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Give out words for people to spell.
P.S~Make sure you spell the word that you give out for somone to spell is spelled wrong when you give it out :P dont wanna give out answers...minez wordz...
March 30, 2010
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~BFM_Wic~
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Sorry, I've completely forgot about this:
kruhssahnt
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un croissant
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oui!
(I think that's yes, idk, I only speake espanol)
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sinsunatty
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Cincinatti?
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I am looking for the name of the city, so on the right track, but that's not quite right.
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Maybe there's more "n's" in it.
Cincinnati?
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You added n's. Why oh why did you take away a "t"?
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Because that is how it's spelt:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati
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Because that is how it's spelt:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati
What's the best emoticon for this situation?
:eyebrow:
:no you didn't:
:argh:
:that's cheating:
:mad:
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Depends on when I checked the site. As it happens, I only got it after giving my answer of CIncinnati. so there.
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So :eyebrow:.
And :P.
And of course a little :doh:.
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I just thought it suspicious you added n's but also dropped t's at the same time. Also figured you'd guess again then I could tell you no, you were right the previous guess, and oh how we'd all laugh.
But you ruined it. Ruined it. Sigh.
Anyhow, your turn 'enry 'iggins.
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Not really suspicious - I believe that has been the answer to a crossword clue before so I knew the word had ten letters. :P
plennihpoetenshurree
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Not really suspicious - I believe that has been the answer to a crossword clue before so I knew the word had ten letters. :P
plennihpoetenshurree
I've been one once!: plenipotentiary
EGG-salad-ant word!
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Lovely word. Means "diplomat", basically - a very official one authorised to speak for his country.
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Lovely word. Means "diplomat", basically - a very official one authorised to speak for his country.
The generalized version means "anyone authorized to legally transact business on behalf of another." (That's how I was one once you see....)
So since no one tried to guess my sorta-given new word above ("excellent" :winkgrin: ) I'll put up a real one instead:
phrikeyshuhn
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frication
no, i dont know what it is
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frication
no, i dont know what it is
PSSSSSH! <-- Now you do! (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/frication)
[A very distant future Word-Corner word!]
Yur up, JD!
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Lawl, it's a real word. :P I was just bumping the thread. Now I know!
byurrockrasee
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bureaucracy
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Yarp.
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Yarp = Yes, you're right and it's your turn Jim, well done. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!
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I thought about this one long and hard... sort of
vih sis 'e chewed
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visisitude
Nope, not a word.
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visissitude? that looks worse
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Nope and nope.
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It's got a c in it?
vicissitude?
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Ooh, viscisitude?
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Kiwi's right. Saw it the other day in a paper, still not quite sure what it means but it's a cool word.
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Kiwi is right still.
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krutayshus
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I was thinking it was crustas..eans... like the shell first, only spelled better. Good thing it's not crustas...ans...
creteceous... Ugh, I can't even spell that one!
EDIT: Shell first? Really? What's wrong with me?! Shell fish. Fish. Not that it was crustaceans(?) anyway. :P
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cretaceous
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looks right to me
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boo stroff 'e dun
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boo stroff 'e dun
'Didn't know that you could write in boustrophedon too, 360!?!
KEWL!
:dance:
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Yup, that's right! Lovely word, meaning languages that are read left-to-right, then right-to-left, on alternate lines. From the Greek boustrophedos, "as the ox ploughs".
You're up Mxy!!
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phliberteejibit
(A future Word Corner word!)
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Flibbertygibbert
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Flibbertygibbert
Close, but no cigar-shaped-object....
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flibbertigibbet
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flibbertigibbet (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/flibbertigibbet)
BINGO!
You're up, J-FullCircle!
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brohm
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brohm
brougham
('Used to drive one back in the 1860s! :winkgrin: )
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Well it helps to have such knowledge, I suppose. You're up mxy!!!!
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raduhmanthuhs
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radamanthus?
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radamanthus?
Got it!
(Except for two glaring errors.... ;D )
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Meaning I guess that it's not correct?
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Meaning I guess that it's not correct?
Sorry, I guess that wasn't clear enough:
INcorrect, but "close."
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is it botanical?
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is it botanical?
Nope.
Based in Greek mythology, its modern general meaning is "an inflexibly just or severe judge."
(Yes, it's a future Word Corner word! :winkgrin: )
I'll give it another day then post a replacement one....
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radumanthus?
Except of course, google chrome spell-checker informs me that it's wrong.
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is it botanical?
Nope.
