ׄ Fantastic friend surrounds signpost bird! (10) Hint: contains more than one 'e' :D
Q Quaid Full Member Joined Dec 26, 2013 Messages 680 Mar 8, 2014 #1 ׄ Fantastic friend surrounds signpost bird! (10) Hint: contains more than one 'e'
Q Quaid Full Member Joined Dec 26, 2013 Messages 680 Mar 8, 2014 #2 I interpret "signpost bird" as "sign" post "bird" (i.e., post is position indicator: HEN OMEN) Do I have grounds for an acquittal? Last edited: Mar 8, 2014
I interpret "signpost bird" as "sign" post "bird" (i.e., post is position indicator: HEN OMEN) Do I have grounds for an acquittal?
Q Quaid Full Member Joined Dec 26, 2013 Messages 680 Mar 9, 2014 #3 It was a tricky afterthought. Here's one that's straightforward Without nostrils initially held back, reindeer sound more like oboes! (7) Cheers
It was a tricky afterthought. Here's one that's straightforward Without nostrils initially held back, reindeer sound more like oboes! (7) Cheers
Q Quaid Full Member Joined Dec 26, 2013 Messages 680 Mar 13, 2014 #4 ֺ Quaid said: Without nostrils initially held back, reindeer sound more like oboes! (7) Click to expand... Hint: "Without" = removal indicator ֺ
ֺ Quaid said: Without nostrils initially held back, reindeer sound more like oboes! (7) Click to expand... Hint: "Without" = removal indicator ֺ
Q Quaid Full Member Joined Dec 26, 2013 Messages 680 Mar 15, 2014 #5 ֺ Another hint: "sound" is not part of any indicator ֺ
Q Quaid Full Member Joined Dec 26, 2013 Messages 680 Mar 18, 2014 #6 Last hint: "held back" = reversal indicator
Q Quaid Full Member Joined Dec 26, 2013 Messages 680 Mar 20, 2014 #7 ֺ "sound more like oboes!" = direct "Without" = removal indicator "nostrils initially" = N "held back," = reversal indicator "reindeer" = reversal fodder answer = REEDIER :cool: ֺ
ֺ "sound more like oboes!" = direct "Without" = removal indicator "nostrils initially" = N "held back," = reversal indicator "reindeer" = reversal fodder answer = REEDIER :cool: ֺ
Q Quaid Full Member Joined Dec 26, 2013 Messages 680 Mar 21, 2014 #8 ֺ Denis said: I think your direct is kinda iffy Click to expand... Could be!! reedier means more THAN should be "reindeer soundS more" Click to expand... I used "more like" versus "more than". Not the same? Reindeer is plural; I chose verb conjugation "sound" to agree with plural subject. For your consideration: Choir Master: "The new baritone voices sound like clarinets!" Holy Father: "I think they're reedier." Would there be a difference, were the Holy Father to reply with "I think they sound more like oboes" instead? (The corner is acceptable to me, regardless.) ֺ
ֺ Denis said: I think your direct is kinda iffy Click to expand... Could be!! reedier means more THAN should be "reindeer soundS more" Click to expand... I used "more like" versus "more than". Not the same? Reindeer is plural; I chose verb conjugation "sound" to agree with plural subject. For your consideration: Choir Master: "The new baritone voices sound like clarinets!" Holy Father: "I think they're reedier." Would there be a difference, were the Holy Father to reply with "I think they sound more like oboes" instead? (The corner is acceptable to me, regardless.) ֺ
Q Quaid Full Member Joined Dec 26, 2013 Messages 680 Mar 22, 2014 #9 Denis said: You get 80% for the charade, but 32.75% for the direct Click to expand... So that's 112.75%, yes? Woo hoo! 1 reindeer is called a reindeer. Whadda ya think 'bout: deer … salmon … moose … buffalo … fish … sheep … zebra … snipe … bison … elk … walrus … fox … gnu … teal … vicuna … grouse … rhinoceros … trout … wallaby … swine … mackerel … quail … eel … horse … Some of those are weird. I'll spend the night in the corner, for the 32.75%.
Denis said: You get 80% for the charade, but 32.75% for the direct Click to expand... So that's 112.75%, yes? Woo hoo! 1 reindeer is called a reindeer. Whadda ya think 'bout: deer … salmon … moose … buffalo … fish … sheep … zebra … snipe … bison … elk … walrus … fox … gnu … teal … vicuna … grouse … rhinoceros … trout … wallaby … swine … mackerel … quail … eel … horse … Some of those are weird. I'll spend the night in the corner, for the 32.75%.