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Listener Quiz! Categorical Allies or Dandy Dyads
KmposrKeith
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2008/02/16 - 8:43pm

The only time I ever heard Nauru is when it was used a few years ago in a Sunday NY Times article, the same day Will Shortz used in for a puzzle on Weekend Edition Sunday. I think only six people were able to solve his clue: palindromic name of natives (Nauruan.) Wonderfully obscure!

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2008/03/13 - 4:06pm

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Brahui, Uighur, Urdu, Dutch, Chinese, Sema, Maithili, Lisu, Sura, Rajasthani, Nivkh, Khuen, English, Shona, Nahuatl, Tlingit, Italian, Angami, Miskito, Toda, Daba, Bashkir, Irula, Latin, Indonesian, Annamese, Serer, Erse, Seminole, Lepcha, Hausa, Salar, Arabic, Icelandic

[ Okay, I cheated ( 🙁 ): I used “an” twice and “se” thrice.
“Uighur” is best spelt “Uyghur”. “Annamese” is now called “Vietnamese”. And “Erse” is better known as “Gaelic”. Plus, there are upwards of 6,000 languages in the world, so the category “languages” may be a bit too broad for some.
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