I was thinking it was a flower or something... I'll still guess it:
radamanthias
I swear that's a flower of some sort. Not that I know what it is. :P
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It was rhadamanthys (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rhadamanthys)....
Okay, an easier one. (HOW could it be HARDER?!?! ::) )
purspikeyshuhs
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sure sounds like a flower, cross between rhododendron, chrysanthymum, polyanthus...
anywho...
perspicacious ?
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sure sounds like a flower, cross between rhododendron, chrysanthymum, polyanthus...
anywho...
perspicacious ?
Why Kiwi! How very perspicacious (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/perspicacious) of you!
Yur up!
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Here's a word I've been saving up for a special occasion:
elluhmussineree
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elluhmussineree
Bless you. Now, what was the word you wanted us to spell?
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:XD:
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:LOL: :LOL:
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No idea, kiwi, any hints/ new word?
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It was eleemosynary, which means charitable.
In which case, I don't know why you wouldn't just say "charitable". But a cool word I came across recently.
eggsassurbait
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exacerbate.
Possibly.
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Probably.
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Definitely?
:winkgrin:
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Certainly!
koom
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Cwm
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Not what I had in mind. That'll be Welsh for Valley, right? Not English then, is it? lol.
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It's Welsh and a mountaineering term.
Khoom? Coume?
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Nope.
This is one of those not uncommon words in English that defies belief - how it's pronounced compared to how it looks on the page. 5 letters.
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Ahhhh, I think that gave it up for me!:
combe?
("chiefly British" methinks tho....)
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Yup.
As it happens, Kiwi, "combe", and "cwm" mean the same thing. It also happens that "combe" isn't in the Opera English UK dictionary. What do they know, eh?
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fizeeoluhjist
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Physiologist
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Physiologist
Corrrrrr-ECTO!
Yur up, Kiwi.
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peerohwet
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Blech.
Pirouhette
or
Pirhouh...
no, that's a tough one. :P
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pirouette
(French classes FTW!)
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Bien joué, Monsieur Meexy
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I thought for sure there was an H in it! There should be.
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Bien joué, Monsieur Meexy
Mais bien sur, personne brouillée brune! Merci!
[Admin: English only please Mxy!
Oh, sorry!: "But of course, brown fuzzy one! Thank you!"
:winkgrin: ]
triskahydekuhfohbeeuh
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Fear of the number 13. I almost used it myself.
triskadekaphobia?
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Fear of the number 13. I almost used it myself.
triskadekaphobia?
Actually, as I only recently discovered myself... that's WRONG!
Note: Off by just ONE LETTER, tho! Look closely at my pronunciation of it again.
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One of these I guess?
triskaidekaphobia
triskeidekaphobia
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One of these I guess?
triskaidekaphobia
triskeidekaphobia
LOL! :LOL:
Ya, the struck-out one is correct! :siderofl: ( triskaidekaphobia (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/triskaidekaphobia) )
Yur up, Kiwi!
(Only recently did I find out about the "ai" versus "a" in there myself! :smly_a_wink: )
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:doh:
It's funny that I saw that word, and at the time I thought to myself it wasn't spelled like I would have expected. Too bad I didn't pay more attention.
maylestrum
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maelstrom
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ya
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ta
morgidge
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mortgage
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ya
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payfoss
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no-one wanting to have a guess?
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paephos
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I meant an educated guess. :P
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Paphus
(Know your Greek Mythology: son of Pygmalion)
(...Perhaps we should disallow proper nouns?? ::) )
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Maybe scrabble rules or something. What next, Aethylswyth?
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it's not a proper noun though... since it's not paphus either.
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Word was "pathos" as in sadness.
Someone else can go, I'm not going to be around much the next few days.
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I'll go! This word really does have an F sound in it:
you for ee uh
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Word was "pathos" as in sadness.
Someone else can go, I'm not going to be around much the next few days.
Since when has that ever had an 'f' sound in it o.O No dictionary I've checked has it like that.
And I know Jane's but I dun want to go ;o
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euphorious
gosh they seem easy until you type them out and they don't look right :/
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You're close, take another look at it.
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euphoria ?
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Win!
(yes, that is correct)
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:doh:
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payfoss
Nah!
There is NO "F" sound in pathos:
pey-thos, -thohs, -thaws
...And nice one, JD!
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Sorry...I'll let Kiwi go if he wants.
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payfoss
Nah!
There is NO "F" sound in pathos:
pey-thos, -thohs, -thaws
...And nice one, JD!
There is if you say it badly.
