Is the title of the puzzle relevant? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 972 Registered: 5-2007 |
Could the review be considered pithy? terse, at any rate Did he misinterpret the review? yes Was he cured of a scrund? as I understand the term, no - rather, he suffered from a scrund Did he think he was cured of a scrund? no Did he have a scrund? after he read the review, yes Did he know it was directed at the play? no - good question Did he think it was directed at him? no It wasn't a Shakespeare play, but... does it involve Shakespeare? Directly, indirectly, tangentially? Is it by one of his contemporaries (Marlowe, for instance)? Is the man who shot himself a contemporary of Shakespeare? LTPF list of centuries in which this took place, if relevant. Also countries. the identity and authorship of the play are completely irrelevant. But to satisfy the curious, the play was written in 1892 by a man who, though his career paralleled in many respects that of William Shakespeare, did not write so well. "he could as well have spoken Klingon" -- does this mean the Klingon version of Hamlet would work as the play in question? it would, in a somewhat unlikely set of circumstances Does our protagonist have to be human? no - he could have been a Martian Is he killing himself for honor? not really | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 973 Registered: 5-2007 |
Is the review ambiguous? yes Could it be considered bad English? no Is a pun involved? no, but... Multiple meanings of the same word? ...yes - good question Is the precise text of the review relevant? very much so Could the relevant feature of the review potentially appear in any review? yes Would this puzzle work if he was English, and the review was in Portuguese? no Another language? no, though I may be going out on a limb here - I speak about four languages passably, and the puzzle would not work in any of them, but it may work in some other language that I do not know Is the effect specific to English? as far as I know, yes, but see above Is the title of the puzzle relevant? not in the least | ||
| Torquemada (Torquemada)
New member Username: Torquemada Post Number: 141 Registered: 1-2010 |
So he sees the review, struggles to understand it thanks to the ambiguity of the review, multiple uses of the same word, and the general weirdness of the English language, despairs of ever understanding English and shoots himself? Does the review consist of 2 different meanings of a word? 3? 4? Could the same effect be caused by a review of something other than a play? Something other than a review? Does it involve multiple meanings of star? Play? Act? Is the word used as a noun? verb? adjective? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 974 Registered: 5-2007 |
So he sees the review, struggles to understand it thanks to the ambiguity of the review, multiple uses of the same word, and the general weirdness of the English language, despairs of ever understanding English and shoots himself? more or less, yes Does the review consist of 2 different meanings of a word? this one 3? 4? Could the same effect be caused by a review of something other than a play? yes Something other than a review? no Does it involve multiple meanings of star? Play? Act? none of those Is the word used as a noun? no verb? yes adjective? yes | ||
| Oisin (Oisin)
New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 269 Registered: 12-2008 |
The key word has two relevant meanings, one an adjective and one a verb? Is the intended meaning the adjective? Is this an -ing word? The other three words in the review: do they contain one noun? two nouns? copula? a different verb? an adjective? adverb? the definite (or indefinite) article? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 975 Registered: 5-2007 |
The key word has two relevant meanings, one an adjective and one a verb? yes Is the intended meaning the adjective? yes Is this an -ing word? no - it is, as most words that are at once adjectives and verbs, an -ed word The other three words in the review: do they contain one noun? yes two nouns? yes, and if you keep going, you will discover that they also contain three nouns. Sometimes I miss Buzzard. copula? no, but bonus marks for gratuitous ostentation, otherwise known as showing off a different verb? no an adjective? adverb? the definite (or indefinite) article? none of these | ||
| Oisin (Oisin)
New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 270 Registered: 12-2008 |
A review consisting of three nouns and an adjective, misread as three nouns and a verb, prompts the suicide. The play itself is irrelevant - does this mean that the review does not contain any words from the title of the play? Do any of the nouns refer to characters in the play? to the names of the actors? the director? Are any of the three nouns proper names? If so 1? 2? 3? (and I apologise if this line of questioning makes you yearn more for the return of Buzzard) Any possessive nouns? pronouns? Did the mistaken reading of the phrase make sense? Did our victim think he had understood the phrase, but was appalled at the meaning? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 978 Registered: 5-2007 |
