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Corrigenda
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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
Which abbreviation from Group A should be in Group B?
GROUP A
adj.
B.C.
etc.
No.
pl.
GROUP B
a
A.D.
c
e.g.
i.e.
GROUP A
adj.
B.C.
etc.
No.
pl.
GROUP B
a
A.D.
c
e.g.
i.e.
Hint
The title, "corrigenda", means "things needing to be corrected" in what language?Answer
etc.All the words from GROUP B are all Latin abbreviations used commonly in the English language, whereas GROUP A, with the exception of "etc." are all abbreviations from the English language.
a = ante (before)
A.D. = Anno Domini (in the year of the lord, however commonly incorrectly translated as "after death")
c = circa (about)
e.g. = exempli gratia (for example)
i.e. = id est (that is)
etc. = et cetera (and the rest)
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Great Teaser!
Have to say, I've not heard "after death" ever! Is this an American thing?
i thought it was adj
I thought it was absurd. How many people know things like that? If you have not studied Latin how would you know???
You don't need to have studied Latin to know what common abbreviations, like those used in this teaser, stand for. It's a teaser to test your knowledge of common abbreviations, and finding what they have in common with each other. Obviously it's not going to be for everyone, but that doesn't mean it's not a valid teaser.
Jeez, Babe. You came off rather strong there. This was an interesting teaser, even for this Latin challenged lady!
I've never heard of 'after death' either! Great teaser!
I thought it was great and quite easy actually. It was GLARINGLY OBVIOUS (to me anyway) that they were all Latin, and no, I have never taken Latin in school (by the time I was in school,, it was no longer offered, This said I have worked in both the medical and legal fields which rely heavily on Latin (though none of those is a common medical or legal term).
Don't worry about those who criticise, some people have little nice to say about the quizzes and teasers they take.
Don't worry about those who criticise, some people have little nice to say about the quizzes and teasers they take.
Well done, GA. Took me a while to figure it out, but after I had my 2nd cup of coffee, it finally hit me. Thanks for taking the time to make the teaser.
I had to think and observe for a whole minute, but then felt very satisfied exclaiming "etc!" Excellent teaser. (But where'd you get 'after death' from? Who says that? It doesn't even make sense Does it have to be part of the explanation?)
B.C. stands for "before Christ" and people who don't know that A.D. stands for "Anno Domini" think it means "after death".
This was a good quiz; thanks for posting! Once again, I love the comments as much as the quiz itself!
This was a good quiz; thanks for posting! Once again, I love the comments as much as the quiz itself!
after I looked at the hint it was easy. @ Gaylewolf, Anno Domini means in the year of our Lord. Good teaser.
I don't know why this one just popped into my head right away. Poor doehead missed a new teaser.
This was an awesome teaser. Thanks for sharing!
Um, isn't No. an abbreviation from Latin (numero) also? It's certainly not English.
Oh, and I've never heard it either, but anyone who thinks AD stands for After Death is, quite frankly, an idiot! What do they call the years when Christ was alive, I wonder?
No. is not from English or Latin but from Italian - numero. English uses a few Italian abbreviations (don't know why), for example N.B. (notta bene - note well).
From Wikipedia:
"The Oxford English Dictionary derives the numero sign from Latin numero, the ablative form of numerus ("number", with the ablative denotations of: "to the number, by the number, with the number"). "
I think you'll find much of the Italian language has its roots in Latin anyway. Something to do with the Romans living there...
"The Oxford English Dictionary derives the numero sign from Latin numero, the ablative form of numerus ("number", with the ablative denotations of: "to the number, by the number, with the number"). "
I think you'll find much of the Italian language has its roots in Latin anyway. Something to do with the Romans living there...
excellent, fun...a bit easy!
That was clever!
I did not get this one and the hint was not helpful to me. I am not familiar with Latin and found this teaser rather difficult.
I thought his was a good teaser greenapples. It took me awhile to figure it out, but then a light bulb just went on. Unfortunately, I never get to use the hints because the answers are printed first on my screen. It would have saved me a lot of time on this one!
This is a terrific teaser. The answer jumped out at me right away, but I attribute that to doing a Trivia Quiz just last week on Latin abbreviations! I don't know how I would have reacted to this teaser without that fresh in my mind.
Both B.C. and etc. are Latin abbreviations. B.C. stands for "Before Christ" and refers to the years before the coming of Jesus to Israel, and etc. stands for "et cetera", or "and others". Good teaser, though!
^^^Wait, sorry, I realized that was wrong right after I clicked post.
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