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I'll go.
dimawnstribble
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demonstrable
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That's the one
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Fine, I'll go again.
filisitis
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Fine, I'll go again.
filisitis
Well what a PERFECT WORD for the occasion!:
felicitous
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It is felicitous!
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zenuhmawrfik
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zenoomorphic?
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xenomorphic ?
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xenomorphic ?
YUP!
Yur up, J-Full-Circle!
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oh.
parruhdocksickle.
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paradoxical?
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yeppers.
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erndowtadly
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undoubtedly?
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You got it!
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indoobituhbuhlee!
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indubitably?
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indubitably?
indubitably!
;D
Yur up!
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jeffreemafobya
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jeffreemafobya
gephyrophobia? ... Like the Halo map? (FYI: gephyrophobia is a fear of bridges! :siderofl: )
I can't think of one with a "reem" sound in it.... ::)
Anyway, we sorta agreed to stay away from medical terms, as they're a bit specialized for the general public.
Can't wait to see what this one is, tho.... :undecided:
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yeah, you got it, and i thought that even though its a medical term, people here would know it.
And I have heard people pronounce it with a reem on vent, people just can't get their head around it :LOL:
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:siderofl:
Anyway, next up:
noomuhnohuhltruhmahykruhskopiksilikohvolkeynohkohneeohsis* (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis) :muah:
No, no, no! Strike that!
:winkgrin:
filuhdelfeeuh
Note/Hint: Non-US citizens might not get this one. If not, sorry, I'll post a different one.... ::)
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Philadelphia!
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I could have got that one too.
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Philadelphia!
GJ! catchin' that curve ball, JD!
S'your turn!
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agrigit
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agrigit
... OR agrigait!
aggregate
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Yarr!
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owneruhs
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Ah. Is it onerous?
I know the word, don't think I've seen it typed out before.
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Now you have the onerous duty of posting a new word, JD! :winkgrin:
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innigzossdibull
:P
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inexhaustible
-able? grr! I never know. Will stick with -ible.
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Oh it it's -ible, knew it would throw people off. NJ
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Cough Kiwi.
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Don't rush me 360, it's only been...oh...
farmasootikal
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pharmaceutical
Don't rush me 360, it's only been...oh...
156 days?
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I checked that and it's right. So I guess I'm up.
dohleruss
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dolorous?
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Dollers?
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Kiwi is right! :toot:
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that is a word? o.O i had no idea.
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It's pretty much obsolete, I've seen it basically only once and that was in a book with now-yellowed pages.
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Kiwi is still right!!
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endulunt
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endulunt
undulant ?
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nope
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undulent?
I feel like I know the word, but I think that's because I've been saying "endulunt" over and over again.
It must be a real word! :LOL:
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It means lazy, which I had been, not posting and all.
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indolent?
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Ungoliant?
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indolent was right.
saes had an unfair advantage understanding my axsent
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indolent was right.
saes had an unfair advantage understanding my axsent
You have a typo there, Kiwi....
I think you meant eggscent!
:LOL:
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Yes I dud.
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Since it has been so long since the last one... :embarrassing:
here's a reasonably easy one.
enheeruhtuhnse
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LOL
Inheritance? I can't understand anything through that accent! :P
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enheeruhtuhnse
Bless you.
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enheeruhtuhnse
Bless you.
You English must have truly bizarre sneezes. :eek:
LOL
Inheritance? I can't understand anything through that accent! :P
Yep. 'Bit exaggerated, but I think it's fairly accurate.
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prafishint
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proficient?
1st post in this game ;p
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That's right, good first post ;D
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Fine, I'll go again. Here's a tough one:
sadulyt
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satellite?
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I do believe that's right!
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ecksentrisitey
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eccentricity?
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yup!
i probably made that a little too easy :XD:
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hmmm cant think of a word...
its ur turn fuzzy!!
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Finally found da right word yo!
Prahgnosstykate
;D
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prognosticate
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:doh:
You are too wise!
*bows*
Yep, right answer. ;D
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kubberd
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cupboard?
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Yes! I am imagining how hard this must be for someone who speaks English as a second language!
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Yes! I am imagining how hard this must be for someone who speaks English as a second language!
Well it isn't so hard.
Next word: mewteball
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Yes! I am imagining how hard this must be for someone who speaks English as a second language!
Well it isn't so hard.
Next word: mewteball
mutable (as opposed to immutable!)
[Posted "on the road!"]
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mutable (as opposed to immutable!)
Yep, it's your turn Mxy!
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konfluhgreyshuhn
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conflagration
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conflagration
Yup!
