Deebster@programming.dev to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoxkcd #2896: Crossword Constructorsimgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1313file-text
arrow-up1313imagexkcd #2896: Crossword Constructorsimgs.xkcd.comDeebster@programming.dev to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
https://xkcd.com/2896 Alt text: Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an ‘eHit’.
minus-squarex4740N@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months agoI’m having a mental stronk trying to figure out what the words on the bottom say
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·9 months agoCrosswords have clues going across and down. The words just use common letters so they’re things puzzle creators wish were real words. They’re not currently words.
minus-square_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·9 months agoAhem: 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
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months ago aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ ok but that’s just the Katakana transcription of aloe
minus-squareJackcooper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoThose are all unacceptable crossword clues Taylor 2025 effort would be an acceptable crossword clue
minus-squarePlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agooine is most definitely not Danish for eyes. That would be øjne, plural of øje.
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoWhat does ‘enter’ even mean in French?
minus-squareRustyNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoIn means nothing. The french for enter is “entrer”
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoThat’s why they use “oboe” so often eh
I’m having a mental stronk trying to figure out what the words on the bottom say
Crosswords have clues going across and down.
The words just use common letters so they’re things puzzle creators wish were real words. They’re not currently words.
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
ok but that’s just the Katakana transcription of aloe
ha
Those are all unacceptable crossword clues
Taylor 2025 effort would be an acceptable crossword clue
oine is most definitely not Danish for eyes. That would be øjne, plural of øje.
What does ‘enter’ even mean in French?
In means nothing. The french for enter is “entrer”
That’s why they use “oboe” so often eh