jr@bbncc5.UUCP (John Robinson) (03/10/86)
Listening to my 9-month old try to talk inspired this one: What is the next letter in this sequence: m, n, b, d, p, ? /jr
john@cisden.UUCP (John Woolley) (03/11/86)
In article <2178@bbncc5.UUCP> jr@bbnccv.UUCP (John Robinson) writes: >Listening to my 9-month old try to talk inspired this one: > >What is the next letter in this sequence: > > m, n, b, d, p, ? M and N are the voiced nasals of the bilabial and alveo-dental series. B and D are the voiced stops of the bilabial and alveo-dental series. P is the unvoiced stop of the bilabial series. So... T is the unvoiced stop of the alveo-dental series. The hint gives it away, makes it clear it's a phonetic problem. Now, what's the next letter in the sequence Z O T T F F S S E N T E T T F F S S E N T... ? -- Peace and Good!, Fr. John Woolley "Compared to what I have seen, all that I have written is straw." -- St. Thomas
weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener) (03/11/86)
In article <544@cisden.UUCP> john@cisden.UUCP (John Woolley) writes: >Now, what's the next letter in the sequence > > Z O T T F F S S E N T E T T F F S S E N T... ? T T T T T T ... ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
hedden@atux01.UUCP (D. Hedden) (03/12/86)
In article <544@cisden.UUCP>, john@cisden.UUCP (John Woolley) writes: > > Now, what's the next letter in the sequence > > Z O T T F F S S E N T E T T F F S S E N T... ? > -- An old, easy one-- T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T F... or maybe you would prefer-- T-O T-T T-T T-F T-F T-S T-S T-E T-N T T-O T-T T-T T-F T-F T-S T-S T-E T-N F... Now try this-- 1 18 46 94 63 52... "The moving hand writes ..." Don
matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford) (03/17/86)
In article <889@spp2.UUCP> stassen@spp2.UUCP (Chris Stassen) writes: >Jung ner gur arkg sbhe yrggref va guvf frdhrapr: > > U, U, Y, O, O, P, A, B, S ... > >(Pnershy! Gurer ner gjb rdhnyyl pbeerpg nafjref). Bu, yvxr gbb rnfl, zna! Gur nafjre vf A, A, Z, N be A, F, Z, N. Here's another letter sequence problem: Complete this sequence: A, E, H, I, K, L, ... _____________________________________________________ Matt University crawford@anl-mcs.arpa Crawford of Chicago ihnp4!oddjob!matt