Yur up, JD!
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potencheeyawmidder
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potentiometer ?
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It is indeed!
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asfickseeate
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asphyxiate?
*fingers crossed*
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Yup.
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aoreit
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aerate? Like putting air in something... I have no idea how to spell that! :doh:
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Nah, it sounds different than it is written down, try to say it out loud and look for a word that sounds like that.
Hint: Gold/Golden
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Gold = Au, so Aurite or Aurate ?
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No but really close. its like "to make"
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Definition of the word, according to dictionary, is as an adjective:
1. Golden, gilded.
2. Elaborate, even excessively so.
Or, if it's "aurate":
A salt made by combining auric acid with a base, e.g. aurate of ammonia.
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Ah ok then got it :L hahaha
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Ahhhh, I thought it was "orate!"
:-\
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Before or after the hint?
And just so everyone is sure which word it was, it was "aureate"
Im giving it here cause im not sure who got it if anyone did get it rofl :P
Im gonna say 360 got the word correct while chatting on server 1 but he didnt put it on here though ill give it to 360 I think. :hrmbig:
Aureate = "of a golden color or brilliance"
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'im all sir fire
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emulsifier
;D
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Yup! You are up.
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Ann your izz um
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Well that looks like it's the word "annyourizzum". Talk about making it easy for us Kiwi...
aneurysm
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I can't spell this... but I'll try (which is more than Jim did :P)!
aneurism anuerism
No, that's all wrong! I think there might be a Y in it. Anyeur Ugh!
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aneurysm
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ya
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suh lilluh kwee
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oh, this is going to be embarrassing
sililloquoy ?
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"Soliloquy," he said, as if to no one in particular....
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"Soliloquy," he said, as if to no one in particular....
:neckbeard:
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Yes, Mxy, he is indeed up. For did he solve my riddle, and thereby has he earned the right to set the next challenge! Yet, my heart is troubled, for surely does Mxyzptlk present us with that most cunning of queries, that ever will test even the hardiest of word-smiths! But, alas, the fates have ensured that this be the case. So, brave hearts, let us await this gauntlet, and he whose hands are fastest and mind the sharpest shall claim anew the baton!
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Yes, Mxy, he is indeed up. For did he solve my riddle, and thereby has he earned the right to set the next challenge! Yet, my heart is troubled, for surely does Mxyzptlk present us with that most cunning of queries, that ever will test even the hardiest of word-smiths! But, alas, the fates have ensured that this be the case. So, brave hearts, let us await this gauntlet, and he whose hands are fastest and mind the sharpest shall claim anew the baton!
I just want to say....epic.
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Just a tad over the top in my opinion :P
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Um... wow. 'Hope I can live up to THAT billing! ::)
:winkgrin:
filluhnthropik
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Seems close to philanthropic, except I definitely have never heard the a pronounced as an "uh" sound.
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Seems close to philanthropic, except I definitely have never heard the a pronounced as an "uh" sound.
Then update your vocab', because that's the lone/"preferred" pronunciation by some....*!
Yur up, Edison!
* FYI: I say fil-EN-thrah-pik, too, as do some others: link (http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?philan04.wav=philanthropic).
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That's odd, I've also always heard the emphasis on the lan as opposed to the throp. Odd.
awnuhmahtuhpeeuh
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This is the fourth time we've had this word in this game, and I still can't spell it.
onomonopaeia
Pfft.
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It's got a T in it JANE.
onamatopoeia ?
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Not quite.
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onomatopoeia
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Oh no...I can never spell this word....errg.
Onamotapia....wait, you just said that.... :doh:
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three60 got it
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'oppa tiw nit 'e.
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Groan!
Opportunity I hope.
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Problem with your throat JANE?
Anyway, you are up.
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agreejuss
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Agree Juice?
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egregious
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That sounds nothing like it!
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That sounds exactly like it. How do you say it?
Kiwi's turn!
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rimuhnissunt
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reminiscent.
But it''s pronounced "rehmuhnissunt". Duh.
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Not the way Elvis says it.
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full at 'er lee!!
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full at 'er lee!!
W/o the accent, I'd say it's stamp collecting, er...
philately
(Hmmm, makes me wonder whatever happened to my huge collecting book I worked on in the 50s-60s?... ::) )
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If you ever do find it, send it on over. My Dad's gone philately-mad recently.
You are up.
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phuhlkruhm
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fulcrum
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fulcrum
While not as crummy as it sounds, it is indeed, a full crumb!
Yur up, Kiwi!
