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17 Jul 2007 08:16:17 AM |
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Logic Puzzle |
What three English words are their own antomyms?
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| User: "operator jay" |
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| Title: Re: Logic Puzzle |
17 Jul 2007 10:05:59 PM |
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"John Schutkeker" <jschutkeker@sbcglobal.net.nospam> wrote in message
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What three English words are their own antomyms?
I couldn't think of any off the top, but these guys have a boat load
of them
http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhatwo.html
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| User: "OG" |
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| Title: Re: Logic Puzzle |
17 Jul 2007 01:22:41 PM |
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"John Schutkeker" <jschutkeker@sbcglobal.net.nospam> wrote in message
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What three English words are their own antomyms?
One begins with a C
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| User: "John Schutkeker" |
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| Title: Re: Logic Puzzle |
17 Jul 2007 02:42:18 PM |
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"OG" <owen@gwynnefamily.org.uk> wrote in news:5g4fniF3fhugrU1
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"John Schutkeker" <jschutkeker@sbcglobal.net.nospam> wrote in message
news:Xns99705E51DA6CDlkajehoriuasldfjknak@207.115.33.102...
What three English words are their own antomyms?
One begins with a C
One begins with a 'P'
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Logic Puzzle |
18 Jul 2007 06:44:44 AM |
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On 17 Lug, 15:16, John Schutkeker <jschutke...@sbcglobal.net.nospam>
wrote:
What three English words are their own antomyms?
a long list is here:
http://www.rinkworks.com/words/contronyms.shtml
Another: What is the word which yields the largest number of known
words, by simply changing 1 letter in 1 fixed place?
[example: bAd bEd bUd bID ... ]
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| User: "John Schutkeker" |
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| Title: Re: Logic Puzzle |
18 Jul 2007 03:59:24 PM |
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"tommaso.gastaldi@gmail.com" <Tommaso.Gastaldi@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1184759084.159845.208330@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
On 17 Lug, 15:16, John Schutkeker <jschutke...@sbcglobal.net.nospam>
wrote:
What three English words are their own antomyms?
a long list is here:
http://www.rinkworks.com/words/contronyms.shtml
"Enjoin" is the third one, which I couldn't remember, but the other two
aren't on that list, so my puzzle still stands. Another hint is that the
other two words are of the same degree of linguistic complexity and common-
ness as "enjoin." They're both words that you don't hear very often, but
you occasionally see them in a newspaper or magazine article by someone
facile with the use of what Ben Grimm calls "fifty dollar words." Also,
they are not obscure or obsolete, Shakesperean or Chaucerian English.
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| User: "Androcles" |
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| Title: Re: Logic Puzzle |
18 Jul 2007 07:36:16 AM |
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"tommaso.gastaldi@gmail.com" <Tommaso.Gastaldi@gmail.com> wrote in message
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: On 17 Lug, 15:16, John Schutkeker <jschutke...@sbcglobal.net.nospam>
: wrote:
: > What three English words are their own antomyms?
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: a long list is here:
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: http://www.rinkworks.com/words/contronyms.shtml
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Not all of those are correct.
a.. help - assist, prevent (e.g., "I can't help it if...")
The example given says "I can NOT help..."
"I can assist, I can prevent" is not equivalent to "I can help, I can help".
I can assist. I can NOT prevent.
I can NOT assist. I can prevent.
Thus 'help' not a contronym.
a.. dollop - a large amount, a small amount
A dollop is an amount without the adjective.
A dollop of ice cream can be large or small but is still as dollop.
The connotation of a dollop applies to a viscous fluid.
A dollop of iron -- nah. A dollop of molten iron - ok.
Not a contronym.
a.. deceptively smart - smarter than one appears, dumber than one appears
That's two words. Not a contronym.
sanguine - hopeful, murderous (obsolete synonym for "sanguinary")
Just plain wrong. The dictionary gives:
1 : BLOODRED
2 a : consisting of or relating to blood b : BLOODTHIRSTY, SANGUINARY c of
the complexion : RUDDY
3 : having blood as the predominating bodily humor; also : having the bodily
conformation and temperament held characteristic of such predominance and
marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness
4 : CONFIDENT, OPTIMISTIC
: Another: What is the word which yields the largest number of known
: words, by simply changing 1 letter in 1 fixed place?
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: [example: bAd bEd bUd bID ... ]
Another:
A "Scrabble" player likes to hold what seven letters for a 7-letter
bonus word?
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Logic Puzzle |
19 Jul 2007 04:53:29 AM |
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On Jul 17, 11:16 pm, John Schutkeker
<jschutke...@sbcglobal.net.nospam> wrote:
What three English words are their own antomyms?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_self-contradicting_words_in_English
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| User: "John Schutkeker" |
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| Title: Re: Logic Puzzle |
19 Jul 2007 07:45:27 AM |
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wrote in news:1184838809.914024.13990
@g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
On Jul 17, 11:16 pm, John Schutkeker
<jschutke...@sbcglobal.net.nospam> wrote:
What three English words are their own antomyms?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_self-contradicting_words_in_English
Still not there.
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| User: "-=Biscuit=-" |
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| Title: Re: Logic Puzzle |
21 Jul 2007 01:24:20 AM |
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John Schutkeker <jschutkeker@sbcglobal.net.nospam> delighted us
to no end by taking a lime green crayon and scribbling in
news:Xns997259187CEC6lkajehoriuasldfjknak@207.115.17.102, on the
hallowed day of Thu 19 Jul 2007 05:45:27a:
schoenfeld.one@gmail.com wrote in news:1184838809.914024.13990
@g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
On Jul 17, 11:16 pm, John Schutkeker
<jschutke...@sbcglobal.net.nospam> wrote:
What three English words are their own antomyms?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_self-contradicting_words_i
n_English
Still not there.
OK, so you made me look.
:p~~~
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-=Mara=-
Never underestimated the power of stupid people in large groups.
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