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| Volume VII, Issue 6 | June 2004 |
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Marie doesn’t like to reveal her age so, when she is asked, she tells people she is 21. She feels she doesn’t age on the weekend. What is Marie’s real age? (if no one gets the right answer, I get the free pizza.)
For more of a challenge but no pizza, try this one. There are several words that are spelled the same but are pronounced differently, depending on their meaning. These are a special class of homograph. For example: read (pronounced "reed" or "red," depending on context) and sow (mother pig or spread seeds). I have a list of 8 words like this. Can you find some I don’t have?
Please e-mail Lester Dickey with your answer and your name, phone number, and the organization for which you work. Or call Barbara Buck at 624-9501. The winner will be drawn from all the correct entries and will receive a FREE donated pizza, either from CJ’s Pizza or from the EDOC Cafeteria. All answers must be in no later than the 14th of the month.
Last month's challenge brought 84 submissions, with 74 having correct answers. The winner, chosen by random drawing, is Terry Hathaway of Bureau of Labor Standards.
The answers to last month’s Challenge: a) WOMEN = 231513514 b) 666.67 mph.
