Braingle: 'Symbol' Riddle

Symbol

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Puzzle ID:	#29290
Fun:	(2.92)
Difficulty:	(1.87)
Category:	Riddle
Submitted By:	i_am_hated

I am a world-renowned "symbol". In the English language, if I'm added to a noun, it turns to an adjective (in most cases).

If you put horizontal lines through me, I become a currency, but it is not used in many countries.

In Spanish, I am a "symbol", but also I am a word. I am used to connect words and phrases. If you watch your School House Rock, I go along with a junction.

What am I?

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Comments

OldChinaHand Mar 24, 2006	Well done, all it took was a little thinking and a little Spanish.
signmeup74 Mar 24, 2006	The first two stumped me, but thank goodness my Spanish kicked in. Excellent Teaser!!
schatzy228 Mar 26, 2006	staying current on currency exchange made it easy, but still very good
smartsy Mar 30, 2006	what are you talking about that was dumb he should have said a world renound letter
fem81uk Mar 30, 2006	D'oh! i had E! in my defence i dont speak spanish which made it a bit trickier.
Winner4600 Apr 07, 2006	well, fem, in Spanish, y IS pronounced "e"...
Swordoffury1392 Apr 09, 2006	I got it!!!
Swordoffury1392 Apr 09, 2006	Yes, all bragging rights reserved. lol
calmsavior Apr 12, 2006	heck i dont speak spanish and i got this right. that was partly thanks to the yen, however.
irar1792 May 13, 2006	i thought it was L dunno what i was thinking for the first part, but pound, "el," etc
GebbieRose May 17, 2006	I watch School House Rock!
Onslaught May 28, 2006	very good
OldChinaHand Oct 21, 2006	Interesting, easy and fun to solve. The AMers are going thank you, as I do.
marschie Oct 21, 2006	Easy and fun!
Badger Oct 21, 2006	Fun teaser. I liked it because there were a few different pieces in there that should give virtually everyone a shot at it. I didn't get the "world re-nowned thing" though! Thanks!
lmurray Oct 21, 2006	EASY EASY EASY
Badger Oct 21, 2006	PS: ...and yes, this AM person thanks you!
learningchinese Oct 21, 2006	"Y" is world renowned for.....? "Y" is world renowned where? Please fill me in, my inquiring mind would like to know.
bestgirl Oct 21, 2006	Y is a mbol???
schmedley9 Oct 21, 2006	SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK ROCKS!!! But the teaser sucked, excuse me stunk!!!
wordmama Oct 21, 2006	Don't know about world...symbol but the Spanish kicked in and I managed to get another riddle--which I don't often!! Thanks for the fun!
bradon182001 Oct 21, 2006	Sorry, this was way over my head.I did take Spanish in high school (many moons ago) and I still didn't get it. Learned something today, tho and that's a good thing.
jabdr Oct 21, 2006	Plain and simply didn't know this one. Kudos to you that did.
blondebookworm Oct 21, 2006	I love School House Rock! Great teaser!
jesus_freak Oct 21, 2006	YAY School House Rock!!!!!!!!!
Trishgal Oct 21, 2006	This was so cool and i learned a few things too thx and keep these teaserss coming.
suganue Oct 21, 2006	I didn't get the world renowned symbol thing either. However, I did like the teaser. I may be a little bias though. I like almost any riddle that I can answer . Maybe the symbol thing is eluding to the YMCA. Their symbol is a big "Y".
RRAMMOHAN Oct 21, 2006	Got this fairly quickly, despite not knowing Spanish and School House Rock. The answer is easy once you eliminate S and L, which with two lines through them, stand for dollar and pound (currencies). Y is perhaps a symbol for YMCA, but iYMCA s not known as Y in some parts of the world. A good teaser, though rather simple.
RRAMMOHAN Oct 21, 2006	Oops! In my previous comment, please read YMCA instead of iYMCA.
choptlivva Oct 21, 2006	I liked it!! Good job! For what it's worth....my two cents on use of the word "symbol". It's being used generically in this case, meaning simply that it "stands for something". The English alphabet, as well as those of other languages, all use "characters" or "symbols" to depict a sound or word. Therefore letters are also symbols.
OhEmGee Oct 21, 2006	wow i feel so dumb now i didnt get it though! im so dumb grrrr
jesus_freak Oct 21, 2006	YAY!
(user deleted) Oct 21, 2006	Thank Japan for the Yen!! i dont speak spanish and the first clue stumped me, but the yen clue helped
