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Post by Occupant on Apr 29, 2009 10:18:04 GMT -5
See if you can figure out what these words have in common.
1 Banana
2 Dresser
3 Grammar
4 Potato
5 Revive
6 Uneven
7 Assess
Are you peeking or have you already given up?
Give it another try . Look at each word carefully.
This Is Cool.
Answer: No, it is not that they all have at least 2 double letters.
Answer:
In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter, place it at
the end of the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the
same word..
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Post by True Patriot on Apr 29, 2009 19:20:12 GMT -5
This is something I came up with for the English Language Text Book I'm writing. What do the following letters have in common?
A B C G I J N O P Q R T U X YEach can be associated with a word used in English.
a, be, bee, sea, see, gee, I, eye, jay, in, inn, oh, pee, pea, cue, queue, are, tea, tee, you, ewe, ex, why |
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Post by Occupant on Apr 29, 2009 19:41:07 GMT -5
Very interesting, I didn't think of that, I had to look.
I was the best note taker in my class and one of our students from Germany used to sit next to me so he could get some help. He spoke English very well, but he had a terrible time trying to understand the meaning of some of our expressions ~ for example, once the Professor said something was "a means to an end." Poor Eckhart was clueless.
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Post by True Patriot on Apr 29, 2009 20:06:15 GMT -5
Very interesting, I didn't think of that, I had to look. I was the best note taker in my class and one of our students from Germany used to sit next to me so he could get some help. He spoke English very well, but he had a terrible time trying to understand the meaning of some of our expressions ~ for example, once the Professor said something was "a means to an end." Poor Eckhart was clueless. Idioms are very difficult. Imagine culture based expressions like, "Where's the beef?" or onomatopoeia's like, "chaa-ching!" or modern expressions like, "So, like duh?" |
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Post by True Patriot on Apr 29, 2009 20:10:05 GMT -5
Here's the second of three. What do the following letters have in common? A E F H I L M N O R S XWhen said, they all begin with a vowel sound. |
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Post by Occupant on Apr 29, 2009 20:18:47 GMT -5
Right you are ~ neat observation.
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Post by True Patriot on Apr 29, 2009 20:53:00 GMT -5
The last of three. What do the following letters have in common? A E F H I K L M N T V W X Y ZThey are typically printed using straight lines. I'm using these three riddles to give the student's permission and practice at thinking creatively and differently about their view of language and problem solving. Language should be less about saying things correctly and more about communicating effectively. Something I obviously have a difficult time doing myself based on my experience on other forums. |
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Post by Birdie on Apr 30, 2009 12:54:22 GMT -5
I'm using these three riddles to give the student's permission and practice at thinking creatively and differently about their view of language and problem solving. Language should be less about saying things correctly and more about communicating effectively. Something I obviously have a difficult time doing myself based on my experience on other forums. So, you're a teacher? |
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Post by True Patriot on Apr 30, 2009 18:34:31 GMT -5
I wouldn't call myself a teacher that be unfair to the real teachers as opposed to the brain-washers.
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