Okay here is a riddle I've been stuck with...Lock please, read my last post to see why if you want.

[The_Prince_of_Death]

Okay, I have this class in the morning called "Construction" the teacher gave us this hard riddle. Well I think it's a riddle...umm a spelling riddle if that is what it can be called. I have to have the answer by the time I get to the school tomorrow. Here is the riddle:

"Spell this sentence: There are three ways to spell to"

 

I have the word crossed out because that is not the right answer but that is the sound of the word that is the answer.

I've tried "two" and "too" in its place but they are wrong as well. I've tried using google but I can't find the answer.

Must stick to the English language, no spanish or any other word in another language with the same pronunciation.

[Raylen]

What about to itself? But other than that I am stuck.

[The_Prince_of_Death]

What about to itself? But other than that I am stuck.

 

Like I said, I crossed that out because it's not the right word but it is the right sound. I've also tried "2" and the roman numeral "II" but they are wrong as well.

[Eury]

Does it have to be a spelling of to? Or can it be a word that rhymes with to?

 

Like, do.

 

Do, Due, and Dew.

[shatteredfox]

Okay' date=' I have this class in the morning called [b']"Construction"[/b] the teacher gave us this hard riddle. Well I think it's a riddle...umm a spelling riddle if that is what it can be called. I have to have the answer by the time I get to the school tomorrow. Here is the riddle:

"Spell this sentence: There are three ways to spell to"

 

I have the word crossed out because that is not the right answer but that is the sound of the word that is the answer.

I've tried "two" and "too" in its place but they are wrong as well. I've tried using google but I can't find the answer.

Must stick to the English language, no spanish or any other word in another language with the same pronunciation.

 

tool?

[CrabHelmet]

Any variant that produces the sound of the word "too" is incorrect. "Too", "two", and "to" are completely different words, despite being pronounced in the same way, and thus there is no single word of that type that has multiple spellings; rather, there are three different words, each with one and only one spelling that is correct.

 

Therefore, we must abandon that family of homonyms and locate a single word that actually has multiple legitimate spellings. "Hanukkah" is a prime candidate, having about half a dozen, but it may not be considered English, and the "three" requirement might be exact. There are as many words as you want with multiple correct spellings depending on whether you go with British English or American English - "honor", for example, or "center" - but I cannot think of any of those that yield three spellings.

[HORUS]

But aren't we supposed to be spelling the sentence?

[CrabHelmet]

But aren't we supposed to be spelling the sentence?

 

The sentence is a lie and will be a lie no matter how you spell it.

[HORUS]

But aren't we supposed to be spelling the sentence?

 

The sentence is a lie and will be a lie no matter how you spell it.

 

Uh. Okay.

[The_Prince_of_Death]

well you have to stick with the spelling area of to, too, and two. maybe tu perhaps...sso that would have the same pronunciation....dang this is really stressing my brain. You are right crab, about the words only having one spelling for the term. Unless I just give up on the thing and dont even bother giving an asnwer tomorrow(though the entire class thinks i will since I tricked them into thinking I had the answer) I just don't see a correct answer to this riddle unless there is no correct answer....

[CrabHelmet]

When the question is flawed from the start, the correct response is simple: "unask the question".

[The_Prince_of_Death]

When the question is flawed from the start' date=' the correct response is simple: "unask the question".

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yeah, but this isn't a question, just a spelling riddle. But I will use the two answers I got from what you said from "unask the question".

 

Please keep this open if I'm given the answer today so I can post it.

[Guest Welche]

Why not respond with a question of your own.

[shatteredfox]

I'm still going on that the answer is 'tool' and will wait till tomorrow for said answer :D

[Scatty]

Any variant that produces the sound of the word "too" is incorrect. "Too"' date=' "two", and "to" are completely different words, despite being pronounced in the same way, and thus there is no single word of that type that has multiple spellings; rather, there are three different words, each with one and only one spelling that is correct.

 

Therefore, we must abandon that family of homonyms and locate a single word that actually has multiple legitimate spellings. "Hanukkah" is a prime candidate, having about half a dozen, but it may not be considered English, and the "three" requirement might be exact. There are as many words as you want with multiple correct spellings depending on whether you go with British English or American English - "honor", for example, or "center" - but I cannot think of any of those that yield three spellings.

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The word program - programme, with "programme" having 2 correct ways of being pronounced. (all are correct).

 

 

But I think that's not it.

 

Is it "read"?

[CrabHelmet]

Any variant that produces the sound of the word "too" is incorrect. "Too"' date=' "two", and "to" are completely different words, despite being pronounced in the same way, and thus there is no single word of that type that has multiple spellings; rather, there are three different words, each with one and only one spelling that is correct.

 

Therefore, we must abandon that family of homonyms and locate a single word that actually has multiple legitimate spellings. "Hanukkah" is a prime candidate, having about half a dozen, but it may not be considered English, and the "three" requirement might be exact. There are as many words as you want with multiple correct spellings depending on whether you go with British English or American English - "honor", for example, or "center" - but I cannot think of any of those that yield three spellings.

[/quote']

 

The word program - programme, with "programme" having 2 correct ways of being pronounced. (all are correct).

 

Different pronunciations are not different spellings.

 

Is it "read"?

 

Different pronunciations are not different spellings, and the different pronunciations of "read" are different words anyhow.

[The_Prince_of_Death]

Well I wasn't able to tell him the answers I thought of, the class had to work constantly with rewiring and moving a window (not as easy as it sounds) along with fixing a wall in the basement. Guess I'll never get the correct answer from him. So I guess you can lock this then since now it's pretty much a waste of space.