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you get lost and find a better one.

Monday, March 11, 2013

think on this for a while

Did you know it is possible to speak for a whole minute and not use the letter A even once?

Do you know how?

Think about it and let me know.
If nobody gets it, I'll let you know how it's done.

18 comments:

Happy Elf Mom said...

Say things like, "Mm hmm" and "uh-huh" and "yep" for a minute on your end of a "conversation."

Ok, that's my guess.

That, or this is a smarty-pants riddle and you would say we are not using letters when we speak, but that letters only somewhat approximately represent speech sounds. :)

mybabyjohn/Delores said...

It's a conundrum for sure.

River said...

Happy Elf Mom; sorry, that's not it.
It is a smarty-pants riddle though. Sort of.

Delores; I was surprised when I found out.

The Elephant's Child said...

I give up.

Kath Lockett said...

Maybe if they spoke Welsh....?
ynyknutnknmlynykl

The Wicked Writer said...

lol, absolutely no idea lol.

Mimsie said...

I'll not give it away but perhaps you got this from reading A Wanted Man which I read recently. Jack Reacher showed how it could be done at the end of the book. Am I right?

River said...

Elephant's Child; giving up so soon?
You're as bad as me.

Kath Lockett; no Welsh involved.

The Wicked Writer; I'll tell you then. In a minute.

Mimsie; I knew you'd know.

The answer is......count out loud from one to one hundred, it should take you about a minute and you won't need the letter A until you get to one hundred And one.

Pearl said...

I've no idea, but you have some clever responses here! :-)

Pearl

River said...

Pearl; the answer is the last sentence in the comment above you.

The Elephant's Child said...

Groan. Clever, and now I feel inadequate. Thank you.

mm said...

Counting is not speaking though.

River said...

Elephant's Child; I did too, all the way through the book as I tried to figure out how that was possible.

mm; true, but it is a minute of words without the letter A.
Welcome to drifting.

Mimsie said...

Re mm's comment. Of course counting is speaking unless you are doning it silently on your fingers perhaps. lol

River said...

Mimsie; you're right. I suspect mm was referring to proper conversation.

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gaby@727m2 - a garden diary said...

Ah ha... clever... I had to read the comments to figure it out.