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I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 2:21:00 PM

Lorelei115

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What is the only word in the English language that changes both meaning and pronounciation when you capitalize it?

(No it has nothing to do with the phrase "the English Language" if you read the other riddle post)

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 2:22:46 PM

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Capitalize the first letter, or all caps?

Because all caps will be many........

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 2:23:15 PM

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capitalize the first letter only

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 2:36:40 PM

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polish/Polish

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 2:37:22 PM

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polish and Polish?

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 2:37:30 PM

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Cheater.....

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 2:39:07 PM

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Actually, it does not always change the meaning. For example:

"Polish the floors, then get back in your cage until your beating."

See? I am bitter over not getting it!

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 2:41:28 PM

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awww dont be bitter

In that context it dosent necassarily change but capital and not capital is the only way to tell the difference between the two words unless used in a sentence.

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 2:46:34 PM

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Unless someone writes it in a list of words to be used in a sentence, and all of them are capitalised.......

Ever think of that?

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 3:05:03 PM

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There are plenty of words like that. In addition to "polish," off the top of my head I can think of "reading." I remember seeing a whole list of them somewhere.

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What is the only word in the English language that changes both meaning and pronounciation when you capitalize it?

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 3:10:23 PM

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Oh yeah.... any name of a city....

LaM, you rock. Screw the people who knew a real answer....

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 3:26:38 PM

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This has nothing to do with the riddle but

worcestershire is pronounced wooster by people that live there

the sauce though is only pronounced worse-te-shire

weirdness!

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 3:47:21 PM

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No, "Worcester" is pronounced "Wooster" by people that live there. "Worcestershire" is pronounced "Woostasher."

And benji, not any place name works. It has to be a place name that's also a word and is pronounced differently from that word. There's still tons of them, but it's not as though ANY city name will work.

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This has nothing to do with the riddle but

worcestershire is pronounced wooster by people that live there

the sauce though is only pronounced worse-te-shire

weirdness!

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 3:59:59 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: gooddogbenji

Unless someone writes it in a list of words to be used in a sentence, and all of them are capitalised.......

Ever think of that?

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benji

Mmhmm. The use/mention distinction. Yes, well ... quite so ...

But I'm pretty sure only pedantic people pay much attention to stuff like that.

And pee-dantic dogs, maybe.

The personal pronoun "I" is pronounced like "eye". Aye, it is.

But "i" as the name of what mathematician's call "the imaginary unit" would in a perfect world be pronounced: "ihh"

But alas in this non-imaginary world they prononce it, aye, so it rhymes with fly guy and pig sty.

Anyway now that the riddle is solv-ed I thought that by introducing the expression "imaginary unit" I might get benji to tug at the leash in a whole new direction. Toward Reading, maybe. I suppose we might reach that august destination sometime around August.

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 4:32:42 PM

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No, "Worcester" is pronounced "Wooster" by people that live there. "Worcestershire" is pronounced "Woostasher."

This "Woostasher" of which you speak. Is this a person who seldom expresses surprise or rather someone who hoards the wherewithall for romance? Or maybe someone who sports a titanic growth of upper lip hair?

Speaking of place names, can anyone think of a word, besides "Dwingeloo/dwingeloo" which has three syllables when capitalized but only two when uncapitalized?

Dwingeloo (dwing galoo), as you will recall is a galaxy appearing to us in Casseopeia. Whereas dwingeloo (dwinj loo), well, trust me you don't wanna go there.

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 4:55:08 PM

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And benji, not any place name works. It has to be a place name that's also a word and is pronounced differently from that word. There's still tons of them, but it's not as though ANY city name will work.

Well, I realize that London is neither a word, nor pronounced differently than london. However, Cork & cork are pronounced very differently, unless you actually speak both with an Irish accent.

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 5:08:32 PM

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That's it! I'm not making any more riddles! So there!

PS- People in Mass prounounce things weird anyway. Gloucester anyone?

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 5:09:49 PM

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quote:

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Gloucester anyone?

Glosster

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 5:11:04 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: mistoferin

quote:

ORIGINAL: Lorelei115
Gloucester anyone?

Glosster

Exactly. Its just weird.

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RE: I wanna make a riddle too! - 10/13/2006 5:15:20 PM

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'ere's da fing, Guv...
If it's Glosstah and Woostah; why isn't it Manstah and Dorstah?

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