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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on April 02, 2015, 08:59:17 AM
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THEME: anagrams of EASTER found in random phrases (glad the PC police allowed this clearly non-inclusive theme)
GOOD ONES:
Words spoken often this time of year {& theme} HAPPY EASTER
Years in the Roman legion ANNI
First car, for many TOY
BTW:
IS IT ME is an example of how the predicate nominative is practically archaic. I'm sure I'm be considered a pedant for saying "It was she."
How many artists work ON SPEC [Sadly they have to since the patronage system died.]
Half of seis is not English, or Spanish.
Overachiever's concern STRESS [not sure there is such a thing as an overachiever, only an under estimator]
Chintzy CHEAPO [I think Cheapo needs El to make it work]
RATING: ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
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Cheapo was the little-known sixth Marx Brother. :)
"Many a sofa" was THREESEATER. That word is not in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, nor is TWOSEATER. When I see or hear either of those words, the reference is usually to a bicycle. I have never heard those words applied to a sofa. A bicycle can have one, two or three seats and each seat is separate. A couch may or may not have cushions but a couch does not have individual seats. Depending upon their size and upon how squished they choose to be, six or seven people could sit together on a couch. But I discovered that there really are couches advertised as three-seaters. And they do have room to seat six or seven people!
http://www.boconcept.com/hr-hr/furniture/living/3-seater-sofas
http://www.furniturevillage.co.uk/living-room/sofas/3-seater-sofas.aspx