Comment on xkcd #2896: Crossword Constructors

• _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ahem:

  aerae: Latin, genitive/dative singular of aera

  eni: Urhobo for ‘elephant’

  oreta: Latin, taxonomic genus within the family Drepanidae.

  aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ

  oine: Danish, indefinite plural of øie

  aen: Rōmaji transcription of あえん

  enta: French, third-person singular past historic of enter

  aete: Rōmaji transcription of あえて

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  • Jackcooper@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Those are all unacceptable crossword clues

    Taylor 2025 effort would be an acceptable crossword clue

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  • stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ

    ok but that’s just the Katakana transcription of aloe

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    • shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ha

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  • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    oine is most definitely not Danish for eyes. That would be øjne, plural of øje.

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  • jxk@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What does ‘enter’ even mean in French?

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    • RustyNova@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In means nothing. The french for enter is “entrer”

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• moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s why they use “oboe” so often eh

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