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A Linguistic Conundrum

26 May 2011 By Siyathetha

See if you can figure out what these words have in common.

  1. Banana
  2. Dresser
  3. Grammar
  4. Potato
  5. Revive
  6. Uneven
  7. Assess

Answers in the comments section below please – the first correct answer wins the title of BRAIN OF THE MINUTE along with all the accolades and glory that goes with that.

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Ed Richardson is the managing director and brain behind the Siyathetha brand and is rumoured to be one of the most effective weapons of mass communication in the Eastern Cape. See more articles by Siyathetha.

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About Siyathetha

Ed Richardson is the managing director and brain behind the Siyathetha brand and is rumoured to be one of the most effective weapons of mass communication in the Eastern Cape.
See more articles by Siyathetha.

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Comments

  1. Philip Straton says

    26 May 2011 at 7:01 am

    If you move the last letter to the end, the same word is spelt backwards. More than one set of letters in each word.

    • Alan says

      26 May 2011 at 8:09 am

      aaaah how clever is the fruit of my loins?

      And this is my opportunity to boast a little – Young Philip was in the TOP 15% academically at NMMU last year with distictions in all his subjects.

  2. Theking1 says

    26 May 2011 at 9:09 am

    Have you told him yet that he’s adopted? 🙂

    • Alan says

      26 May 2011 at 11:53 am

      naaa I am waiting for you to tell him all about how YOU would have looked after, nurtured and treated him if only you had had the strength to keep him…………

  3. Ashwani says

    27 November 2016 at 5:17 pm

    The second and the last letter of each word is the same .

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