How many words in the English language end in G or Y? I can only think of
Catagory
Gory
Allegory
I managed to find two more, although they’re a bit obscure.
Amphigory
Phantasmagory
I’m confused; the OP said words that end in G or Y. There are tons of words that end in both letters:
Silly
Goofy
Chilly
Mildly
…about a million adverbs.
But based on the replies so far, it seems the OP mean words that end in -ORY?
It’s Ranger’s variation on the “gry” joke – He can only think of three words that end in “g or y” (or -gory).
(Sorry to spoil your fun, Ranger – I hate to see people falling for this sort of joke!)
I figured that’s what it was, but far be it from me to pass up an oppurtunitgry to hone my google skills.
Gory is right.
It’s been nice knowing you.
your humble TubaDiva
you asked for it!
Which is is, G or Y? Both? Do you mean words ending in -ory?
I could list dozens and dozens of words that end in either letter, but it seems you’re looking for a numerical answer.
Why?
Surely you would run into issues of whether or not a given word was actually a “word” as defined by a dictionary, as such, this would turn into either a wild goose chase or a semantic argument of some sort. Please explain.
Think again, Ranger! “Catagory” isn’t a word in the English language at all!
:wally:
Category. Picky picky.
Geeze, whatever happened to senses of humor around here?
Wow, <----- sucker!!! At first I thought it was some dumbass asking a stupid question thinking that he was being profound. Then, I realised that he was being a profound dumbass, asking a stupid question! I guess you learn something new every day, or at least some of us do.
Every word in the English language ends.
In German, however…
I live in Germany and I haven’t ever seen a word, that doesn’t end
“Shhh, I’m waiting for the verb!”
Then how do you explain things like untergrundelektrischebahnhofplatz? By the time you finish reading it, the subway you wanted to catch has already left. At least I can only hope words like that get whacked down to something like U-bahn, much like Chicago calls their subway the El, or Boston has their T.
Certainly, all words eventually end, but some just take longer to do it.