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submitted 10 months ago by Deebster@programming.dev to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

https://xkcd.com/2896

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Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an 'eHit'.

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[-] Pipoca@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 28 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Those are all unacceptable crossword clues

Taylor 2025 effort would be an acceptable crossword clue

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 months ago

aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ

ok but that's just the Katakana transcription of aloe

[-] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

oine is most definitely not Danish for eyes. That would be øjne, plural of øje.

[-] jxk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

What does 'enter' even mean in French?

[-] RustyNova@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

In means nothing. The french for enter is "entrer"

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

That’s why they use “oboe” so often eh

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