Topic: ------ Puzzle time ----- (Read 19251 times)

Tester · « **Reply #25 on:** March 01, 2009, 10:18:44 am »

Are.. but the definition of an initial ism says that the letters are pronounced separately and I've never heard of anyone saying LASER as separate letters.

I think I'll give up now and go back to bed !!

malcolmfrary · « **Reply #26 on:** March 01, 2009, 11:46:55 am »

Just because it is possible to pronounce a string of initial letters as a word does not prevent that "word" being spelt out, so the examples given are quite legitimately both.
English is such a great language for creating acronyms - at least two words for every meaning and two meanings for every word gives great scope. And of course we are separated from our colonial cousins by our common language and our different development and use of it.

Tester · « **Reply #27 on:** March 01, 2009, 12:50:05 pm »

Well I beg to differ..

Quote "The key difference between an acronym and an initialism is that an acronym forms a new word, while an initalism does not."

OMK · « **Reply #28 on:** March 01, 2009, 01:38:54 pm »

But is that not what has already been explained - thrice.
You're not that particular member with a multitude of identities by any chance, are you?

Poor old Tug Kenny. He started a good thread and now we've ripped it to bits.
Sorry, Ken.

portside II · « **Reply #29 on:** March 01, 2009, 05:50:41 pm »

my head hurt's please stop

.
daz

Tester · « **Reply #30 on:** March 01, 2009, 05:56:15 pm »

Yep, time to stop this before everybody's head hurts, coz I know mine does....

We'll have to agree to differ on this p.o.i.n.t.

Tester · « **Reply #31 on:** March 01, 2009, 06:01:48 pm »

Here's a proper quiz question....

What's next in the sequence

P, N, U, S, J

John W E · « **Reply #32 on:** March 01, 2009, 06:05:35 pm »

is it H ????

Tester · « **Reply #33 on:** March 01, 2009, 06:06:11 pm »

Nope

DickyD · « **Reply #34 on:** March 01, 2009, 06:08:38 pm »

Try L.

John W E · « **Reply #35 on:** March 01, 2009, 06:09:49 pm »

try V for venus???

Tester · « **Reply #36 on:** March 01, 2009, 06:10:54 pm »

Ok Bluebird, close but not quite....

John W E · « **Reply #37 on:** March 01, 2009, 06:12:25 pm »

Mars? howway man me heed in the stars enough hahaha

Tester · « **Reply #38 on:** March 01, 2009, 06:25:20 pm »

That's it

Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars

omra85 · « **Reply #39 on:** March 01, 2009, 06:35:00 pm »

A boat is moored up and the tide is coming in. Over the side is a ladder with the rungs spaced 1 ft apart.
At 3pm 2 rungs are below water and 7 are showing.
If the tide rises at 2 feet per hour, how many rungs are showing at 5pm.
Danny

catengineman · « **Reply #40 on:** March 01, 2009, 06:42:02 pm »

7

unless the boat is sinking

omra85 · « **Reply #41 on:** March 01, 2009, 06:45:26 pm »

I should have known better than to put it on a boating forum ......

Danny

Tug-Kenny RIP · « **Reply #42 on:** March 01, 2009, 07:11:41 pm »

Quote from: omra85 on March 01, 2009, 06:45:26 pm

I should have known better than to put it on a boating forum ......
Danny

I realized this with my first puzzle.

Dan is right one second one ........

next one

?
14 17
5 9 8
3 2 7 1

What number is on the top row ?

catengineman · « **Reply #43 on:** March 01, 2009, 07:18:37 pm »

Brian Roberts · « **Reply #44 on:** March 01, 2009, 07:21:28 pm »

catengineman · « **Reply #45 on:** March 01, 2009, 07:28:16 pm »

It's 1930, A train pulls out of the station in Scotland and travels south, it manages to reach a speed of 65 mile per hour. There is a wind blowing from the south at a constant speed of 15 mile per hour, taking all this information here is the question

what direction does the steam go?

R,

Tug-Kenny RIP · « **Reply #46 on:** March 01, 2009, 07:32:57 pm »

Well done Cat.

I'm now thinking about trains.

catengineman · « **Reply #47 on:** March 01, 2009, 07:36:10 pm »

There are two tramps crossing tower bridge

one is the father of the otherone's son

what relation are they?

R,

Brian Roberts · « **Reply #48 on:** March 01, 2009, 07:42:41 pm »

Husband & wife

catengineman · « **Reply #49 on:** March 01, 2009, 07:44:27 pm »

Last from me for a while.

A team of chaps are sent out on a job to dig a hole, along with them went time and motions.

It was found that the team of 5 men could dig 5 holes in 10 hours.
then it was found that a team of 10 men could dig 5 holes in 5 hours
then it was found that 2 men could dig 2 holes in 2 hours

given the clues how long would it take 1 man to dig half a hole?

R,

PS: well done Brian Roberts

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