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Swift-Ix 2
A Swift-ix is a word play in which an adverb relates both properly
and punningly to a sentence of reported speech.
For example:
"I only have Clubs, Spades and Diamonds" said Mr.Ix Heartlessly.
Here, the word heartlessly can describe the way Mr.Ix has said the words and also relates
to what he's said also.
They can also be puns, or play on words; eg.
"Your Honour is crazy!" cried Mr.Ix judgmentally (Judge-Mental-ly)
Get the idea, now try these. The first letter is given to you along with the number of letters.
Have fun!
1) "I grew up with many foster families" said Mr.Ix T(13)
2) "Fat male monarchs" yelled Mr.Ix U(12)
3) "I am a really strong guy" said Mr.Ix S(7)
4) "It's the quotient of two integers", said Mr.Ix R(10)
5) "The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle" said Mr.Ix P(7)
6) "I'll give you 50 to 1 that this teaser gets accepted" said Mr.Ix O(5)*
7) "I'm still waiting for my holiday snaps" sighed Mr.Ix N(10)
8) "Thank you Mr French guy" said Mr.Ix M(10)
and punningly to a sentence of reported speech.
For example:
"I only have Clubs, Spades and Diamonds" said Mr.Ix Heartlessly.
Here, the word heartlessly can describe the way Mr.Ix has said the words and also relates
to what he's said also.
They can also be puns, or play on words; eg.
"Your Honour is crazy!" cried Mr.Ix judgmentally (Judge-Mental-ly)
Get the idea, now try these. The first letter is given to you along with the number of letters.
Have fun!
1) "I grew up with many foster families" said Mr.Ix T(13)
2) "Fat male monarchs" yelled Mr.Ix U(12)
3) "I am a really strong guy" said Mr.Ix S(7)
4) "It's the quotient of two integers", said Mr.Ix R(10)
5) "The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle" said Mr.Ix P(7)
6) "I'll give you 50 to 1 that this teaser gets accepted" said Mr.Ix O(5)*
7) "I'm still waiting for my holiday snaps" sighed Mr.Ix N(10)
8) "Thank you Mr French guy" said Mr.Ix M(10)
Answer
1) Transparently (Trans-Parent-ly)2) Unthinkingly (Un-Thin-King-Ly)
3) Soberly (So-Burley)
4) Rationally (Ratio-nally)
5) Piously (Pi-ously)
6) Oddly(Odd-ly)* not a serious offer of a wager ;)
7) Negatively(Self expl)
8) Mercifully (Merci (french for thank you)-ly)
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I don't get the negatively one. Someone please explain! I feel dumb.
Photograph films are known as negatives, hence "negatively"
VERY clever! I only got Piously and Oddly
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