Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 7 months agoThe value of xsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square138linkfedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down120
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1imageThe value of xsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 7 months agomessage-square138linkfedilink
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoThe “Riddle Man” wants the answer to be ‘language’ because the question he claims to have asked is what’s the third word in “the English Language.” If we credulously try to answer the implied question, it’s better to just link this page, but you should read the whole thing. https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-third-common-gry-word
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoAs the explain xkcd notes, it’s badly told by cueball so it’s impossible to answer. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/169:_Words_that_End_in_GRY
The “Riddle Man” wants the answer to be ‘language’ because the question he claims to have asked is what’s the third word in “the English Language.”
If we credulously try to answer the implied question, it’s better to just link this page, but you should read the whole thing.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-third-common-gry-word
As the explain xkcd notes, it’s badly told by cueball so it’s impossible to answer. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/169:_Words_that_End_in_GRY