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| From | Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> |
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| 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 |
| Organization | Fix this later |
| Message-ID | <106t1er$2pgv4$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <1754352848-4055@newsgrouper.org> <UzkkQ.4076$5uWa.223@fx10.ams1> <106sl3j$2mc7i$1@dont-email.me> <1754395848-4353@newsgrouper.org> |
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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. -- Richard Heathfield Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line 4 vacant - apply within
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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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