Quiz Guy John Chaneski offers a classic deletion puzzle with a Greek twist. Each clue sentence hides a word that can lose the name of a Greek letter and become the answer suggested by the rest of the sentence. A sample clue is I piled my gear on the...
James from Trabuco Canyon, California, learns that there’s a proper way to spell the letters of the alphabet. The letter J is spelled jay and H is spelled aitch. His own name would be spelled out as jay aye em ee ess. The letter Y is spelled...
Psychological research shows that when it comes to letters of the alphabet, people tend to like their own initials, perhaps because of a sense of ownership. This phenomenon is called the name-letter effect. This is part of a complete episode...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski’s quiz is a challenge to find the odd word out, etymologically speaking. For example, which word doesn’t belong in the following group? Bigot, saloon, quiche, tornado. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript...
A two-syllable, five-letter word keeps the same pronunciation when you remove its first letter, its last letter, or the letter in the exact middle. The trick depends on the sounds of the remaining letters, not on a hidden definition. This is part of...
Just so you know, there are more exciting ways to spell yes. Yass, yiss, and other variants including more S’s are used both in speech and informal writing to convey added enthusiasm and personality. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...
