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Symbol
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Puzzle ID: #29290
Submitted By: i_am_hated Corrected By: ThinksForFun
Submitted By: i_am_hated Corrected By: ThinksForFun
Riddle
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.Riddle
I am a world-renowned "symbol". In the English language, if I'm added to a noun, it turns to an adjective (in most cases).
If you put horizontal lines through me, I become a currency, but it is not used in many countries.
In Spanish, I am a "symbol", but also I am a word. I am used to connect words and phrases. If you watch your School House Rock, I go along with a junction.
What am I?
If you put horizontal lines through me, I become a currency, but it is not used in many countries.
In Spanish, I am a "symbol", but also I am a word. I am used to connect words and phrases. If you watch your School House Rock, I go along with a junction.
What am I?
Answer
I am Y.When Y is added to a noun, it often makes it an adjective; i.e. Hair+y=hairy, Smell+y=Smelly, etc.
When you put two horizontal lines through a Y, it makes the Yen symbol, found in Japan.
In the Spanish language, Y is the translation for "and", which is a conjunction. If you watch School House Rock, they do a whole skit on Conjunction Junction.
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Well done, all it took was a little thinking and a little Spanish.
The first two stumped me, but thank goodness my Spanish kicked in.
Excellent Teaser!!
Excellent Teaser!!
staying current on currency exchange made it easy, but still very good
what are you talking about that was dumb he should have said a world renound letter
D'oh! i had E! in my defence i dont speak spanish which made it a bit trickier.
well, fem, in Spanish, y IS pronounced "e"...
I got it!!!
Yes, all bragging rights reserved. lol
heck i dont speak spanish and i got this right.
that was partly thanks to the yen, however.
that was partly thanks to the yen, however.
i thought it was L
dunno what i was thinking for the first part, but pound, "el," etc
dunno what i was thinking for the first part, but pound, "el," etc
I watch School House Rock!
very good
Interesting, easy and fun to solve. The AMers are going thank you, as I do.
Easy and fun!
Fun teaser. I liked it because there were a few different pieces in there that should give virtually everyone a shot at it. I didn't get the "world re-nowned thing" though! Thanks!
EASY EASY EASY
PS: ...and yes, this AM person thanks you!
"Y" is world renowned for.....?
"Y" is world renowned where?
Please fill me in, my inquiring mind would like to know.
"Y" is world renowned where?
Please fill me in, my inquiring mind would like to know.
Y is a mbol???
SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK ROCKS!!! But the teaser sucked, excuse me stunk!!!
Don't know about world...symbol but the Spanish kicked in and I managed to get another riddle--which I don't often!! Thanks for the fun!
Sorry, this was way over my head.I did take Spanish in high school (many moons ago) and I still didn't get it. Learned something today, tho and that's a good thing.
Plain and simply didn't know this one. Kudos to you that did.
I love School House Rock! Great teaser!
YAY School House Rock!!!!!!!!!
This was so cool and i learned a few things too thx and keep these teaserss coming.
I didn't get the world renowned symbol thing either. However, I did like the teaser. I may be a little bias though. I like almost any riddle that I can answer .
Maybe the symbol thing is eluding to the YMCA. Their symbol is a big "Y".
Maybe the symbol thing is eluding to the YMCA. Their symbol is a big "Y".
Got this fairly quickly, despite not knowing Spanish and School House Rock. The answer is easy once you eliminate S and L, which with two lines through them, stand for dollar and pound (currencies).
Y is perhaps a symbol for YMCA, but iYMCA s not known as Y in some parts of the world. A good teaser, though rather simple.
Y is perhaps a symbol for YMCA, but iYMCA s not known as Y in some parts of the world. A good teaser, though rather simple.
Oops! In my previous comment, please read YMCA instead of iYMCA.
I liked it!! Good job!
For what it's worth....my two cents on use of the word "symbol". It's being used generically in this case, meaning simply that it "stands for something". The English alphabet, as well as those of other languages, all use "characters" or "symbols" to depict a sound or word. Therefore letters are also symbols.
For what it's worth....my two cents on use of the word "symbol". It's being used generically in this case, meaning simply that it "stands for something". The English alphabet, as well as those of other languages, all use "characters" or "symbols" to depict a sound or word. Therefore letters are also symbols.
wow i feel so dumb now i didnt get it though! im so dumb grrrr
YAY!
Oct 21, 2006
Thank Japan for the Yen!! i dont speak spanish and the first clue stumped me, but the yen clue helped
I'm just a bill.
Yes - I'm only a bill
and I'm sittin' here on Capitol Hill...
Sorry. That one gave me an earworm.
Yes - I'm only a bill
and I'm sittin' here on Capitol Hill...
Sorry. That one gave me an earworm.
nice one....
