sjh@CS-Mordred (Steve Holmes) (05/30/84)
<> Some time ago I heard a riddle which I have not been able to answer and would appreciate any help I can get. There are 3 words ending with 'gry'. Two are 'hungry' and 'angry'. What is the third? The language was not specified but I assume English.
dep@allegra.UUCP (Dewayne E. Perry) (05/31/84)
An egrep on 'gry$' in websters 5th yielded the following words: aggry ahungry angry anhungry hungry unangry So that makes the third word 'aggry' - havent the foggiest idea what it means ?? Will look it up in my OED tonight - Dewayne
ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (06/01/84)
An aggry bead (also aggri bead) is a variegated (having discrete markings of different colors) glass bead found buried in Ghana and England. -Ron
gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (06/01/84)
ogry: like unto an ogre.
naj@uiucdcs.UUCP (06/18/84)
#R:CS-Mordr:-13800:uiucdcs:40700010:000:134 uiucdcs!naj Jun 17 16:56:00 1984 till another, and I think the definitive answer is simply the word "gry", meaning a small or paultry amount. Look it up in your OED.