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Re: ConLand names in translation

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Sunday, April 2, 2000, 12:19
At 01:56 02.4.2000 -0500, John Cowan wrote:

>One ungarbled version is: > > "There are three English words ending with -gry. > Two of them are hungry and angry. The third word is > very common; in fact you have just encountered it. > What is the third word?" > >Answer: "three" (viz. the third word of the whole utterance).
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