Guest Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 This should be the hardest of the 3 so far. P is 1 G is 2 E is 2 What is C? No peeking! But seriously... Spoiler for Real Hint: It involves counting, but what exactly are we counting here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 (edited) If the number corresponds to how many ways the letter can sound, the C would be 2. This works in that "P" only has one kind of sound, while both "G" and "E" have 2... G has ga and ja sounds (think garage) E has eh and ee sounds (think eager) C has keh and seh sounds (think cancer) Edited December 5, 2008 by BeastMaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 If the number corresponds to how many ways the letter can sound, the C would be 2. This works in that "P" only has one kind of sound, while both "G" and "E" have 2... G has ga and ja sounds (think garage) E has eh and ee sounds (think eager) C has keh and seh sounds (think cancer) Well, way to go. I figured this would stump people for a while. Major congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 If the number corresponds to how many ways the letter can sound, the C would be 2. This works in that "P" only has one kind of sound, while both "G" and "E" have 2... G has ga and ja sounds (think garage) E has eh and ee sounds (think eager) C has keh and seh sounds (think cancer) Well, if that's the case... either 3 or 4. E can also have "ay" sound (think trebuchet, cliche, touche, fiancee...a lot of French and Spanish words that have made their way into the English language), and in your example of "eager," the second E is silent, if that counts as a sound. The "eh" sound would be like the E in "men." There might even be more sounds for E for which I can't think of an example right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Well, if that's the case... either 3 or 4. E can also have "ay" sound (think trebuchet, cliche, touche, fiancee...a lot of French and Spanish words that have made their way into the English language), and in your example of "eager," the second E is silent, if that counts as a sound. The "eh" sound would be like the E in "men." There might even be more sounds for E for which I can't think of an example right now. True, but I was going for basic American sounds. Foreign-stolen-into-English words not where I was thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 True, but I was going for basic American sounds. Foreign-stolen-into-English words not where I was thinking. Professor higgins would have a field day on this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 True, but I was going for basic American sounds. Foreign-stolen-into-English words not where I was thinking. "Basic American sounds." There's a phrase that might give a linguist pause. Not to mention Native Americans. Every "American sound" that you mentioned is much, much older than America itself, so they're pretty much all "stolen" as you put it. Just something to think about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jiminy Cricket Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Professor higgins would have a field day on this one Poor Professor Higgins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 The lines that would touch the lines on paper like P would be one cause of the one line on top E being two cause the top and bottom. So C would be 2. WOOSH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 The lines that would touch the lines on paper like P would be one cause of the one line on top E being two cause the top and bottom. So C would be 2. WOOSH!!! That's fairly interesting. I hadn't thought about that. "Basic American sounds." There's a phrase that might give a linguist pause. Not to mention Native Americans. Every "American sound" that you mentioned is much, much older than America itself, so they're pretty much all "stolen" as you put it. Just something to think about. When I said that, I meant sounds not used in foreign words that English stole. Although I guess E does make a "ay" sound in some English words, but whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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This should be the hardest of the 3 so far.
P is 1
G is 2
E is 2
What is C?
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