Natural Selections

[tiger_lily111]

These are basically accurate (with wiggle room) to the Midwestern USA English accent I grew up with. Hopefully they will mainly cross the gamut of spoken English, but I apologize if they don't.

Note that some may require more imaginative verbal wiggling than others.

This time, a couple of them have a minor additional hurdle/clue to find the appropriate word to sound.

1. Close media cheer slips

2. Flabbergast ward Kaufmann residence enemy support

3. Prattle modify sway

4. Soot steady waft hurt sound

5. Install proclaim recess

6. Tired looker burrow legitimate to do

7. Hasten one attempts walkway secures

8. Weighty mineral sun god pebbles

9. Abrade gravedigger shoal

10.Chink croak Greek mid-afternoon break

[Guest]

Do you mind explaining what we have to do? I am really confused

[tiger_lily111]

Find the right words and string them together (verbally) to try and discover what each answer is.

[rsn]

Gibraltar rock

I hope i'm solving it the right way

[rsn]

Mount Everest

[rsn]

Loch Ness monster

[tiger_lily111]

Gibraltar rock

I hope i'm solving it the right way

Mount Everest

Loch Ness monster

You definitely have the hang of it! Correct for 3 & 5, but you'll have to try again for #1!

Incidentally, I almost put that one in, but didn't in the end.

[plainglazed]

Hey t_l - not been able to spend much time here a riddlin' as of late but did sneak a copy of yours during lunch.

amaze + zone + (Fallingwater) + foe + rest = Amazon Rainforrest?

grate + burrier + reef = Great Barrier Reef?

Got a few other ideas am still mulling over. Be back soon.

[tiger_lily111]

Hey t_l - not been able to spend much time here a riddlin' as of late but did sneak a copy of yours during lunch.

amaze + zone + (Fallingwater) + foe + rest = Amazon Rainforrest?

grate + burrier + reef = Great Barrier Reef?

Got a few other ideas am still mulling over. Be back soon.

Right for both of those!

[plainglazed]

crack + caw + (tau) = Krakatoa?

[tiger_lily111]

crack + caw + (tau) = Krakatoa?

Yep! (Well, close enough ... I did actually mean the way the rest of the world generally spells it.)

[rsn]

Sahara sand

[tiger_lily111]

Sahara sand

Not that, keep at it!

[Wilson]

Hey, hey. Think I've got one.

Nigh + (daily)rag + rah + falls = Niagara Falls?

[tiger_lily111]

Hey, hey. Think I've got one.

Nigh + (daily)rag + rah + falls = Niagara Falls?

Well ... close enough, and the answer's right!

[plainglazed]

Well ... aren't you just so cultured?

Am a little stymied but still workin' at it. May need to post partial thoughts for group think at some point soon. Good stuff.

[tiger_lily111]

Well ... aren't you just so cultured?

Am a little stymied but still workin' at it. May need to post partial thoughts for group think at some point soon. Good stuff.

No, it was just easier that way! A couple of them are pretty unknown, at least in the U.S. (I base this on the fact that I hadn't heard of them, but they looked neat!)

4, 6, 7, & 8 are the ones still unsolved.

[rsn]

totally stuck.. nothing come to mind

Ash volcano

ash + wall + can + oh

can't fit 'can' though in the scheme of things

[Wilson]

Gallop- a- goes-aisle-lands = Galapagos Islands?

[plainglazed]

meaty + ore + ra + rocks - Meteora Rocks?

[tiger_lily111]

totally stuck.. nothing come to mind

Ash volcano

ash + wall + can + oh

can't fit 'can' though in the scheme of things

No, but you're on track with part of it!

Gallop- a- goes-aisle-lands = Galapagos Islands?

Yup!

meaty + ore + ra + rocks - Meteora Rocks?

That would be one of them I hadn't heard of, but you got it!

Now just 4 & 6 to go. Enjoy your weekend in the meantime!

Edited April 24, 2010 by tiger_lily111

[plainglazed]

Hey t_l - well, I guess turnabout is fair play. did manage to have an enjoyable weekend tho and also did have this in the back of my mind. all I came up with -

ash + sure + wind + ow = Azure Window?

[tiger_lily111]

Hey t_l - well, I guess turnabout is fair play. did manage to have an enjoyable weekend tho and also did have this in the back of my mind. all I came up with -

ash + sure + wind + ow = Azure Window?

That would, indeed, be it!

[tiger_lily111]

the 'hidden' clue ... think DISNEY

[plainglazed]

(Sleeping Beauty) + bore + real + list = Aurora Borealis? -- Not real sure about that last bit. Had actually tried to work that one into 8. and had played with butte and sleepy but didnt know her name until your hint prompted the wiki search

[tiger_lily111]

(Sleeping Beauty) + bore + real + list = Aurora Borealis? -- Not real sure about that last bit. Had actually tried to work that one into 8. and had played with butte and sleepy but didnt know her name until your hint prompted the wiki search

Got it!