Great job. I got it! School House Rock made me think of I'm just Bill also, but am I wrong, isn't that where Mr. Freeman got his start as an alphabet pronouncer in shadow?
Lol, the Yen gave it away for me :-)
Nice one Andy.
Nice one Andy.
nice!
Cute riddle! I enjoyed it -- maybe because I got it~! The yen and spanish clues together made me certain I got it.
I agree with choptlivva about the interpretation of "symbol". All letters are symbols. Having "symbol" in quotes seems to emphasize that one must really keep an open mind about what it might be.
I agree with choptlivva about the interpretation of "symbol". All letters are symbols. Having "symbol" in quotes seems to emphasize that one must really keep an open mind about what it might be.
I have to agree with the "What's the world-renowned part?" crowd. What's the world-renowned part?
Maybe a symbol for a particular chromosome. Anyway, I've never trusted Y - it's a very crooked letter, as my mother used to say.
Was thinking Y after the first line. Knew it immediatly after the second,because I spent a two month vacation in Japan.
Wow. This was way too easy. I kept rereading the teaser like I was missing something.
Fun!
I thought it was kinda tough, for me anyway. Great teaser, took some thought. Loved it.
Nice1, good show!!!
I was initially distracted by the use of the word 'symbol', so I wasn't looking for a letter but a sign (like an ampersand), but that didn't fit the rest. Then a Spanish letter that's also a word kicked in and confirmed the answer. btw, I was quite surprised at all the people who were totally familiar with the symbol for the Yen! I was delighted to learn something new, which apparently an educated person should have known!!!
I ♥ SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! ! ! when i read the 'Schoolhouse Rock' part, i immediately thought of 'Conjunction Junction' and said to myself "conjunction!" i thought not about the 'one letter/symbol part, so i clicked 'show answer'. SOOOOO CLOSE!
i think the best part of schoolhouse rock was the skit about
"I'm a bill,
Yes I'm only a bill,
Sitting here on capitol hill......."
doesn't everyone?
i think the best part of schoolhouse rock was the skit about
"I'm a bill,
Yes I'm only a bill,
Sitting here on capitol hill......."
doesn't everyone?
Perhaps I am annoyed because no matter what clues were given, I would not have gotten this Teaser. I like bascially all Teasers when the Teaser is accurate, learned and fun, but this was BOGus. Y is a letter in the ENGLISH speaking world not a symbol, no matter how many times you SLICE it. In my mind it could NOT mean Yen, Yo, or Yoddle. Of course people who got the answer correct are going to support it by cluing reasons for the Y answer, but this was Boring, and Difficult because it made no sense. However, I still loved this teaser, keep them coming. Never a Symbol. Gosh, I was real off; I thought of a dash.
Aren't letters symbols that stand for sounds, just as numerals are symbols that stand for numbers?
I didn't get this one, either
I was thinking about the English pound. It is some kind of symbol, with a line through it, I think. Anyway, I was way off from the yen.
Good one, though!
I was thinking about the English pound. It is some kind of symbol, with a line through it, I think. Anyway, I was way off from the yen.
Good one, though!
It was fun!
Symbol threw a lot of us off. Lines thru it making it a money sign, gave me an inkling it might be a C or and S, but that did not fit the rest so I did not get it either and do not know Spanish. Oh well!
¥ikes, I missed this one. Ma¥be next time.
Knowing Spanish and spending time in Japan made this one pretty easy.
I don't really know much Spanish (aside from I learned on Sesame Street about million years ago) and the only time I've spent in Japan was 10 hrs at the airport waiting for a return flight to N. America.
I still should have got it though as I am a collector of foreign currencies and know what almost every country calls its money and what the symbol for it is.
I still should have got it though as I am a collector of foreign currencies and know what almost every country calls its money and what the symbol for it is.
Last time I checked, 'Y' was a letter, not a symbol.
simple even though the wording was not too accurate.
I finally got Yen, though I first thought of the English pound symbol. But what I don't know is School House Rock?
Don't understand how Y is a "symbol" in Spanish?
Solved it first line, but kept reading as it sounded 2 ezy.
How is the letter: Y a symbol?
How is the letter: Y a symbol?
I'm not a big fan of this one. I'd classify it as trivia instead of riddle. I think a riddle is more than "let me describe something, then you tell me what it is". A riddle would be more like:
Add me to a noun and descriptive we become.
Stamp me with an "equals" to make money in Japan.
Consider me a word; I'm a conjunction to some.
I tell you I'm a symbol. Now name me if you can.
Add me to a noun and descriptive we become.
Stamp me with an "equals" to make money in Japan.
Consider me a word; I'm a conjunction to some.
I tell you I'm a symbol. Now name me if you can.
Tough teaser for me. I did not get it. I never thought of "Y" as a symbol but just a letter of the alphabet. I do not know Spanish nor foreign currency symbols either.
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