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The Element of Agreement
I am a chemical symbol for an element.
This element was discovered in 1824.
I am a Spanish word without the accent.
Reverse me so I become a form of a common verb.
What symbol am I?
This element was discovered in 1824.
I am a Spanish word without the accent.
Reverse me so I become a form of a common verb.
What symbol am I?
Hint
Check out the title!Answer
Si. (silicon)Silicon was discovered in 1824.
"Si" with an accent means "yes" in Spanish.
Reverse it to become "is", which is a form of the verb "be".
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Nice. I got it, but only by accident I need to brush up on my elements well written
Great one, I didn't know that one, tried to go through all the elements in my mind.
Darn. Stumped me. If I knew about silicon BEFORE I looked at this teaser, I probably would've gotten it.
I give it a
I give it a
hope u ppl like this teaser
It was a really good one buddy
Very clever! Keep it up!
Very good, I got it after I read the hint...
I only know like the first 20 elements, so this one got me
it was very interesting, though
it was very interesting, though
well i cheated and looked at the table of elements. but that was well written. good clues! keep 'em up.
AWSOME you got me
Clever.
very unique, despite its easiness. note that si without an accent is also a spanish word, meaning "if"
Easy! I got it straight away, without referring to a periodic table. It's a great teaser though.
Pretty good teaser, pretty easy.
Si without an accent mean "if" in spanish. Just so you know
For unknown reasons I was completely lost on this one.Didn't realize silicon was that old.Wonder when it was first used for enhancement purposes?
As a Spanish speaker, I was thinking of te (Spanish for tea) which is the symbol for tellurium. But I guess it was discovered way after 1824. Good one.
This was really good. A lot of thought went into the making of this teaser. Thanks for posting.
I was totally lost.
si without an accent is still a word in spanish, if.
My mind just wasnt in it today. It ws a mental teaser for sure though.
Cute and easy - my kind of teaser!! Gracious!
Como No!
It was kind of a good teaser, but you need to take some Spanish class right away. "Si" does not necesarily have an accent in order to be in agreement... Espero que el próximo te salga un poco mejor, saludos.
I didn't get it. I still don't get it. I get the "si" and "is" but the clues don't all go together. Something's not right. Sorry.
The hint didn't help me ... it said "Check the title" and the title is The Element of Agreement. The only symbol I see there is "Ag" which is silver, and that's not a Spanish word that I know of, nor is the reverse a verb.
What am I missing here?
What am I missing here?
Would go better in language than science
Hablo espanol pero no comprende las elementes. I hope DH leaves a word or two here - his comments are always used for enhancement purposes!
si with an accent=yes
si without an accent=if
si without an accent=if
Did not get that one, but it was interesting.
Didn't get this one either.
Interesting, but challenging Teaser.
Difficult for me.
But I gave it high ratings for "fun" anyway.
More, later ... Back to work.
BB02
Difficult for me.
But I gave it high ratings for "fun" anyway.
More, later ... Back to work.
BB02
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Thanks, again, for allowing me back into your Braingle-sycophant (LIU) ranks.
I truly cherish being here, but keep watching closely .... as I MIGHT disappear at any second .... all it takes is for some Braingle high-muck to throw the right "karma" switch and ...
presto-chang-o .... BB=BooBoo !!!
But ... let's have fun while we can ... OK ???
On yesterday's late TOTD a couple of Braingle-Wraingles flipped some hate-birds in my direction:
Doodler hit on me for assuming he was a he.
YY got into the act by challenging my assumption that Christ wanted us all to practice religious perfectibility.
Couple those two with Habsie's continuing (perhaps) efforts to determine WHY, WHY, WHY Japanese Hotels have only one clock on the wall to indicate North American time ... and you have ....
Perfect examples of continuing efforts to "attack the messenger" (me) and ignore the relevant signs of Braingle's probable early demise.
Actually, I don't really care that most of you don't feel it's a problem. That's a different problem that I'll continue to address.
What I REALLY, REALLY care about is that most of you (except doodlie, YY, Habsie, and one or two more .......
Don't have the guts to admit it.
Ok ... prove me wrong.
BB02
The clue about it being a spanish word helped me get it. Since symbols are one or two letters long, I figured the Spanish word must be two letters, and the only one I could think of was "si" which of course fit the rest of the clues. Nice Teaser!
Ni Would have also worked. Spanish "neither" and he element Nickel - EXCEPT is doesn't match well with the puzzle title.
No, Nickel would not have worked, because it was discovered in 1751, and the puzzle clearly states that the element it is referencing was discovered in 1824.
Very fun and entertaining teaser; took awhile but I guessed it right. Si was the only Spanish word I could think of that when reversed forms a verb as stated in the clue.
That was a pretty neat teaser. I didn't get it, but I don't speak Spanish and don't know the elements. But I still enjoyed learning the answer!
Got this one from the second 2 clues. Then remembered the part about silver being Si. Good teaser.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got this teaser very quickly compared to the first time I tried it three years ago.
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