A riddle for you!

SideWinder · 11 May 2006 at 21:20

Quick riddle that my friend shared with my English class.

What word has one meaning if the first letter is a capital one and another different meaning if the first letter isn't a capital letter?

I'll post the answer later on.

Feek · 11 May 2006 at 21:22

Conservative.

K.

benjo plz. · 11 May 2006 at 21:23

Nationalist.

Six6siX · 11 May 2006 at 21:27

May: as in this month
may: as in "may I have a glass of wine"

Pole: as in Polish person
pole: as in north 'pole'

I'm sure there are a lot of these words..

benjo plz. · 11 May 2006 at 21:29

March : Month
march : funny walking

Moon : Glowy thing in the sky.
moon : have a guess

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axe · 11 May 2006 at 21:30

Bob = The name
bob = Having a bob

Trick · 11 May 2006 at 21:31

Fall: dumb American word for Autumn
fall: to fall off something, often when drunk

dymetrie · 11 May 2006 at 21:31

Owned: what has happened to Sidewinder
owned: something which has passed out of your possession

benjo plz. · 11 May 2006 at 21:32

Trick said:
Fall: dumb American word for Autumn
fall: to fall off something, often when drunk

Spring : Comes after Winter
spring : springy thing

Johnny Girth · 11 May 2006 at 21:32

Phnom_Penh said:
Moon : Glowy thing in the sky.
moon : have a guess .

LOLZ. The moon doesn't glow OR need a capital!

Trick · 11 May 2006 at 21:34

Drive: that radio show on 5 live every afternoon at 4pm
drive: to get in a car and have fun, hopefully not when drunk

benjo plz. · 11 May 2006 at 21:35

Johnny Girth said:
LOLZ. The moon doesn't glow OR need a capital!

The Moon does need a capital, as it's a noun, but for other moons no. When used as a verb though...

Encarta Dictionary said:
3. vti expose buttocks to somebody: to bend over and deliberately expose the bare buttocks to somebody, either as a rude joke or as an act of defiance and disrespect (informal)

SideWinder · 11 May 2006 at 21:35

Don't like my thread anymore. Our A-Level English class failed to think of any of these on the spot and the answer given was:

Polish and polish.

Sigh i give up. Turn this thread into a riddle one or something.

/leaves.

Psyk · 11 May 2006 at 21:36

Johnny Girth said:
LOLZ. The moon doesn't glow OR need a capital!

It appears to glow and I think technically speaking it does need a capital. There are lots of moons in the universe so if it has a capital we know which one specifically you're talking about.

Kell_ee001 · 11 May 2006 at 21:37

Bless ya SideWinder!

At least you tried but I think you forgot who you were asking!

MoNkeE · 11 May 2006 at 21:38

Haha, some people seem to think every noun needs a capital letter

-RaZ

benjo plz. · 11 May 2006 at 21:39

MoNkeE said:
Haha, some people seem to think every noun needs a capital letter

-RaZ

Well proper nouns then

Trick · 11 May 2006 at 21:41

Prescott: deputy prime minister
prescott: a bloated fool who does a good impression of a bad carpenter... *

*2 dodgy screws and the whole cabinet falls apart

TripleT · 11 May 2006 at 21:42

Damn A-level English must have gotten REALLY easy..

Kell_ee001 · 11 May 2006 at 21:49

TripleT said:
Damn A-level English must have gotten REALLY easy..

My first A-Level English class the teacher stood at the front to write the register and asked for all names beginning with A, B, C etc. Was working fine until she missed "H" altogether without even noticing when finished (and double checked btw)

Strangely, I immediately lost confidence in new teacher