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Conference hydra::dejavu

Title:	Psychic Phenomena
Notice:	Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:	JARETH::PAINTER

Created:	Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:	Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2143
Total number of notes:	41773

653.0. "Strange trivia question!!!!!" by SCOMAN::STOOKER () Mon Feb 08 1988 19:50

    I realize that this is probably not the correct place for this trivia
    question, but everyone here seems to be very well read, and thought
    that someon may have the answer.
    
    I had heard that there are only 3 words in the English language
    that end in 'gry'.  Two of these are hungry and angry?  What is
    the third?   
    
    If this question is answered elsewhere, then please let me know
    so that it can be deleted.
    
    Thanks,
    Sarah

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
653.1	Press Select or KP7	REGENT::BROOMHEAD	Don't panic -- yet.	`Tue Feb 09 1988 09:52`	4
	For the answer to this, and other exciting questions about the English language, add VISA::JOYOFLEX to your notebook. Ann B.
653.2	puggry	SSDEVO::ACKLEY	Aslan	`Tue Feb 09 1988 10:40`	8
	VMS comes through! We have a unabridged spelling dictionary here, and using the VMS "search" utility, there were only 4 words containing "gry"; Angry, hungry, gryphon and "puggry" ! I have no idea what it means, so don't ask ! Alan.
653.3	two more...maybe	LEZAH::BOBBITT	Once upon a time...	`Tue Feb 09 1988 10:47`	5
	also found in joyoflex, awgry and muggry...though I'm not sure what they are... -Jody
653.4	Awgry, Muggry and Puggry	PBSVAX::COOPER	Topher Cooper	`Tue Feb 09 1988 12:30`	16
	I looked in a Webster's Unabridged over lunch and could not find any of the three words. There was a word with alternate spellings of "pugaree", "pugree", and "pagri". Its from a Hindu word for a type of turban. Since it's a transliteration, "puggry" might be another variant. No mention of the other two at all. If "awgry" is an archaic variant of "augury" then the question becomes much more clearly relevant to this conference. "Muggry" might be a variant of "muggery" which would refer to overacting. Anyone have an OED handy? Topher
653.5	A Dubious Answer	INK::GRACE		`Wed Feb 10 1988 09:52`	8
	I posed this very question to my know-it-all high-school English teacher. His answer? The third word is "gry." (He looked very pleased with himself.) With shrieks of "No fair!" I dashed to the local library and learned, to my chagrin, that he was correct--that is, if you're willing to accept that the word "gry" ends in "gry"! Didn't think so...