Word Game - Page 52

Elanor · 11-08-2005, 07:18 PM

cat --> cit

short for citizen, but used as a derogatory slang term in the 18th and 19th centuries for a member of the city-dwelling working class

Count Comfect · 11-08-2005, 09:55 PM

cit -> wit

***Rían*** · 11-08-2005, 10:41 PM

wit --> twit

(one of my favorite words - I love the sound of it!)

Count Comfect · 11-08-2005, 11:21 PM

twit -> trit

A base 3 digit - originally formed by analogy with "bit," a base 2 digit.

Pytt · 11-09-2005, 02:17 AM

trit -> trite

***Rían*** · 11-09-2005, 03:23 AM

trite --> rite

("trit", huh? I've never heard that - and I know binary, octal and hex, as well as good ol' base 10)

Count Comfect · 11-09-2005, 04:20 AM

rite->mite

***Earniel*** · 11-09-2005, 04:26 AM

The game reached 1000 posts and is now closed. The new game can be found here .

11-08-2005, 07:18 PM	#1021
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	cat --> cit short for citizen, but used as a derogatory slang term in the 18th and 19th centuries for a member of the city-dwelling working class __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes Last edited by Elanor : 11-08-2005 at 07:28 PM.

11-08-2005, 10:41 PM	#1023
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	wit --> twit (one of my favorite words - I love the sound of it!) __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

11-08-2005, 11:21 PM	#1024
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	twit -> trit A base 3 digit - originally formed by analogy with "bit," a base 2 digit. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-09-2005, 02:17 AM	#1025
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	trit -> trite __________________ Don't Panic!

11-09-2005, 03:23 AM	#1026
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	trite --> rite ("trit", huh? I've never heard that - and I know binary, octal and hex, as well as good ol' base 10) __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

11-08-2005, 09:55 PM	#1022
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	cit -> wit

11-09-2005, 04:20 AM	#1027
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	rite->mite __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-09-2005, 04:26 AM	#1028
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	The game reached 1000 posts and is now closed. The new game can be found here . __________________ We are not things.

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