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Author:  The Great Clapper [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Word Zendo
Game Inspired by another game, made by another user from another forum who was inspired by the gameZendo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zendo_%28game%29

I, the Master, will think of a rule which determines whether a word has the Buddah-nature or does not have the Buddah-nature. (Simple example: A word has the Buddah-nature if and only if it contains the letters "c" and "r.") I will then give an example of each. You, the student, will then suggest a word, and I will tell you if it has the Buddah-nature or not. When you think you know what the rule is, make a guess. If your guess is not correct, I will give you an example which disproves your guess. If your guess is correct, you become the Master for the next game.

The rules will have nothing to do with the meanings or pronunciation of the words, or with capitalization. Only the standard 26 letters of the English alphabet will be used. Nonsense words are acceptable.
Here we go.(Bold is for emphasis only and has nothing to do with the rule.)

The word producer has the Buddah-nature.

The word south has not the Buddah-nature.

Try to limit it to no more than four guesses at a time.
Author:  IantheGecko [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:14 pm ]
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Column?
Author:  netzen [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:31 pm ]
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Postulate?
Author:  this-guy [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:35 pm ]
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Monolith?
Author:  The Great Clapper [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:57 pm ]
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The words: Column, Postulate, and Monolith all have the budddha-nature.

Anyone care to take a crack at the rule?
Author:  netzen [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:52 pm ]
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Do the words have to contain the letter "O"?
Author:  The Great Clapper [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:55 pm ]
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netzen wrote:
Do the words have to contain the letter "O"?


The word Sticker has buddha-nature.

'Kay, resume.
Author:  this-guy [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:10 pm ]
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Mouth?
Author:  Potates [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:12 pm ]
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Sword?
Author:  The Great Clapper [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:13 pm ]
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this-guy wrote:
Mouth?


The word Mouth does not have budddha-nature.

The word Sword does have buddha-nature.
Author:  Potates [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:14 pm ]
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Guess at the rule: The word can not have two vowels in a row?
Author:  The Great Clapper [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:18 pm ]
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Potates wrote:
Guess at the rule: The word can not have two vowels in a row?


*Errnnngh*

The word Room has buddha nature.

But if no one gest it in a while, a hint will come from this.
Author:  this-guy [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:19 pm ]
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Thigh?
Author:  The Great Clapper [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:21 pm ]
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this-guy wrote:
Thigh?



The word Thigh does not have buddha-nature.
Author:  this-guy [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:26 pm ]
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Words of the Buddha nature must not have five letters and the consonant combination "th".
Author:  The Great Clapper [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:30 pm ]
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The Great Clapper wrote:

The word Sword does have buddha-nature.
Author:  this-guy [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:35 pm ]
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Let me rephrase that…

Words not of the Buddha nature must have five letters and also must have the consonant combination "th".
Author:  Ingiald [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:38 pm ]
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Finger? Singer? Duck? Muck? Letter? Better? Hour? Flour? Doom? Boom? Cowl? Fowl?
Author:  MikeMcG [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:40 pm ]
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Words of Buddha nature do not have the 'th' consonant combination.
Author:  The Great Clapper [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:40 pm ]
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To this-guy: The word Neck does not have the buddha nature.

MikeMcG wrote:
Words of Buddha nature do not have the 'th' consonant combination.

The word Bath has buddha nature.

Nasty ol' Puppet wrote:
Finger? Singer? Duck? Muck? Letter? Better? Hour? Flour? Doom? Boom? Cowl? Fowl?

The Great Clapper wrote:
limit it to no more than four guesses at a time.
Author:  this-guy [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:00 pm ]
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Let's get organised:

Buddha Nature: Bath Room Sword Sticker Column Postulate Monolith producer Nirvana Theravada Rain Reign

No Buddha Nature: south Mouth Thigh Neck deck myth Mahayana High

How about deck? Or myth?
Author:  Ingiald [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:08 pm ]
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Nirvana? Mahayana? Theravada? :p
Author:  The Great Clapper [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:10 pm ]
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The words deck and myth do not have the buddha-nature.

Nasty ol' Puppet wrote:
Nirvana? Mahayana? Theravada? :p


The word Nirvana has the buddha-nature,

The word Mahayana does not have the buddha-nature,

The word Theravada has the buddha-nature.
Author:  Potates [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:34 pm ]
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Rain?
Author:  The Great Clapper [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:58 pm ]
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The word Rain has the Buddha Nature.
Author:  Potates [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:49 pm ]
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So far, all of the words with the letter R have the buddha-nature.
However, not all of the words with buddha-nature have R.
This leads me to believe that R is part of the rule, but not the whole thing.
Author:  this-guy [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:52 pm ]
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High? Reign?
Author:  The Great Clapper [ Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:13 pm ]
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this-guy wrote:
High? Reign?


The word High does not have the buddha-nature

The word Reign has the buddha-nature.

And Potates, you have somewhat of a fragment of a scent of the rule.

However, it is no cigar.
Author:  this-guy [ Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:40 pm ]
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Which? White?
Author:  Biscuithead [ Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:17 am ]
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The Great Clapper wrote:
The word Mahayana does not have the buddha-nature,

The word Theravada has the buddha-nature.

Ooh, that is a very political statement.

Anyway, retire?
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