Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoThe value of xsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up11.14K
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minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 month agoThe “Riddle Man” wants the answer to be ‘language’ because the question he claims to have asked is what’s the third word in “the English Language.” If we credulously try to answer the implied question, it’s better to just link this page, but you should read the whole thing. https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-third-common-gry-word
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoAs the explain xkcd notes, it’s badly told by cueball so it’s impossible to answer. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/169:_Words_that_End_in_GRY
The “Riddle Man” wants the answer to be ‘language’ because the question he claims to have asked is what’s the third word in “the English Language.”
If we credulously try to answer the implied question, it’s better to just link this page, but you should read the whole thing.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-third-common-gry-word
As the explain xkcd notes, it’s badly told by cueball so it’s impossible to answer. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/169:_Words_that_End_in_GRY