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There are three words in the English language that begin with the letters DW.
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Dwarf, Dwell and DwindleHide Answer Show Answer
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Mar 25, 2002
impossible to know unless you already know it.
no it isn't, use a dictionary, that is what they are for.
What about Dwip, Dwain, & Dwop, I know there real cause my son uses them all the time. Great puzzle!! --Rayn
how about dwell, dwelt, dwells?
dwell dwelt and dwells are all dirivatives of dwelling
Apr 27, 2002
Dweeb - and yup - it is in the dictionary!
KCKitten, the question asks for words in the English language, Dweeb is not in any English dictionarys, it may be in the American versions of dictionarys, but the question say English, not American. as with your other comment on my Vowel question, the problem is one of nationality, English is English, not American, although it stems from the English language it has change an developed in to something different. just like AUSTRIAN & GERMAN or BELGIQUE AND FRENCH. each pair are fundamentally the same as each other but are at the same time uniquely different.
Apr 27, 2002
Since you like to argue. 1. You stated "english language" in the puzzle, not "English language" so even if you believe only the Queen's English is correct, you were referring to the general english language, not a specific English languare, or dialect. 2. I am not American - but rather a proud Canadian, (which is indeed a separate and unique country). 3. Like it or not,I do speak English, not Canadian or even American. 4. I agree this is stemming from a difference in nationalities, however, this is an international forum and you did not clarify that only answers found in England would be correct. Perhaps a more reasonable approach on your part would be to acknowledge the difference, accept it, thank people for helping you to improve you teasers in the future by making them clearer and allow that just because one person may be right, it doesn't mean the other is wrong. My earlier comment was not intended to imply you were wrong - but you told another user to use a dictionary - so I did and found DWEEB. I apologize for not realizing that this teaser stemmed from being able to read only YOUR dictionary.
I accept that there are variations of the English language, but as a British subject I do tend to believe that the Queens English is the correct form of English. I am sorry that you do not share my view. as for the usage of Dictionaries, i do not own any other type of dictionary other than an English one, printed in England, using the Queens English, so therefore i would naturally base my teasers on or around that language.I wasn't saying Dweeb wasn't a word, just that it wasn't in any of the English dictionaries I own. I did say it may be in an American one. I will endevour to make sure I capitalise the letter E when reffering to English in future. And lastly let me appologise for Saying your were American. sorry
Apr 28, 2002
Thank you for your apology - although I don't consider being called an American an insult. I lived there for many years and love the country and its people. I just don't appreciate it being assumed that because I am not British, I must be American. It is fine if you base your teasers on your culture and language, my only point was to let the rest of us know what your frame of reference in the puzzle, rather than getting annoyed with people who have used their own frame of reference. As I've said before, you are quick to pick on tiny details and offer alternate solutions to other people's teasers, so you shouldn't get so defensive when someone offers one to yours. As to whether I share you view of the Queen's English being "correct" - I absolutely don't. I don't believe it is incorrect either. It is just different. Even the Queen's English you speak today is not the original form of the language. For you to imply that your modern version of the language is more correct or accurate than any other shows both arrogance and ignorance. Again - the end of my discussions with you.
Apr 29, 2002
Mad-ade here is a little bit of information for you, there are other english dictionaries, printed in england and all, but they dont all have the same words, not all only have the Queens words. infact there are English dictionaries that have DWEEB in them, you just dont know because you dont own them, i am an american with an English dictionary, printed in england, it was a gift. in my English dictionary is the word DWEEB. so dont base your answers on something you havent checked out yourself, and people arent stalking you as you hoped they are just giving back the PERFECT critisizm you give us to show how wrong we are. were showing how rong you are!
Apr 29, 2002
wrong- not rong, glitch in computer
according to the "chambers 20th century dictionary" printed in great britain words that begin with DW also include....dwale...deadly nightshade....dwam dwalm dwaum....a swoon....and dwine.... to pine
ok ok, i stand corrected. with unusual good grace i shall accept that I didn't research this puzzle, it was told to me and i just used it as told. Sorry.
so...another debate between you two. i'm rooting for KCKitten. how bout everyone else? mad-ade isn't really a bad person. she (or he) just tends to jump a lot when she (or he) thinks she (or he) is being verbally attacked. all this fight over dictionaries. man oh man alive. just all you people calm down. and, of course, KCKitten, i don't think Mad-ade was apologizing for calling you American because she thought it was an insult, but rather because she had made a mistake about your nationality. of course, with all the pollution we americans produce, you might now consider it an insult. hehehe.
May 11, 2002
I'm afraid Mad-ade that nobody says 'I speak American', Americans say they speak English. so your question mislead the poor little things that think what they speak is English when both you and I know that its not so. just let them think they're right!
WHAT AN EASY TEASER TO WRITE! JUST LOOK IN A DICTIONARY! This shows a lack of creativity!
the amarican language is definatly english, and even if the american, canadian, australian and british versiond of it are a bit different, there is no other name for the language.
i imagine myself most of you are british?
i imagine myself most of you are british?
No offense, why are most people on the site Britsish? I'm American.
KKats it does not matter who is British, American, Canadian, Chinese, Japanese, or any other race/ethnic back ground. WE ARE ALL ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB HERE, NOT THE AMERICAN WIDE WEB, SO NO OFFENSE BUT LEARN MORE ABOUT COMPUTERS AND HOW THE WEB WORKS AND HOW IT BRINGS PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER. Ohh and by the way I am American too KKats I live in the United States, right here in the Ocean State.
To mad ade my appologies. and I am sorry if you or anyone was offended. And if I made any misspellings.
It dwas a dwarn good teaser andways!
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