Can you name the answers on this 5-letter ladder linking two words from a well-known limerick tongue twister?
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Enter a five letter word in the box below Correctly named words will show up below Answers do not have to be guessed in order Here is the tongue twister limerick: A tutor who tooted the flute / Tried to tutor two tooters to toot. / Said the two to the tutor, / “Is it better to toot, or / To tutor two tooters to toot?” Also try: Word Ladder: Jabberwocky
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Clue 5-Letter Word Private teacher Southern US slang for spud Large bayou reptile Zsa Zsa or Eva Toil Interbank interest rate Latin book Glandular organ Harry: The boy who ______ Arranged in order Queues
Clue 5-Letter Word Charlie Brown's friend Subtract Groups of options Serena's sister Offers for sale Provides temporarily Sticks of graphite Understands written words Stacks of paper Juncture lines Shuts forcefully
Clue 5-Letter Word Bivalves Tribes Metallic noise Rotary lever Long-legged bird Short-billed raven-like bird Friction device for stopping English poet, Sir Wm. _____ Small piece, as of snow Lucky occurrence J.P. Rampal's instrument
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Word Ladder: Tongue Twister Quiz
Created Feb 12, 2013 in Just For Fun
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BamaRainbow : Feb 28th, 2013 at 04:35 GMT 33 points I'm not sure where in the South that slang word is spelled the way it is in this quiz. I understand the spelling is needed to fit the quiz, but it's absolutely wrong.
rcedison : Feb 28th, 2013 at 04:55 GMT 17 points Agree with BamaRainbow. The word should have an 'e', not an 'o'.
iglew : Feb 28th, 2013 at 05:52 GMT 5 points I believe that limerick originated in the court of Henry VIII....
EmYanks2001 : Feb 28th, 2013 at 06:28 GMT 4 points i agree... its wrong, but sorrtta pronounced that way, just not spelled that way... i did get it, but it was a stretch...
Chameleon : Feb 28th, 2013 at 11:19 GMT 4 points Good quiz. Although it was easy enough to work it out the crake is not related to the raven/crow family, but is more accurately part of the 'Rail' family.
TheHeroofTime : Feb 28th, 2013 at 12:17 GMT 4 points 'Minus' is not really the same thing as 'less than'... perhaps change the clue a little bit. Other than that, great quiz.
AlysonV : Feb 28th, 2013 at 13:32 GMT 2 points TheHeroofTime is right. "Less" is a better clue for minus.
Big_E : Feb 28th, 2013 at 14:00 GMT 8 points The slang for potato is TATER. Not TATOR.
AKappy : Feb 28th, 2013 at 15:20 GMT 6 points It was tough for me to get past "CLANG" as the metallic sound instead of "CLANK." Had to work backward on that one.
TheFrankFile : Feb 28th, 2013 at 15:40 GMT 2 points @BamaRainbow, Big_E, EmYanks2001, et al.: I grew up in the South, and both tator and tater were common spellings for the slang form of potato, especially in the context of tator tots (or tater tots). The o spelling makes sense both based on the pronunciation of the word and because potato is itself spelled with an o, not with an e (except if you are Dan Quayle, I suppose). You will also see the o spelling on both urbandictionary.com and elsewhere on the internet; not saying that those are necessarily reliable sources, but for a slang word those are adequate sources. Slang words, especially regional slang, do not always have standardized spelling (or else their spelling evolves), so to say that a given spelling is "wrong" simply misses the point, IMHO.
TheFrankFile : Feb 28th, 2013 at 15:42 GMT 3 points @TheHeroofTime and AlysonV: Thanks for the kudos. I understand your point from a mathematical operation point, but "less than" is given as one of the subsidiary definitions of minus in both dictionary.com and Websters dictionary, mainly in the context of letter grades -- e.g., C- is less than C.
TheFrankFile : Feb 28th, 2013 at 15:46 GMT 3 points @Chameleon -- you are 100% correct in this point, but most people don't know what a "rail" is as a bird, and the word has so many non-bird meanings that if I had used that for the clue it would have been too confusing. Although they are not taxonomically related, a rail (and a crake) is sufficiently similar in appearance to a raven (crake and crow have the same etymology) that I felt comfortable saying a "raven-like bird."
TAR2 : Feb 28th, 2013 at 18:15 GMT 2 points "less than" does not mean minus. You could however use "less" as a synonym for minus.
TheFrankFile : Feb 28th, 2013 at 19:09 GMT 2 points @TAR2 -- see my comment to TheHeroofTime. In any event, the clue has been changed to "subtract."
Nafets : Feb 28th, 2013 at 19:32 GMT 2 points "Zsa Zsa _and_ Eva" suggests a plural answer. It probably won't affect anyone for that particular clue, but it's good form to use "or" in such cases.
For what it's worth, I think crakes and ravens look nothing alike (as birds go). Since rail's other meanings could be confusing, why not clue with coot or moorhen?
Anyway, nice use of unusual words for the format. :)
Anne13 : Feb 28th, 2013 at 20:06 GMT 2 points Nefets is correct, fourth clue should read 'Zsa Zsa or Eva'.
zaphenath : Feb 28th, 2013 at 21:43 GMT 1 point Agreed with comments about 'tater' (not 'tator') and a crake being a rail, not a raven. An easy puzzle nonetheless -- but would have liked more accuracy in the clues.
funnyfavorer101 : Mar 1st, 2013 at 02:47 GMT 2 points THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU so much for putting that particular limerick/tongue twister in the game note. My favorite! I have said it so much, it's not so much of a tongue twister anymore! :) nice quiz!
TheFrankFile : Mar 7th, 2013 at 00:29 GMT 1 point Hey everyone: Check out my new word ladder here: http://www.sporcle.com/games/TheFrankFile/word-ladder--historic-leader
attatel : May 16th, 2013 at 03:29 GMT 1 point Pretty sure Blake was never a "Sir". Completely threw me.
