# 3 or less letter words only please. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 29, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398 "2010-07-29T00:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/1 "2010-07-29T00:52:47Z")
I read _Bastard Tongues_ by Deriek Bickerson while camping. The book is about the world “lowest” languages. Good book BTW. It made the point that the Creole tongue of slaves seemed simple, but it took a clever person to use a language that was limiting in its form. This lead me to suggest to the wife we speak only in words of three letters or less. I struggled to get a campfire going after a rain. When I got it to be giving off heat I wanted to convey the fact to the wife. “Fires going good now” was not allowed in this game so I said “Hot big now” after thinking for a minute. Her responce came in seconds “You the man”. Score one for the wife. How about it, can you say what you want to say in this thread using words of three or less letters? ( no TLA or other abbreviations) ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/2 "2010-07-29T00:54:07Z")
Huh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/3 "2010-07-29T00:54:46Z")
You’re trying to make this thread unsearchable, aren’t you? 😃 Me go now. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/4 "2010-07-29T00:55:27Z")
oh fuk. no way. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/5 "2010-07-29T01:01:28Z")
I think you mean three _beats._ Three beats per word. (Can’t say _syllables_ or I break the rule.) ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/6 "2010-07-29T01:03:49Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > I think you mean three _beats._ > > Three beats per word. > > (Can’t say _syllables_ or I break the rule.) We can use wee bit , not big. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/7 "2010-07-29T01:08:23Z")
Now I mix up. You too? ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/8 "2010-07-29T01:11:51Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > Now I mix up. > > You too? Yes,see, can be fun. ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/9 "2010-07-29T01:35:20Z")
One and tri two by ten and tri, tri, one sun go by sky ago our dad do new big bud and bud, be so ask no ask, and all men be no one big …big man and say way ago, he tall and got hat. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/10 "2010-07-29T01:36:00Z")
I can not do it. No way. Bye bye for now! ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/11 "2010-07-29T02:02:09Z")
> [@FE3O4ENAIL](#): > > One and tri two by ten and tri, tri, one sun go by sky ago our dad do new big bud and bud, be so ask no ask, and all men be no one big …big man and say way ago, he tall and got hat. Now we got big war, can we be, any be, as it is, be for not bit? We are met on a big hit sit we now of the war. We go to the a bit of sit we now, as a sit we now no end for man who not be no so we can be bud and bud. We can and do . ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/12 "2010-07-29T03:37:08Z")
Do or do not, is no try, hmm? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/13 "2010-07-29T03:48:34Z")
For now, I see fun on TV so can not say. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/14 "2010-07-29T04:04:28Z")
I remember, years ago, in Games Magazine, they had a contest in which people submitted short stories using only three-letter words. The winner wrote about Our Man Ron (Old Ray Gun), and his battle against Bad Tip. Funny in a 1980s sort of way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/15 "2010-07-29T05:12:27Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Do or do not, is no try, hmm? So you say. But my paw try to get me to be bad. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/16 "2010-07-29T15:08:39Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > > [@Duke](#): > > > > Do or do not, is no try, hmm? > > So you say. > > But my paw try to get me to be bad. But my arm got cut off. So, no, I am not bad now but I am mad. So I go hit my dad. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/17 "2010-07-29T16:21:25Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > > [@Rigamarole](#): > > > > > [@Duke](#): > > > > > > Do or do not, is no try, hmm? > > > > So you say. > > > > But my paw try to get me to be bad. > > But my arm got cut off. So, no, I am not bad now but I am mad. So I go hit my dad. My dad not so bad, we see now. By end he is OK. Do not say Jar Jar to me. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/18 "2010-07-29T16:27:21Z")
Got a better example: I’ve seen a motivational film titled “If It Is To Be, It Is Up To Me” Beat _that_🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/19 "2010-07-29T18:06:58Z")
If you no can do, why me do? If you do I may too. But not now. No way. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398/20 "2010-07-29T19:36:11Z")
Fk U 2. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-less-letter-words-only-please/548398.md?page=2)