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Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle

From Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups rec.puzzles, sci.lang, alt.usage.english
Subject Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle
Date 2025-08-05 14:37 +0100
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On 05/08/2025 13:10, James Dow Allen wrote:
> 
> Here's a similar puzzle.
> To make it difficult, I don't show word lengths
> 
> 123456789ABCD - famous claim from philosophy

Stop right there! I gotta know right now!

Before you go any further...

Well, Meat Loaf aside, I've seen enough.

> This phrase is obtained by concatenating five English words in this order:
> * a small part (3)
> * a pronoun (1)
> * a word that occurs twice in a famous 1st stanza (2)
> * a verb with dozens of dictionary entries (2)
> * often appears at the end of a restaurant meal (3)

I think you hesitantly missed out two letters.

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This word has 10 letters.  namely:    1234567890  1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-05 00:14 +0000
  Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-05 15:27 +0530
    Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-08-05 11:06 +0100
      Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-08-05 21:37 +1000
      Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-05 12:10 +0000
        Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-08-05 14:37 +0100
          Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-05 14:26 +0000
            Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-08-05 18:43 +0100
        Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-06 22:06 +0000
      Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2025-09-18 00:57 +0300
        Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-09-18 04:19 +0000
  Re: This word has 10 letters.  namely:    1234567890  1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> - 2025-08-05 14:19 -0500

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