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Philip Posted 19 years ago
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"Car Talk" Word Puzzle

0Today's show on NPR included this word puzzle. A common English plural word (common in the plural, rather than the singular, I believe) that has 01b00no 02b00letters in common with the singular form. Any ideas?0-
  

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0 Philip, it's Saturday...do you really make us think about it?:) It's too difficult:P02br
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01cite10Pucca12cite10Philip, it's Saturday...do you really make us think about it?:) It's too difficult:P12br
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11b01font00The only clue they gave was that one word is longer than the other, although both a short. And I'm
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0 what about "I" and "we"?0-
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0 They also said one of the forms of the word showed in Lord of the Rings 0-
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0A little research revealed that "kine" is an obscure plural form of "cow" that shows up in Tolkien's work. 0-
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0Yup, I agree with anon.02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10A little research revealed that "kine" is an obscure plural form of "cow" that shows up in Tolkien's work. 12br
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11b01font00By George, I think you've got it! Send it in to "Car Talk" on NPR!02font02b00 0-
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1b01font00If you are familiar with the show, you won't be surprised by this response to my submission of the solved puzzle:02font02b02br
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00First, we have to be certain you have the correct answer. We start by sending your answer to Paul Murky, at Murky Research. Murky, working with our Statistician Marge Innovera, will
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