phÂœnix +86, china calling: "harro"

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:55 pm

i'm almost sure this has been asked before, but, what do the following descriptions have in common?

comparatively more quaint

archaic/biblical consensus

a worker in copper/zinc alloy

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:16 pm

c) Bronzesmith ?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:26 pm

think bronze is copper/tin.

but you are on the right lines.

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:48 pm

Copper/zinc alloys are Brass.

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:21 am

Must be triple letters then, braSSSmith.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:22 am

Think H is on to something: Twee(-)er?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:03 pm

yep, BRASSSMITH, TWEEER and AGREEETH are all in the OED.

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:28 pm

As we are reminiscing, name a word that's first seven letters are all consonants.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:52 pm

i got DYSRHYTHMIC on WU a month or so ago. can't remember if Ys count though.

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:55 pm

Interesting stuff - in no way do I want to hijack the thread (heaven forfend!) but does WU/WS accept TWEEER and AGREEETH? Handy for getting rid of excessive E's (so to speak!)

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:13 pm

Matt Vinyl wrote:does WU/WS accept TWEEER and AGREEETH? Handy for getting rid of excessive E's (so to speak!)

i'd doubt it. <Istenem gets on his soapbox and yadders on about words for a while> afaik the only triple WS allows is BRRR, but you need to go to an irresponsible american scrabble dictionary to find that.

the old version had LBW as a word but i think that was for uncopyrightable* reasons. don't get me started Matt, i don't have an off button about wordnerdery.

*okay here is a fairly obvious one:

why are AMBIDEXTROUSLY and UNCOPYRIGHTABLE interesting words?

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:11 am

mr chuffed to get an easy one says :they contain the whole family of vowels including the bastard son that is 'Y'

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:19 am

ah, late night Lugsy

yes, but there is a bit more to it...

stuart4010 · Post by **stuart4010** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 12:56 pm

6 syllables - 1 vowel in each?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:21 pm

they do each have one of every vowel but that's not the answer on the card.

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