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Sequence puzzle
What's the next letter in this sequence: W T N L I T?
Readers of last week's "Ask Marilyn" column are barred.
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Readers of last week's "Ask Marilyn" column are barred.
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english: [nq:1]What's the next letter in this sequence: W T N L I T? [/nq] S. Elapsed time: about 90 seconds.
- english: [nq:1]What's the next letter in this sequence: W T N L I T?
- [/nq] S.
- Elapsed time: about 90 seconds.
- It took me a bit to get past the thought that W stood for "sight dialect" wun or wunce.
- " Andrew Sullivan, The New Republic
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In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented don groves
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]What's the next letter in this sequence: W T N L I T? Readers of last week's "Ask Marilyn" column are barred.[/nq]
S. Elapsed time: about 90 seconds. It took me a bit to get past the thought that W stood for "sight dialect" wun or wunce.
Lars Eighner (Email Re
(Email Removed),
the lovely and talented don groves
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]What's the next letter in this sequence: W T N L I T? Readers of last week's "Ask Marilyn" column are barred.[/nq]
S. Elapsed time: about 90 seconds. It took me a bit to get past the thought that W stood for "sight dialect" wun or wunce.
Lars Eighner (Email Re
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[nq:2]What's the next letter in this sequence: W T N L I T? Readers of last week's "Ask Marilyn" column are barred.[/nq]
[nq:1]S. Elapsed time: about 90 seconds. It took me a bit to get past the thought that W stood for "sight dialect" wun or wunce.[/nq]
Very good. It is a clever one of the genre, no?
dg (domain=ccwebster)
[nq:1]S. Elapsed time: about 90 seconds. It took me a bit to get past the thought that W stood for "sight dialect" wun or wunce.[/nq]
Very good. It is a clever one of the genre, no?
dg (domain=ccwebster)
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[nq:1]What's the next letter in this sequence: W T N L I T? Readers of last week's "Ask Marilyn" column are barred.[/nq]
Self-referential questions should be barred unless that reference does not point to the answer.
Self-referential questions should be barred unless that reference does not point to the answer.
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}> What's the next letter in this sequence: W T N L I T? }>
}> Readers of last week's "Ask Marilyn" column are barred. }
} Self-referential questions should be barred unless that reference does } not point to the answer.
Well, I got as far as 'Where "tot" no longer is "taught"', but I couldn't decide whether it was a comment on English usage or the educational system. Somehow
}> Readers of last week's "Ask Marilyn" column are barred. }
} Self-referential questions should be barred unless that reference does } not point to the answer.
Well, I got as far as 'Where "tot" no longer is "taught"', but I couldn't decide whether it was a comment on English usage or the educational system. Somehow
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In article , Pat Durkin at
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[nq:1]Help?[/nq]
Martin's "self-referential" remark should help.
dg (domain=ccwebster)
(Email Removed) hath writ:
[nq:1]Help?[/nq]
Martin's "self-referential" remark should help.
dg (domain=ccwebster)
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[nq:2]Help?[/nq]
[nq:1]IMO it should be "W's T N L I T"[/nq]
I thought about including the "is" making it "W I T N L I T". Maybe that's how it was in her column, I forget.
dg (domain=ccwebster)
[nq:1]IMO it should be "W's T N L I T"[/nq]
I thought about including the "is" making it "W I T N L I T". Maybe that's how it was in her column, I forget.
dg (domain=ccwebster)
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[nq:1]What's the next letter in this sequence: W T N L I T? Readers of last week's "Ask Marilyn" column are barred.[/nq]
Sequence, eh? Yeah, well let's see; tryptophan, threonine, asparagine, leucine, isoleucine, threonine. OK. Hmmm. Ah, of course, it's got to be serine, so "S".
Sequence, eh? Yeah, well let's see; tryptophan, threonine, asparagine, leucine, isoleucine, threonine. OK. Hmmm. Ah, of course, it's got to be serine, so "S".
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[nq:2]What's the next letter in this sequence: W T N L I T? Readers of last week's "Ask Marilyn" column are barred.[/nq]
[nq:1]Sequence, eh? Yeah, well let's see; tryptophan, threonine, asparagine, leucine, isoleucine, threonine. OK. Hmmm. Ah, of course, it's got to be serine, so "S".[/nq]
Never could fool a man who knows his "ine"s.
dg (domain=ccwebster)
[nq:1]Sequence, eh? Yeah, well let's see; tryptophan, threonine, asparagine, leucine, isoleucine, threonine. OK. Hmmm. Ah, of course, it's got to be serine, so "S".[/nq]
Never could fool a man who knows his "ine"s.
dg (domain=ccwebster)
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