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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
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Subject: Re: The Infamous -GRY Puzzle  (**discussion of**)
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Date: Sun, 13-Oct-85 15:43:45 EDT
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> 	Here is a simple riddle that I heard a long time ago, but one
> 	that I could never get the whole solution to (even after asking
> 	hundreds of people).  Maybe somebody out there knows.
> 
> 	"What three words in the English language end in -gry?"
> 
> 	It's that simple (to say).  The first two words should be easy.
> 	I'll leave it at that.....
  Two common words fit, but since I couldn't think of a third, I grepped
an on-line dictionary I found.  It didn't have any other words ending in
gry, and only one other (gryphon) with gry embedded.
  Could this be a trick question?  (Actually, my first guess would be a
rare word.)
--henry schaffer