A Riddle

[Superphil]

A RIDDLE THAT'LL KILL YOUR BRAIN!

This is going to make you so MAD!





There are three words in the English language that end

in"gry".

ONE is angry and the other is hungry. Everyone knows what the

third ONE means and what it stands for. Everyone uses them everyday, and

if you listened very carefully, I've given you the third word.



What is it? __ _ __ gry?

 

[looney]

Buggry?

 

[Superphil]

Thank you but no!

 

[fatbadger]

angry.

of sorts, although you need in your wording to flag which sentence you are referring to a little bit better than you do.

Good riddle, mind!

 

[tinx]

I know the asnwer tot his but I'm not gonna spoil it for the rest of you, so I'll keep it to myself for now.

 

[fatbadger]

I know the asnwer tot his but I'm not gonna spoil it for the rest of you, so I'll keep it to myself for now.

oops, sorry.

But then, I didn't know the answer before I read the riddle here and worked it out..

 

[Yorkie]

Imagry

sorry just realised this has an e in it

 

[tinx]

angry is wrong

 

[fatbadger]

'One is angry, the other is hungry'.

How is angry wrong? It's the third word in that sentence.

 

[Superphil]

Well I still don't think we have a winner, I certainly don't understand what fatbadger is on about, are you saying "angry"? cos that is one of the 2 words already mentioned

 

[CHAPPERS]

CHISGRY

 

[Superphil]

Oh, and what has happened to my post counter?

 

[tinx]

f*** it I'll ruin it for you and explain it.

The answer is langauage.

because there are three words in "the english language"

the third word is language.

Simple when you know how.

 

[CHAPPERS]

I don't get it

 

[Lord Bracknell]

"Energy"

Ends in "g..r..y", but not in that order.

But you never said the three words all used those letters in the same order.

 

[tinx]

I don't get it

CHISLA

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I don't get it

Just accept what he says.

Dont get overangry about this.

Whoops! There's another one.

 

[Sam]

bit of an anti climax if you ask me

 

[fatbadger]

OK, OK, I get it. But I though that point was that it was spelt with "gry" and it was the third word, following the sentence in which 'angry' is the third word. This is because of what linguists call 'cohesion' - the phrase 'the third one' represents an ellipsis of the noun phrase and post modifier 'words in the English language / that end in"gry"'. Thus it has to refer (if this is 'good' English) to a word that ends in "gry". Thus, the third sentence refers paratactically back to the first sentence, but (necessarily) hypotactically to the second sentence - therefore it is the third word of the second sentence, which does actually end with "gry", and it is thus 'angry'.

 

[Superphil]

what is CHISLA ?