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But some sources quote it hyphenated like this:
"Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthur-nuk"
No not kidding. : )
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Hardly understood a word of it mind you. Oh, I understood all the words.
It was just the order he put them in that lost me.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Post one we can answer? ME, ME, ME!!!
The first person sounds like a small slice of apple produce. (1)
(Actually, I got "guillotine", but "riverrun" is a complete novelty to me.)
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A?
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A for Adam! Correct!
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Damn! I was working on A for "small slice of apple".
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It's both -- cryptic, y'know?
Or is it dipstick?
I always get those two mixed up.
Same with "I" and "A".
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Mark_Wallace wrote: I got "guillotine"
Yeah I figured as much, but too late : )
English not my third language, in how many languages can you say "pimpernel"?
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megaadam wrote: in how many languages can you say "pimpernel"? Do I look like I talk about flowers? In any language?
Yeesh!
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How you looked in a mirror lately?
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Looked in a mirror?
Do I look like a woman? Women look in mirrors*.
Yeesh!
* And still water, and reflections in glasses, spoons, powered-down phones, patent-leather shoes, silver plates, darkened windows, French polish, steel kitchen appliances, ice buckets, and any other reflective object that falls within the range of their eyesight.
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The normally accepted CCC rules do state that words have to be in a dictionary. Merriams, OED are the normal choices.
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Would be terrific to find those rulez again. DD's old Bellcross link is:
DEAD
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Those word couldn't be that famous after all...
I ever read from Joyce part of the Ulysses, until a felt asleep...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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As is often the cause, there are obscure literary references and foreign language usages.
From my perspective, I don't understand how 'no German chauffeur' becomes 'river'; chauffeur to driver, yes, but why drop the 'D'?
And pointless alphabet to rune; again, fine. Why drop the 'e'?
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Looking back, those are the understandable bits: Germany is Deutchland so "No German chauffeur" == "Driver losing the "D".
And "Pointless Alphabet": if you accept "Rune" for alphabet, then removing teh cardinal points (North, South, East, and West) is standard stuff, so "Rune" loses the "E" and becomes "Run"
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You beat me to the Post button!
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D is the international letter (used on cars) for Germany (Deutschland). Pointless would be E for East being a point on the compass. However, alphabet to rune. I think that a single rune would be a character, not a whole alphabet?
I don't want to be discouraging, but cryptic clues can get really silly if you're not careful!
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Shouldn't the "N" also be removed from RUNE? Isn't it also a "point"? I guess the answer is because the N can't be removed. But then, it can't really be considered "pointless", can it?
Yeah, it does sometimes get silly and picks hairs a lot of time.
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... as is "NE"!
I think we've beaten-up poor megaadam enough.
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PhilLenoir wrote: but cryptic clues can get really silly
Well... are you suggesting that no silliness ever occured under DD's reign?
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DD? Silly? Never!
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My reply was not an attack, it was my view. A question was asked, a question was answered.
Not being from Europe, I don't understand the cultural references, such as the letter of origin for a car. Being a computer science person, I would not have got rune... pointless should remove both N and E.
I have understood some answers in the past; I still struggle to understand this one.
Again, my view.
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I did not percieve your answer as an attack. I answered you after 5 hours as I was completely off line for that duration. Nor did I have any intention of being some smartass - I missed the fact that your question had been answered by others. But at least I posted a nice photo
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