A review consisting of three nouns and an adjective, misread as three nouns and a verb, prompts the suicide. indeed The play itself is irrelevant - does this mean that the review does not contain any words from the title of the play? not in the least - the review contains the title of the play in its entirety, accounting for two of the four words Do any of the nouns refer to characters in the play? those two words refer to a character who does not in fact appear at all in the play, but... to the names of the actors? the director? Are any of the three nouns proper names? If so 1? 2? 3? (and I apologise if this line of questioning makes you yearn more for the return of Buzzard) well, the play was called Charley's Aunt, and this phrase formed the first two words of the review in question. But the play could have been called Hamlet, or For Colored Girls Who've Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enough (apparently the title of a real play) and the effect would have been pretty much the same, though more understandable in the former case than the latter. Any possessive nouns? pronouns? see above, but the rest of the review consisted of a noun and a word that, because it was a past participle, was interpreted by the suicide as a verb but intended by the reviewer as an adjective; the noun was the fourth word of the review and the ambiguous word was the third Did the mistaken reading of the phrase make sense? yes Did our victim think he had understood the phrase, but was appalled at the meaning? exactly so | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 440 Registered: 9-2008 |
Is the unfortunate chap named Charley? Did he think that something happened to his aunt? Or that his aunt did something wrong? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 979 Registered: 5-2007 |
Is the unfortunate chap named Charley? Did he think that something happened to his aunt? Or that his aunt did something wrong? nothing like this - the puzzle would work whatever the play or the protagonist of this sad tale was called | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2519 Registered: 1-2007 |
This is a very interesting puzzle. Just to narrow down the many possibilities was the reviewer trying to convey his own enjoyment of the performance or the fact that it was very well received by the audience? Or both even (mind you he'd find it hard to do this in just 4 words) And just to make sure I have this right "Charley's Aunt .....ed (meant as adjective read as verb) noun" I feel the noun has to have something one would associate with a play e.g performance, audiance, play, set etc. Am I right in this assumption? Is the verb some synonym of liked or loved. e.g The review might have said "Charley's Aunt adored play" (I realise this couldn't be misread as negative but could cause some confusion to the reader). For some reason trying to work this out has had me thinking of the old joke advertisement "Dining room table for sale by lady with antique legs" | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 980 Registered: 5-2007 |
Just to narrow down the many possibilities was the reviewer trying to convey his own enjoyment of the performance or the fact that it was very well received by the audience? Or both even (mind you he'd find it hard to do this in just 4 words) both - the review conveyed general approbation of the production And just to make sure I have this right "Charley's Aunt .....ed (meant as adjective read as verb) noun" exactly and precisely so I feel the noun has to have something one would associate with a play e.g performance, audiance, play, set etc. Am I right in this assumption? no Is the verb some synonym of liked or loved. no e.g The review might have said "Charley's Aunt adored play" (I realise this couldn't be misread as negative but could cause some confusion to the reader).not this kind of thing For some reason trying to work this out has had me thinking of the old joke advertisement "Dining room table for sale by lady with antique legs" well, something along those lines will serve. Recall that our poor suicidal hero was trying to learn English... | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 99 Registered: 12-2004 |
Was the poor hero in despair because of what he mistakenly thought was a violation of an aspect of English grammar he had been trying very hard to master? Was the -ed adjective misread as a verb he had learnt was irregular? ("casted" possibly) | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 981 Registered: 5-2007 |
Was the poor hero in despair because of what he mistakenly thought was a violation of an aspect of English grammar he had been trying very hard to master? no - the review was grammatically correct in every particular Was the -ed adjective misread as a verb he had learnt was irregular? ("casted" possibly) no, and as a hint, this puzzle is not concerned with grammar; our hero did not shoot himself because he despaired of ever mastering that aspect of the English language | ||
| Abc (Abc)
Moderator Username: Abc Post Number: 208 Registered: 7-2006 |
The noun - was it an indeterminate plural? Would the puzzle be (all but) solved if we managed to get the entire sentence correct? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 982 Registered: 5-2007 |
The noun - was it an indeterminate plural? no - it was in the singular Would the puzzle be (all but) solved if we managed to get the entire sentence correct? yes | ||
| Abc (Abc)
Moderator Username: Abc Post Number: 213 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is the last noun a proper name? | ||
| Abc (Abc)
Moderator Username: Abc Post Number: 214 Registered: 7-2006 |
Oh, and there is of course no "the" or "a" (or "an") in the sentence? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 983 Registered: 5-2007 |
