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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an 'eHit'.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (9 children)

I'm having a mental stronk trying to figure out what the words on the bottom say

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Crosswords have clues going across and down.

The words just use common letters so they're things puzzle creators wish were real words. They're not currently words.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Ahem:

aerae: Latin, genitive/dative singular of aera

eni: Urhobo for 'elephant'

oreta: Latin, taxonomic genus within the family Drepanidae.

aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ

oine: Danish, indefinite plural of øie

aen: Rōmaji transcription of あえん

enta: French, third-person singular past historic of enter

aete: Rōmaji transcription of あえて

[–] jxk 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What does 'enter' even mean in French?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

In means nothing. The french for enter is "entrer"

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