[Palindrome] Re: Lost in Translation

[Sofiya Vasina <sofiya sonic net>]

After long deliberation (and a phone call to my mom), we decided that 
the odd man out is most likely the first word (Ohlazhdennyj which means 
chilled or iced).  Most words in Russian are formed by adding letters 
before and/or after the root, but some words slightly change the root. 
This is one of those words.
My husband, who is a fairly fluent French speaker, says that naitre (to 
be born) is the odd one, because it has to be used together with an 
appropriate form of etre (and the same thing happens in English).  E.g. 
"I can", "I say", "I become", etc., but "I _am_ born".
From the Spanish list, just looking at the dictionary, clave 
(code/password/key/clef) is the only one that can be a noun and an 
adjective, the rest are all nouns.
Let me know how that puzzle is going.

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Aaron D. Fuegi wrote:

> Sofiya,
>         Can you look at the puzzle "Lost in Translation" in the Yukon
> area.  There are 6 words each in 5 languages.  Apparently, each set
> of words is an Odd Man Out which the answer is grammar based and only
> clear to a fluent speaker.  Can you look at the Russian set and see if
> anything leaps out at you?  If it does, send to the whole list so someone
> will quickly see it.
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> Thanks,
> Aaron
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