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Hello all,that is supposed to be a quiz for kids and I am lost and not sure how hey mean it. Would you help please?-What letter of the alphabet do you shout to a horse? //We shout to a horse NEIGH but one letter?-What letter of the alphabet stings? //Could it be I ?-What letter ...means you are in debts?- What letter..do you stand in line for?-What letter..is smaller than the ocean but larger than the lake? It could be the sea, but one letter..-What letter...is a question?-What letter ...represents a Scottish river?-What letter..do English drink in the afternoon? //Is it T as tea?-What letter...do you find on your face?-What letter...do you find in a pod? //Is it O, because of the round shape?

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[nq:1]Hello all, that is supposed to be a quiz for kids and I am lost and not sure how hey mean it. Would you help please?[/nq]
The idea is to find a word that has the same pronunciation as does a letter of the English alphabet. I'll answer a couple of these and leave the rest to you.
[nq:1]-What letter of the alphabet do you shout to a horse? //We shout to a horse NEIGH but one letter?[/nq]
Gee (G) (tells a horse to turn to the right)
[nq:1]-What letter of the alphabet stings? //Could it be I ?[/nq]
Bee (B)
[nq:1]-What letter ...means you are in debts?[/nq]
Owe (O)
[nq:1]- What letter..do you stand in line for?[/nq]
Queue (Q) ("queue" means "line")

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[nq:1]Hello all, that is supposed to be a quiz for kids and I am lost and not sure how hey ... -What letter of the alphabet do you shout to a horse? //We shout to a horse NEIGH but one letter?[/nq]
"Gee" is a command used on some horses. It means "go to the right".
[nq:1]-What letter of the alphabet stings? //Could it be I ?[/nq]
Bees sting.
[nq:1]-What letter ...means you are in debts?[/nq]
I Owe You
[nq:1]- What letter..do you stand in line for?[/nq]
A line is a queue
[nq:1]-What letter..is smaller than the ocean but larger than the lake? It could be the sea, but one letter..[/nq]
Cee
[nq:1]-What letter...is a question?[/nq]
Why
[nq:1]-What letter ...represents a Scottish river?[/nq]
Dee
[nq:1]-What letter..do English drink in the afternoon? //Is it T as tea?Tea -What letter...do you find on your face?[/nq]
Eye

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This type of quiz is very hard for people like me, who are non-native speakers and have learned English mostly by reading. I was able to guess all of these except for the "G" (is the fact that you turn the horse to the right by saying 'gee' as widely known as the meaning of 'farrow'?) and "D". But even so, I had to think in a mode "which word sounds /similar/ to a letter?" because, frankly, I do not pronounce them the same nor do I think of them sounding the same. I pronounce "C" like the Italian 'si', the vowel shorter than in 'sea'; in general I do the same for all the consonants.
There are probably many words I still mispronounce based on spelling, never having used them in conversation. I remember how once with an American friend we looked at one such puzzle on the wrapper of a piece of string cheese. I forget how exactly it was worded, but it was to the tune of "what trees go in twos", ore somesuch. She couldn't figure it out, and I said I can't figure it out too, but if 'pear' was pronounced like 'pair', it would solve it. She looked at me and said "but they /are/ pronounced the same, your pronunciation for the fruit is wrong". (I pronounced 'pair' the same as 'pier'.)

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[nq:1]This type of quiz is very hard for people like me, who are=20 non-native speakers and have learned English mostly ... "but they /are/ pronounced the same, your pronunciation for the fruit is= wrong". (I pronounced 'pair' the same as 'pier'.)[/nq]
'Gee' is the right word for the horse question, but for the wrong reason. As far as I know, gee does not make a horse turn right. But in baby talk, horses are known as gee-gees, probably from the expression gee up, which is supposed to make a horse move more quickly. The 'G' in the word gee is pronounced softly as in 'rage', rather than hard, as in 'groan'.
=20
Robin=20
(BrE)
Herts, England=20

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[nq:1]'Gee' is the right word for the horse question, but for the wrong reason. As far as I know, gee does not make a horse turn right.[/nq]
But it does. Or, at least if they've been trained to follow "gee" and "haw". These commands are for horses and mule that pull a plow, though, not steeds cantering along on Wimbleton Common.

Since few fields are plowed using horses anymore, I suspect the term is used quite a bit less than it used to be used.

Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

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[nq:2]'Gee' is the right word for the horse question, but ... I know, gee does not make a horse turn right.[/nq]
[nq:1]But it does. Or, at least if they've been trained to follow "gee" and "haw". These commands are for ... plowed using horses anymore, I suspect the term is used quite a bit less than it used to be used.[/nq]
My uncle used to tell a story that I enjoyed. About 1925, he was leaving home to attend college. His grandfather told him that he would be back because "farming is in your blood". My uncle responded "Grandpaw, if you ever hear me say 'git up' to a mule again, it will be because he's sitting on me."
Bill, who never wanted to be a farmer
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[nq:1]Hello all, that is supposed to be a quiz for kids and I am lost and not sure how hey ... -What letter of the alphabet do you shout to a horse? //We shout to a horse NEIGH but one letter?[/nq]
(Or nay)= "A" but for the sound of one letter "n". (Oh, I know they are stuck on the G sound, but look, they are caught up on gee-gees, which, for me is short for "giddy up" or "Git up there!" (which means. . .start, hurry, go. and I don't mean "to the right".)

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[nq:1]Hello all, that is supposed to be a quiz for kids and I am lost and not sure how hey ... -What letter of the alphabet do you shout to a horse? //We shout to a horse NEIGH but one letter?[/nq]
G Gee is much more well known (to me) than farrow, which I didn't know at all. The opposite of gee is haw. I guess I've heard these about 3 times in my life. (4 now.)
[nq:1]-What letter of the alphabet stings? //Could it be I ?[/nq]
B
[nq:1]-What letter ...means you are in debts?[/nq]
O
[nq:1]- What letter..do you stand in line for?[/nq]
This is one of two I didn't get right away. Q
[nq:1]-What letter..is smaller than the ocean but larger than the lake? It could be the sea, but one letter..[/nq]
C
[nq:1]-What letter...is a question?[/nq]
Y
[nq:1]-What letter ...represents a Scottish river?[/nq]
This is the second I didn't get quickly. K? I guess I didn't get it at all. I've never heard of the Dee River.
[nq:1]-What letter..do English drink in the afternoon? //Is it T as tea?[/nq]
T
[nq:1]-What letter...do you find on your face?[/nq]
I
[nq:1]-What letter...do you find in a pod? //Is it O, because of the round shape?[/nq]
P
I guess I'm still a kid.
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[nq:1](Or nay)= "A" but for the sound of one letter "n". (Oh, I know they are stuck on the G sound, ... for "giddy up" or "Git up there!" (which means. . .start, hurry, go. and I don't mean "to the right".)[/nq]
GENERAL:
In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin," When I can tell at sight a chassepot rifle from a javelin, When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at, And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat", When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery, When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery:

In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy, You'll say a better Major-General has never /sat/ a gee

ALL: You'll say a better, etc.

John Varela
Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email.

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[nq:2]'Gee' is the right word for the horse question, but ... I know, gee does not make a horse turn right.=20[/nq]
[nq:1]But it does. Or, at least if they've been trained to follow "gee" and "haw". These commands are for ... plowed using horses anymore, I suspect the term is used quite a bit less than it used to be used.[/nq]
I stand corrected, Tony. Never heard that before. =20 =20
Robin=20
(BrE)
Herts, England=20

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