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minus-square🧟♂️ Cadaver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoYes but what is communicated badly ? What did the riddle man mean by the three words in english language that end in “gry” ?
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoThe “Riddle Man” wants the answer to be ‘language’ because the question he claims to have asked is what’s the third word in “the English Language.” If we credulously try to answer the implied question, it’s better to just link this page, but you should read the whole thing. https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-third-common-gry-word
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoAs the explain xkcd notes, it’s badly told by cueball so it’s impossible to answer. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/169:_Words_that_End_in_GRY
Yes but what is communicated badly ? What did the riddle man mean by the three words in english language that end in “gry” ?
The “Riddle Man” wants the answer to be ‘language’ because the question he claims to have asked is what’s the third word in “the English Language.”
If we credulously try to answer the implied question, it’s better to just link this page, but you should read the whole thing.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-third-common-gry-word
As the explain xkcd notes, it’s badly told by cueball so it’s impossible to answer. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/169:_Words_that_End_in_GRY