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#256853 - Mon Feb 07 2005 05:20 PM Fill in the blanks with what?
researcher Participant Registered: Sat Dec 25 2004 Posts: 26	Can someone help me with this puzzle?... I've been looking at it for two weeks with no idea what the answers are... Any help would be appreciated... Here's the puzzle... Fill in each blank with a single letter to form fairly common words or expressions. BA_P D_IL LA_NG H_ME (answer is not home) DE_RE As far as I can see there are none...
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#256854 - Mon Feb 07 2005 05:50 PM Re: Fill in the blanks with what?
SilverMoonsong Moderator Registered: Sun Nov 07 1999 Posts: 3989 Loc: Durham, North Carolina USA	Quote: Fill in each blank with a single letter to form fairly common words or expressions. Are these fairly common words or expressions actually in english? Could they be abbreviations or acronyms? _________________________ Forum Moderator: Useful Tips & Tricks, Movies & Television, Music Cellar Senior Crossword Editor
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#256855 - Mon Feb 07 2005 09:16 PM Re: Fill in the blanks with what?
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20912 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	These are NOT what I would call 'common words'. BA_P - baRp (a Scottish word for a mound of stones) D_IL - dEil (another Scots word, meaning 'devil') LA_NG - I am stumped on this one H_ME - hAme (part of a horse's harness), hEme (a component of haemoglobin) DE_RE - deAre (an obsolete word from Chaucer, meaning 'to harm'), deEre (another Chaucerian word, meaning 'dear, beloved'), also a tractor builder of some note.. Hope these help. Edited by ozzz2002 (Mon Feb 07 2005 09:21 PM) _________________________ The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Ex-Editor, Hobbies and Sports, and Forum Moderator
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#256856 - Tue Feb 08 2005 06:35 AM Re: Fill in the blanks with what?
Exit10 Registered: Fri Sep 28 2001 Posts: 4253 Loc: Brisbane Queensland Australia	Ozzz is a pretty good Scrabble fiend. He will be right on all of these. btw - the tractor is spelled Deere (as in John Deere Tractors). Laing and Layng are surnames but I don't think this is what you are after.
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#256857 - Tue Feb 08 2005 08:44 PM Re: Fill in the blanks with what?
picqero Multiloquent Registered: Tue Dec 28 2004 Posts: 2813 Loc: Hertfordshire<br>England UK	I'm sure they're just phonetic spellings of Scottish dialect. Laing simply means long, hame means home, deere means dear, etc.
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#256858 - Tue Feb 08 2005 10:11 PM Re: Fill in the blanks with what?
fjohn Multiloquent Registered: Mon Dec 06 1999 Posts: 2742 Loc: Wyoming USA Way Out West	Yes, but these are not 'fairly common words or expressions.' _________________________ Some days it just doesn't seem worth trying to chew through the restraints.
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#256859 - Wed Feb 09 2005 01:05 AM Re: Fill in the blanks with what?
makebeleaffan Prolific Registered: Fri Feb 18 2000 Posts: 1764 Loc: Victoria BC Canada	Maybe they are in Scotland! _________________________ Hello my baby...hello my honey...hello my ragtime gal
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#256860 - Wed Feb 09 2005 08:56 AM Re: Fill in the blanks with what?
picqero Multiloquent Registered: Tue Dec 28 2004 Posts: 2813 Loc: Hertfordshire<br>England UK	We had some paving slabs delivered by a Scottish driver, who said "I've a trucka staines for yer" so I'm sure such expressions as those above are common in parts of Scotland. Have a look at some Burns poems such as 'Ode to a Haggis', the first verse of which is:- Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin-race, Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe or thaum: Weel are ye wordy of a grace As lang's my arm.
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#256861 - Thu Mar 03 2005 05:33 PM Re: Fill in the blanks with what?
researcher Participant Registered: Sat Dec 25 2004 Posts: 26	I just got in touch with the puzzle's creator... It seems that by "single letter" he meant "Greek letter"... Here is the solution... BArhoP DetaIL LApsiNG HomegaME (Home game) DEmuRE
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