Deebster to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoxkcd #2896: Crossword Constructorsimgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down114file-text
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https://xkcd.com/2896 Alt text: Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an ‘eHit’.
minus-square_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoAhem: aerae: Latin, genitive/dative singular of aera eni: Urhobo for ‘elephant’ oreta: Latin, taxonomic genus within the family Drepanidae. aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ oine: Danish, indefinite plural of øie aen: Rōmaji transcription of あえん enta: French, third-person singular past historic of enter aete: Rōmaji transcription of あえて
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year ago aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ ok but that’s just the Katakana transcription of aloe
minus-squareJackcooper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThose are all unacceptable crossword clues Taylor 2025 effort would be an acceptable crossword clue
minus-squarePlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agooine is most definitely not Danish for eyes. That would be øjne, plural of øje.
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhat does ‘enter’ even mean in French?
minus-squareRustyNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIn means nothing. The french for enter is “entrer”
Ahem:
aerae: Latin, genitive/dative singular of aera
eni: Urhobo for ‘elephant’
oreta: Latin, taxonomic genus within the family Drepanidae.
aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ
oine: Danish, indefinite plural of øie
aen: Rōmaji transcription of あえん
enta: French, third-person singular past historic of enter
aete: Rōmaji transcription of あえて
ok but that’s just the Katakana transcription of aloe
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Those are all unacceptable crossword clues
Taylor 2025 effort would be an acceptable crossword clue
oine is most definitely not Danish for eyes. That would be øjne, plural of øje.
What does ‘enter’ even mean in French?
In means nothing. The french for enter is “entrer”