eamon Oct 22, 2006	I'm just a bill. Yes - I'm only a bill and I'm sittin' here on Capitol Hill... Sorry. That one gave me an earworm.
luvdoritos706 Oct 24, 2006	nice one....
vlerma Oct 24, 2006	Great job. I got it! School House Rock made me think of I'm just Bill also, but am I wrong, isn't that where Mr. Freeman got his start as an alphabet pronouncer in shadow?
MalcolmReynolds Oct 28, 2006	Lol, the Yen gave it away for me :-) Nice one Andy.
FeaerFactorY666 Oct 28, 2006	nice!
Qrystal Nov 29, 2006	Cute riddle! I enjoyed it -- maybe because I got it~! The yen and spanish clues together made me certain I got it. I agree with choptlivva about the interpretation of "symbol". All letters are symbols. Having "symbol" in quotes seems to emphasize that one must really keep an open mind about what it might be.
ptery Oct 21, 2009	I have to agree with the "What's the world-renowned part?" crowd. What's the world-renowned part?
dalfamnest Oct 21, 2009	Maybe a symbol for a particular chromosome. Anyway, I've never trusted Y - it's a very crooked letter, as my mother used to say.
doehead Oct 21, 2009	Was thinking Y after the first line. Knew it immediatly after the second,because I spent a two month vacation in Japan.
mikidoll Oct 21, 2009	Wow. This was way too easy. I kept rereading the teaser like I was missing something.
patiencewithaP Oct 21, 2009	Fun!
auntiesis Oct 21, 2009	I thought it was kinda tough, for me anyway. Great teaser, took some thought. Loved it.
UptheHill Oct 21, 2009	Nice1, good show!!!
wordmama Oct 21, 2009	I was initially distracted by the use of the word 'symbol', so I wasn't looking for a letter but a sign (like an ampersand), but that didn't fit the rest. Then a Spanish letter that's also a word kicked in and confirmed the answer. btw, I was quite surprised at all the people who were totally familiar with the symbol for the Yen! I was delighted to learn something new, which apparently an educated person should have known!!!
hubbamutt777 Oct 21, 2009	I ♥ SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! ! ! when i read the 'Schoolhouse Rock' part, i immediately thought of 'Conjunction Junction' and said to myself "conjunction!" i thought not about the 'one letter/symbol part, so i clicked 'show answer'. SOOOOO CLOSE! i think the best part of schoolhouse rock was the skit about "I'm a bill, Yes I'm only a bill, Sitting here on capitol hill......." doesn't everyone?
precious1026 Oct 21, 2009	Perhaps I am annoyed because no matter what clues were given, I would not have gotten this Teaser. I like bascially all Teasers when the Teaser is accurate, learned and fun, but this was BOGus. Y is a letter in the ENGLISH speaking world not a symbol, no matter how many times you SLICE it. In my mind it could NOT mean Yen, Yo, or Yoddle. Of course people who got the answer correct are going to support it by cluing reasons for the Y answer, but this was Boring, and Difficult because it made no sense. However, I still loved this teaser, keep them coming. Never a Symbol. Gosh, I was real off; I thought of a dash.
jcann Oct 21, 2009	Aren't letters symbols that stand for sounds, just as numerals are symbols that stand for numbers?
avonma Oct 22, 2009	I didn't get this one, either I was thinking about the English pound. It is some kind of symbol, with a line through it, I think. Anyway, I was way off from the yen. Good one, though!
Shriya Oct 20, 2010	It was fun!
Babe Oct 21, 2012	Symbol threw a lot of us off. Lines thru it making it a money sign, gave me an inkling it might be a C or and S, but that did not fit the rest so I did not get it either and do not know Spanish. Oh well!
jaycr Oct 21, 2012	¥ikes, I missed this one. Ma¥be next time.
cutebug Oct 21, 2012	Knowing Spanish and spending time in Japan made this one pretty easy.
HABS2933 Oct 21, 2012	I don't really know much Spanish (aside from I learned on Sesame Street about million years ago) and the only time I've spent in Japan was 10 hrs at the airport waiting for a return flight to N. America. I still should have got it though as I am a collector of foreign currencies and know what almost every country calls its money and what the symbol for it is.
30angel100 Oct 21, 2012	Last time I checked, 'Y' was a letter, not a symbol.