ohhh first time that I realize that there is a "view more smilies button"

So, is the answer to the riddle,

a lie?

Was Darkstar right?

The answer to the riddle is not, in fact, "a lie." Or at least, that was not the answer I was looking for.

If there are no other guesses in a couple days, then I will reveal the answer.

ok

engineer gaming

who?

The answer I was looking for was "Sound."

Thank you for playing.

no problem.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Thanks.

Boo!

aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

Opinion question: When we shorten words, should the syllables remaining retain the pronunciation of the original word? It's always seemed odd to me, for instance, that the shortened version of "mercenary" is "merc," but pronounced with the hard "c" sound (merk) rather than the soft "c" sound of the original (mersenary). I understand that it is because of the general rules for hard and soft "c" sounds, which is heavily based on the vowel that follows the letter. The "c" in "mercenary" is followed by an "e," which means the "c" should be pronounced as an "s," whereas in "merc," the "c" is not followed by anything. But this rule ignores the origin of the shortened word, which seems odd.

Discuss.

It seems wrong to me to change the pronunciation like that, but I just can't imagine anybody calling the "mers" or "merses".