[Fictionary] A puzzle while we're waiting

[Fran Poodry]

There's a great math book for kids called "Which One Doesn't Belong?
<https://www.amazon.com/Which-One-Doesnt-Belong-Shapes/dp/1625310803>" in
which there are 4 shapes on every page and you can make arguments for each
shape that it is different from the others. Highly recommended. I like it
and I am not a kid nor do I have regular contact with any!
-Fran

On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 1:05 AM Nora Munoz <nora at jaguarundi.com> wrote:

> I like Beth’s idea of multiple solutions. Quoll is the only one-syllable
> word. Quolls also have polka dots which is totally cool in itself.
> Nora
>
> On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 7:47 PM Beth Bruch <beth.bruch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That's cool and actually really interesting, but I'd argue it's not a
>> unique solution to the puzzle: Wombat is the only one where every letter
>> appears only once. Also wombats are really cute, and significantly less
>> likely than koalas to bite your nose.
>>
>> How many other solutions are there?
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Beth
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 12:57 PM Pierre Abbat <phma at leaf.dragonflybsd.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday, April 23, 2023 12:25:33 PM EDT Ranjit Bhatnagar wrote:
>>> > My guess: bandicoot is the only one whose name isn't from an Australian
>>> > language.
>>>
>>> Correct: it's from Dravidian and originally referred to a rodent, now
>>> called
>>> the bandicoot rat. All the other words are of Australian origin.
>>>
>>> Pierre
>>>
>>> --
>>> The gostak pelled at the fostin lutt for darfs for her martle plave.
>>> The darfs had smibbed, the lutt was thale, and the pilter had nothing
>>> snave.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
> Nora Muñoz, MPA
> *she/her/ella*
> nora at jaguarundi.com
>
>

-- 
*Fran Poodry (she/her)*
*Oregon, USA*



*“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret Mead
<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61107.Margaret_Mead>*
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