New Year Tongues
by Jodi L. Rowland
Below are a few phrases in various languages. Your job is to state which language they are in and translate them all correctly into English. It’s more challenging if you refrain from using an Internet source for the translation!
1. Feliz Año Nuevo
2. Résolutions De Nouvelle Année
3. Feriados Felizes
4. Scrivendo con il nuovo anno
5. Erlernen Sie Ihre Grammatik
6. Удостоверьтесь, что Вы используете правильную пунктуацию
Submit your answers in an email, and make sure to include your name, address, and country in your entry. Send your answers to: puzzles@writer-on-line.com
The winner will receive a three month, free subscription to JustMarkets and his or her name published in our next issue of Writer Online.
DEADLINE: midnight, Thursday, January 19, 2006
No submissions accepted after the deadline.
Answers to last issue’s Puzzle, Author Hunt:
| Clues: |
Answers: |
| 1. Hawkeye, Baseball, Art Museum |
James Fenimore Cooper |
| 2. Lamb chop, Chocolate, Peach |
Roald Dahl |
| 3. Magician, Shoe Maker, Dullborough |
Charles Dickens |
| 4. Snowy woods, Two roads, Fence |
Robert Frost |
| 5. Mississippi River, Cavern, White wash |
Mark Twain |
| 6. Grapes, Mice, Dustbowl |
John Steinbeck |
| 7. Ghost, Moors, Mrs. Reed |
Bronte Sisters |
| 8. Birthmark, Rose, “A” |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 9. Horse-less riders, Feud, The Kings |
William Shakespeare |
10. Fish, Clang, Keys
|
Ernest Hemingway |
Honorable mention goes to Gloria Slater from Conesus, NY. |