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  • schillschill Posts: 741
    edited 2010-10-01 10:05
    Repeated words, punctuation, ...

    An old puzzle. Punctuate the following so it reads correctly:

    John while James had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
  • CannibalRoboticsCannibalRobotics Posts: 535
    edited 2010-10-01 10:13
    Almost made it until the coMMiTTEE changed it.
  • CannibalRoboticsCannibalRobotics Posts: 535
    edited 2010-10-01 10:17
    John, while James had "had had had" had "had had"; "had had" had a better effect on the teacher.
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2010-10-01 10:39
    Beau Schwabe (Parallax) wrote: »
    ...

    The way I have to remember it is that affect is the cause of the effect....

    Yeah, but can't a really great effect affect you deeply?

    How about special effects that affect your emotions effecting you to scream?
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2010-10-01 10:42
    Dave Hein wrote: »
    Anybody know an 8-letter word that contains 5 vowels in a row?

    Queueing
  • David BDavid B Posts: 592
    edited 2010-10-01 11:02
    complimentary and complementary?

    And of course, how about the sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."
  • hippyhippy Posts: 1,981
    edited 2010-10-01 11:34
    Find an anagram of "chesty" which is a real word.
  • Ding-BattyDing-Batty Posts: 302
    edited 2010-10-01 11:37
    hippy wrote: »
    Find an anagram of "chesty" which is a real word.

    scythe
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2010-10-01 12:14
    OK, here's one I learned when I was a kid. What is the longest word in the English language?
  • Toby SeckshundToby Seckshund Posts: 2,027
    edited 2010-10-02 04:04
    "If"?
  • GerryKeelyGerryKeely Posts: 12
    edited 2010-10-02 05:50
    OK, here's one I learned when I was a kid. What is the longest word in the English language?

    smiles ?

    Gerry
  • Martin HodgeMartin Hodge Posts: 1,246
    edited 2010-10-02 06:19
    The longest word is "whatdoesallthishavetodowiththepropelleritisveryofftopic"
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2010-10-03 09:07
    Dave Hein wrote: »
    OK, here's one I learned when I was a kid. What is the longest word in the English language?
    Toby Seckshund wrote: »
    "If"?
    GerryKeely wrote: »
    smiles ?
    "If" and "smiles" are interesting choices, but I was thinking of "antidisestablishmentarianism".




    Just kidding, of course it's "smiles" because there's a mile between each "s". :)

    Toby, why is "If" the longest word?
  • prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
    edited 2010-10-03 10:00
    After the initial post, there were no other complaints against the package.

    From a Quality perspective, they are doing pretty darn good. Congratulations from a Quality guy.
  • Toby SeckshundToby Seckshund Posts: 2,027
    edited 2010-10-04 06:14
    Just when the meaning of anything seems to have been explained exactly, somebody comes along with "if" or "but" and then more language is required ...

    Children have their own version, "why?"

    (and yes I know this is way off topic, but... )
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