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  malki2  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 3:13 am
ChanieMommy wrote:
but those are not things... they are units in time...


BTW, why is a day not a “thing”?🤔
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Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 3:27 am
malki2 wrote:
BTW, why is a day not a “thing”?🤔


Because a thing has to be something palpable, an object.

So if you say "seven things" people will understand "seven objects", not seven days or other units of time...
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Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 4:54 am
ChanieMommy wrote:
Because a thing has to be something palpable, an object.

So if you say "seven things" people will understand "seven objects", not seven days or other units of time...




According to Google, events, concepts, or abstract entities can be “things”.
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Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 5:20 am
malki2 wrote:
According to Google, events, concepts, or abstract entities can be “things”.


I found the use of the word "things" misleading in this context...

Here is what the oxford dictionary says:
Thing noun
1) an object whose name you do not use because you do not need to or want to, or because you do not know it
2)an object that is not alive in the way that people and plants are
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  malki2  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 5:39 am
ChanieMommy wrote:
I found the use of the word "things" misleading in this context...

Here is what the oxford dictionary says:
Thing noun
1) an object whose name you do not use because you do not need to or want to, or because you do not know it
2)an object that is not alive in the way that people and plants are


Well if I would have said “events” it would have given it away...
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  ChanieMommy  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 5:42 am
malki2 wrote:
Here’s one:

What group of seven things is described by the following?
Long, short, white, black, his, hers, theirs.


You could have left it out alltogether:
What is described by the following?

Or you could have used the word "entities" instead of "things"
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  malki2  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:05 am
ChanieMommy wrote:
You could have left it out alltogether:
What is described by the following?

Or you could have used the word "entities" instead of "things"


Ok. I’ll keep it in mind for next time. I love verbal nitpickers because I am one myself. So keep going!
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  ExtraCredit  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:08 am
I guessed days of the week right away so I can’t have this excuse Hiding
What’s my excuse?
Btw you could’ve said what group of seven is described here. But honestly “things” didn’t bother me. I was thinking all types of 7 possibilities whether things, ideas, units of time, names...


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Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:10 am
ExtraCredit wrote:
I guessed days of the week right away so I can’t have this excuse Hiding
What’s my excuse?


Coronavirus?
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  ExtraCredit  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:12 am
malki2 wrote:
Coronavirus?


Uh, my sense of smell is still not 100% so maybe that excuse still works.
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  ChanieMommy  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:13 am
ExtraCredit wrote:
I guessed days of the week right away so I can’t have this excuse Hiding
What’s my excuse?
Btw you could’ve said what group of seven is described here. But honestly “things” didn’t bother me. I was thinking all types of 7 possibilities whether things, ideas, units of time, names...

I guessed fast days once it was said it was something jewish and I understood it could be days... but I really could make nothing of the original wording... it just seemed strange...
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Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:16 am
ChanieMommy wrote:
I guessed fast days once it was said it was something jewish and I understood it could be days... but I really could make nothing of the original wording... it just seemed strange...

Do you think if she’d just skip the word things you’d get it? I find the word things so general. It doesn’t automatically make me think of objects.
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  ExtraCredit  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:18 am
Is something wrong with this sentence?
“The one thing I hate is a fast day!”
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  ExtraCredit  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:20 am
This sounds better?
The one entity I hate is a fast day. Confused
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  malki2  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:22 am
Ok on to a new riddle. I’ll be unambiguous this time.

What weekly Parsha is described by the following 3 clues:

תחילת סוף סופה
סוף סוף תחילתה
ויבא נח אל התבה
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  ExtraCredit  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:26 am
malki2 wrote:
Ok on to a new riddle. I’ll be unambiguous this time.

What weekly Parsha is described by the following 3 clues:

תחילת סוף סופה
סוף סוף תחילתה
ויבא נח אל התבה


Hidden: 

The last one makes it hard. It’s obviously not נח cuz that would be too easy.
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Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:27 am
malki2 wrote:
Ok on to a new riddle. I’ll be unambiguous this time.

What weekly Parsha is described by the following 3 clues:

תחילת סוף סופה
סוף סוף תחילתה
ויבא נח אל התבה

Hidden: 

פנחס
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  malki2  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:28 am
ExtraCredit wrote:
Hidden: 

The last one makes it hard. It’s obviously not נח cuz that would be too easy.


1 down, 53 to go.
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Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:28 am
Hidden: 

פנחס Hooray
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Post Wed, Sep 23 2020, 6:29 am
This was great. Gotta give it to the sons! They’ll love it.
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