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murrang
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MMMMmmmmm! I make great meringue*!
fie low doe
(2 words)
* That's GOT to be it, so I'm going ahead with the next one. Strike out this post if I'm wrong!
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Filo dough.
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Filo dough.
Wow!
I learned something new here!:
You can spell Phyllo Dough another way!
Yur up, Kiwi!
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Your turn still Kiwi - or should I go instead?
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wreck on a cents
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Reconnaissance?
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Oh god,
My spelling is terrible I think I'm getting a B- in English and thats all thats keeping me down.
Reconnaissance?
Erm
Reconisisanse?
God, I've got no idea.....
Haha.
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Crimson is correct.
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Crimson is correct.
BZZZT!
Oh, there goes the buzzer!
Time is up, Crimson!
The next word is therefore:
kwizikuhlee
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quizzically
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quizzically
I stare at you quizzically, wondering how you knew that it has double "z's".... ::)
Yur up, Light! :neckbeard:
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I will try to do a difficult one:
irahcheeboo-tierowfobea
Hint: it has to do with peanut butter :)
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Sigh...
arachybutyrophobia
I think. May have another "i" in it somewhere.
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it's arachibutyrophobia, but you're close enough ::)
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If you inisist.
rett a rick.
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rhetoric
...And we don't allow medical terms, like phobias, BTW....
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Yes to both.
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I'm sorry! I didn't read the directions before I posted... three60 got it easily enough, anyway
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kuhmpleysuhnsee
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complacency
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complacency
?
Cor-RECT!
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kattaklizmik
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cataclysmic
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Yes I think that's right.
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It looks funny, but I'll take it :P
herrang
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harangue ?
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Arr, couldn't throw you off with the two R's :P
That's right.
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Ew, I wasn't even considering two R's, but it doesn't look right.
Ok....
tranzlooseunts
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I think that is actually the right spelling too. :P
Ok, it's translucence really.
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That correct, more or less, approximately, your turn.
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in sum near.
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insomnia
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No R.
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No R.
Ron? xD
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Kiwi is correct.
I was, incidentally, tired out of my skull when I posted that.
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eggs uber aunts
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OMG, OMG, I know that, it's exuberance!!! :yesyes: :yesyes: :yesyes: :yesyes:
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yeh
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few lih jin us
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I don't think I've ever heard of that word before, but here's a guess
Fuliginous
(that's not a word)
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Yup, that's right. And it is, means "sooty".
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I have never heard of it and don't think I've seen it before either. And sooty is more fun anyway ;)
Booyah Base
Forgive my pronunciation lol
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soup
boulliabaise?
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Not quite.
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bouillabaise
No, that doesn't look right either.
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That's not right, but getting warmer :)
(I have to google it every time, just to check)
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bouillabaisse, then.
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Ding ding ding! Maybe that one wasn't fair, since I couldn't even spell it myself... :muah:
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yoe kuh zoonuh
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Wow, completely stumped!
Does it start with J ?
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Nope, y.
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Guessing that it's Japanese:
yokozuna ?
Either that or yokuzuna ....
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The orange one is right.
Yokozuna - grand champion in Sumo wrestling.
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Okay then, this next one will be in Sanskrit then....
BRB with it, one sec'....
Meh, nevermind. ::)
:winkgrin:
kwodruhlinggwuhl
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quadralingual
Ooh, not sure on that one.
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quadralingual
Ooh, not sure on that one.
Close enough! (One letter off: quadrilingual )
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I thought it might be an I, but it looked even funnier than the A :P
mid evil
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mediæval?
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Get that silly alt code out of there!
But yes, that's it :P
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thought 'e chewed.
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thought 'e chewed.
I sure HOPE this isn't what I think it is, because no matter what it is it's a stretch from that forced clue....
latitude?
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Nope.
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fortitude?
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Proper nouns should not be allowed.
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Yep, it's fortitude.
Up you go, JANE!
What proper noun?
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It was Kiwi!
But your pronunciation of fortitude is even worse that your pronunciation of lieutenant... :P
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Actually the pronunciation I give is perfectly correct - it's the way I say "thought" that you should be going after :P (i.e. my inability to distinguish between "th" and "f" sounds).
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id ee oh sink racey
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idiosyncrasy
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close enough for me!
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close enough for me!
What? Was it supposed to be idioSinkGracey? ::) ;D
some knoll s cents
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somnolesence ??
something to do with sleeping
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Complancency?
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somnolesence ??
something to do with sleeping
Close enough for me, Kiwi! ( somnolence (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/somnolence) )