tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691745257761485017.post8828574465450033295..comments2024-03-27T22:46:04.804-07:00Comments on The Regency Looking Glass: Riddles, Rebuses and Jane AustenMaureen Mackeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08103252687271508523noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691745257761485017.post-12910255211765707492020-05-25T18:41:31.771-07:002020-05-25T18:41:31.771-07:00Thanks for your comment - and the riddles!Thanks for your comment - and the riddles!Maureen Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103252687271508523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691745257761485017.post-84392023800164997792020-05-25T11:13:34.506-07:002020-05-25T11:13:34.506-07:00OK, but you have to be an agile word master to eve...OK, but you have to be an agile word master to ever think of participating in a rebus or solving a convoluted riddle. I wonder whether anyone who has not mastered English as their primary tongue, can even begin to unravel the implications and nuances of English. Maybe puns would be accessible, but allusions to archaic phrases or cultural word play, such as " 'counterfeit' means 'sham' and rhymes with 'cham,' while “agony” is “pain” and rhymes with 'pagne'” would be beyond the reach of a non-native speaker. <br /><br />I'm a native English speaker and would blow this test and have to forego the champagne. However, the riddle of the Sphinx does not seem all that complicated. <br /><br />So, for fun check out these riddles: https://parade.com/947956/parade/riddles/ . Tom Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140018740919437666noreply@blogger.com