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I don't get this riddle

 
 
Reply Fri 15 Jul, 2005 03:08 pm
In one alone I'll prove there's none,
in nine but one can count.
In seven but five, yet six alone,
do unto nine amount.
In only five I only four can see,
pray tell me then, how this can be?
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jespah
 
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Reply Fri 15 Jul, 2005 05:25 pm
Looks like it has something to do with the number of letters in the names of the numbers, e. g. there are 4 letters in the word "five", etc.
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markr
 
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Reply Fri 15 Jul, 2005 07:12 pm
It's embedded Roman numbers:

nIne
seVen
sIX
fIVe
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toadidly
 
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Reply Tue 8 Nov, 2005 11:06 am
are u sure cuz if you look at it that way then just about fifty percent of our words are imbeded with roman numerals
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Questioner
 
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Reply Tue 8 Nov, 2005 11:35 am
toadidly wrote:
are u sure cuz if you look at it that way then just about fifty percent of our words are imbeded with roman numerals


markr is correct. Read the clues closely and you'll see the sense in it.
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bLevinE-
 
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Reply Sun 18 Dec, 2005 06:45 pm
markr you're so smart!!!
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