Is the last noun a proper name? no Oh, and there is of course no "the" or "a" (or "an") in the sentence? there is not, but of course the sentence is written in "journalese", so that an article may be understood, as in "Charley's Aunt - [An] Unmitigated Disaster" (though this was not what the review actually said) | ||
| Abc (Abc)
Moderator Username: Abc Post Number: 215 Registered: 7-2006 |
OK. But "journalese" hardly qualifies as "grammatically correct in every particular"? So, the sentence as it was meant to be read was Charley's aunt ...ed a [noun] while our hero understood it as Charley's aunt is a ...ed [noun]? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 984 Registered: 5-2007 |
OK. But "journalese" hardly qualifies as "grammatically correct in every particular"? oh, an elision is not necessarily an error So, the sentence as it was meant to be read was Charley's aunt ...ed a [noun] not quite - it was meant to be read as in my example: [This production of] Charley's Aunt [is an] [adjective] [noun] while our hero understood it as Charley's aunt is a ...ed [noun]? no - rather, he understood it as: Charley's Aunt [is] [participle] "[noun]". | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2527 Registered: 1-2007 |
Gosh this is tough. I know you said the reivew was grammatically correct but is there some sort of grammatical paradox going on e.g. Awfully Good or Terribly Funny? Is the noun a word for something good like triumph, delight or classic? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 985 Registered: 5-2007 |
I know you said the reivew was grammatically correct but is there some sort of grammatical paradox going on e.g. Awfully Good or Terribly Funny? nothing of this kind Is the noun a word for something good like triumph, delight or classic? the review was a positive review, certainly - of your examples, "triumph" is reasonably close | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2536 Registered: 1-2007 |
I'm trying all sorts of possibles out so just want to ask is the verb pass relevant? passed ? unsurpassed? | ||
| Oisin (Oisin)
New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 273 Registered: 12-2008 |
Is the verb/adjective of the form "un...", where the attempt to imagine the negative of the verb has flummoxed our reader? Charley's aunt unbridled success? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 987 Registered: 5-2007 |
I'm trying all sorts of possibles out so just want to ask is the verb pass relevant? passed ? unsurpassed? none of these Is the verb/adjective of the form "un...", where the attempt to imagine the negative of the verb has flummoxed our reader? no Charley's aunt unbridled success? no, but "success" is indeed the noun in question. Now, what is a word that can intensify the notion of "success" (or any other notion) yet confuse someone attempting to learn English? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1704 Registered: 3-2006 |
I thought of 'Charley's Aunt Deserved Success', which would carry a double meaning but would hardly prompt a suicide. Let's try it anyway. | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 988 Registered: 5-2007 |
I thought of 'Charley's Aunt Deserved Success', which would carry a double meaning but would hardly prompt a suicide. Let's try it anyway. closeness matched only by cigarlessness | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2543 Registered: 1-2007 |
Unqualified? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 989 Registered: 5-2007 |
Unqualified? no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2544 Registered: 1-2007 |
Considering that I've been in Prestbury Park all week I have to guess this even though I know it's wrong. Unbridled? If not I demand a hint and possibly a steward's enquiry. | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 991 Registered: 5-2007 |
Considering that I've been in Prestbury Park all week I have to guess this even though I know it's wrong. Unbridled? no If not I demand a hint and possibly a steward's enquiry. well, if you care to look at Oisin's post of Friday, March 12, 2010 - 4:11 pm, you will observe that your horse has already run. Past-post betting is illegal anyway, but past-post betting on losers is also unintelligent, so the stewards may well warn you off Newmarket Heath... As to a hint, there are more aspects to learning a language than grammar and vocabulary. A conversation that did not actually take place at Prestbury Park, but might have done, went thus: "Paddy, what are ye at now?" "Sure, I'm workin' for Jasus." "What, Jasus Chroist?" "No, Jeyes's Fluid." | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1735 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is the third word hyphenated? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 992 Registered: 5-2007 |
Is the third word hyphenated? no | ||
| Oisin (Oisin)
New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 279 Registered: 12-2008 |
Not (groans) "Charley's aunt pronounced success" | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 993 Registered: 5-2007 |
Not (groans) "Charley's aunt pronounced success" most certainly - well done ***** SPOILER ***** Our hero, having struggled long to master the intricacies of English in order to gain employment and keep himself and his family from starvation, had thought that he was finally making some progress when he saw outside a theatre a poster that read Charley's Aunt. Pronounced Success. The rest, as they say in some other play, is silence. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2548 Registered: 1-2007 |
Nice one. |
