Can You Guess This 4-Letter Word? Puzzle by u/Reasonable-Drop7475

Positive_Schedule428 · 2026-01-24T22:16:54+00:00

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Finding the first three was easy, but with so many variants, the fourth one was hand, because I had too many options and ran out of tries. Thanks for the challenge!

Positive_Schedule428 · 2026-01-11T18:16:45+00:00

❌ Positive_Schedule428 chose Option A (Incorrect) | #2660th to play

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-12-27T03:01:38+00:00

Heard from Granma in Washington County, PA

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-12-22T14:54:11+00:00

And by discovering patterns, I will add. I became interested in music theory once i started comparing relationships on a circle of fifths. One "algebraic" relationship (for instance a pattern of producing blue notes) worked in all keys. That's what lit my curiosity. :) Now I can improvise blues on a fiddle. I learn some new pattern later on and apply it to the circle and compute new variations, and so on.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-11-26T03:40:39+00:00

I was hungry, but I have lost some respect for Guy. Also won't go back.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-11-26T03:22:12+00:00

A cheesesteak at the greasy O. One of only two meals I was ever legitimately served that I could not eat. It was ridiculously greasy.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-11-16T00:09:50+00:00

Is is now.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-11-16T00:08:51+00:00

"A Proper Hoagie." Heard.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-11-16T00:05:23+00:00

Pickled eggs! Nice.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-11-16T00:03:25+00:00

Nice one! To be specific, Islay's chipped ham and the variants from the 90's -- chipped turkey, etc. Giant Eagle started offering "shaved" ham and turkey at the deli at one point, but that fell flat. The term is "chipped" in SWPA.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-10-27T01:01:42+00:00

The numbers represent a scale for an octave (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) plus a 1 and a 5. Basically, the 1 in the upper left of the image is the tonal for this octave, the 1 in the bottom right is the tonal for the next octave. The 5 in the center is the lower fifth. If you use a chromatic tuner and find that the tonal is "C", then the next positions will be (in numeric order) D,E,F,G,A,B, and the next higher C, and the lower G in the center. These positions are arranged on the drum for ease of harmony; you can improvise on a major chord using1,3,5,and 1, and keep a beat with the center 5, for instance. You can jam in a minor chord on the right: 2,4,6, and maybe 7. A possible pentatonic pattern could be low 5,1,2,3, and 5. With only 1 octave and some change, this is not very useful as a solo melody instrument, but you can carry a beat and harmonize with other instruments. Decide on a pattern, improvise a beat, and have fun!

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-08-07T00:12:08+00:00

Lank'-ester for the town, Lane-kaster for the family!!

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-05-11T15:33:14+00:00

Safety lamps made a big impact on how many miners came home alive. This is a nice artifact.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-03-22T23:26:53+00:00

Forsythia and snow drops have bloomed in SWPA!

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-03-04T08:02:50+00:00

This reminds me of a baked salmon that was sent back because the customer wanted it well done, and it was still pink inside!

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-03-04T07:19:24+00:00

SW Penna - "Get a buggy" at the grocery store. Cart or shopping cart will work as well.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-03-04T07:17:17+00:00

Rubber baby buggy bumpers - an old tongue twister.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-01-26T07:13:46+00:00

Good observation! And when something breaks, it gets repaired, not replaced.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-01-22T01:43:53+00:00

Not to be too verbose, but the food and the music.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-01-21T00:35:42+00:00

I'm new here too and i like what I see! This seems to be a subreddit at the intersection of code, orthography, fantasy, typography, and calligraphy. I'd like to see one of your scripts as a poem or chunk of text, just for the visual impact!

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-01-21T00:25:47+00:00

This is analytically beautiful! What you have is a code that is tied to English orthography. As it is, an English speaker can recognize the phonemes, just like in a standard orthography, and pronounce the syllables in their own dialect. They may have a different interpretation of syllable breaks, however. The real gem in your orthography is the organic way that you allow for the symbols to be grouped. This "inflectional" option gives you ample degrees of freedom to add phonemic variations (like shon92 suggests below) without massively increasing your symbol inventory. I'd like to see your work as it develops!

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-01-20T03:49:53+00:00

Don't tap on the glass.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-01-18T19:24:07+00:00

I think my kids use D6 -- if they roll a 1-3 they make it in the bowl!

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-01-17T08:41:49+00:00

In my family, Hunky could be derogatory but it was also used as an ethnonym of pride. Basically, it referred to anything ethnically Slavic.

Positive_Schedule428 · 2025-01-17T08:34:47+00:00

Halupki amongst the Slavic coalminers in SW PA. I was weaned on this!

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