PS for WTF People: All the following words in various languages are all linked orthographically* to the word, "Crete" in English, (in Dutch, German and Swedish - Kreta; "Crète" in French, and "Creta" in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese). Absurdly, these words are: court, cheroot, croatia, crowd, curt, crate, create, carrot, cruet, cord, cherté, cordeau, croûte, croate, écarté, carat, carotte, chariot, carte, cariato, crudo, corrotto, carrata, corte, cuoretto, creato, carato, cardo, corto, cuarto, corte, chorrito, chirrido, cariado, caret, charade, credo, creatie, carreata, correto, corrido, criada, corado, croata, charrete, caratê, corda, certo and charad. *Orthography. orthography |ôrˈθägrəfē| noun (plural: orthographies) The study of spelling and how letters combine to represent sounds and form words. Put another way, it is the conventional spelling system of a language. In English the modern form of "Crete" is taken from the Greek - "Κρήτη" (Krētē as the form in classical transliteration) while in the modern transliteration it would be "Kríti". Did you know that the classical Latin form is "Crēta", hence the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese usage of Creta. So there you have it, people the most absurd page on the BritsinCrete web site in the name of SEO. Perhaps Google uses orthography algorithms to calculate web site popularity? This page would be a stupid waste of time but for its fascinating puzzel, sorry puzzle, eh? So much for the crazy, zany World of Internet Marketing. There is another stupid brain teaser puzzle below. This people is in Flash, a widgetbox puzzle labelled number 4
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