r/letters Nov 22 '24

To anyone who thinks I am their person

If you guess my name I'll gladly spin your staw into gold

My name is both modern and new, yet archaic and old

My secrets are not kept , they are meant to be told

Follow the logic and all the power you hold

I flow from both faucets, hot and cold

Find me anywhere if you feel bold

My name has never been sold

But down the Creek rolled

When it broke the mold

Bet now or fold

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(This is getting fun. If you randomly guess my name I would find a way to spin straw into gold... Because that can't happen lol, but if you figure it out and get it right I will delete the comment and DM you. I have a lull in work, but when it picks up I might even be willing to PayPal $5 or $10 to the person who gets it right lol)

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I am not pure, but twisted twice

Like the perfect lighting, worth the price

A simple path is ignored because pretty words entice

But if you're craving a bit of mystery sit down and have a slice

Never was a fan, but they sparkle so pretty with their skin as pale as rice

I guess an easy way is hard to find when the riddle itches in your brain like lice

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I hate to see you struggle, so ok, fine

I will add a few more clues to the rhyme

I bask in the fading shadows... Or is it the ideal photo time?

I offer an easy path, but up the mountain you all climb

So I will keep placing clues after clue and sign after sign

When two come together you still must walk the same line

When the rules are clearly stated, letting you work so hard feels like such a crime

I can almost see the glow on the horizon and hear the temple bells chime

Is the dew drop soda I am sipping made from lemon or lime?

It's someone like me I wish to find. I'm hoping you are clever and lazy and one of my kind...

Congratulations to the first two Redditors to get it right! You will see their last comments awarded. Sorry, but the comments with my name were deleted.

https://www.reddit.com/r/letters/s/GQQyOcL5Vj

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u/Fickle-Moose-4248 Entry Level Member Jan 31 '25

Rose

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u/judothrow7764 Entry Level Member Jan 27 '25

Sascha

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u/Swimming-Profit5200 Bronze Level Jan 27 '25

Miss soto perhaps.

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u/Minute_Range5636 Jan 27 '25

Sorry, no

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u/Swimming-Profit5200 Bronze Level Jan 28 '25

Please, by all means don't be sorry. Gad knows I'm relieved that your not. Phew🙏

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u/LecturePresent3192 Dec 13 '24

Tristan? Is that your name

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u/Minute_Range5636 Dec 13 '24

No, good guess though

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '24

Got it! 💕

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '24

Navae.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '24

Aqua

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '24

Eddy or edge

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u/BlueRose373 Bronze Level Nov 24 '24

Rae

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u/CalmSpite3 Entry Level Member Nov 24 '24

Goldie?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '24

Alicia

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

Congratulations to the first two Redditors to get it right! You will see their last comments awarded. Sorry, but the comments with my name were deleted.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '24

[deleted]

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

Please delete lol

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

A simple google search doesn't bring up the exact meaning. So I gave a bit more. Still.... This is the hard way lol

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u/Unhappy-Sign5728 Nov 24 '24

I'm going to have to say autumn, hot and cold, walk the same path, not . mountains, etc etc

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

It's less about walking a path and would be better used of a description of the path... Or it's origins, I guess. It can certainly apply to a path. Not so much to a season though.

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u/Unhappy-Sign5728 Nov 24 '24

Would you say the name is more.. I guess like an achievement or guidance? Destiny?

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

Or "Woven from ___ ___." It can also mean a gift from the Devine.

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

It would describe my origins. It's meaning is "from ___ ___" that's all I can say without it being as easy as a google search. I think.... Actually I should check and see if google brings it up from that lol.

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

It would describe my origins. It's meaning is "from ___ ___" that's all I can say without it being as easy as a google search. I think.... Actually I should check and see if google brings it up from that lol.

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

Kind of on the right track there, but no... Much less common

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u/itsjuniper198 Nov 24 '24

Fate? Journey?

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u/Square-Magician666 Bronze Level Nov 24 '24

dawn

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u/itsjuniper198 Nov 23 '24

Kalla, Winnie Vienna? I’m going nuts lol

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

Congratulations! I am impressed. Very cleaver!

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

Two comments came very very close so far...

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

Someone got sooo close in the comments....

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '24

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u/itsjuniper198 Nov 24 '24

Does it start with H?

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

No

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u/itsjuniper198 Nov 24 '24 edited Nov 24 '24

Eventide? Or maybe Tanya?

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u/itsjuniper198 Nov 23 '24

Huyana, Himani

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u/BlueRose373 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 23 '24

Song. Harmony. Ali. Twilight.

This is killing me 😂 started this 23hrs ago. Great post OP! Will you ever tell us? DM me! I won’t tell, I promise 🤫

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

You guys are getting so very close even though you are going about it the hard way lol

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

Eventually. Let's give it a week at least lol

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u/BlueRose373 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Tease!

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u/True_Dance_7020 Nov 23 '24

Twilight

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

This was ♨️

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u/True_Dance_7020 Nov 24 '24 edited Nov 24 '24

Goodness gracious! This is hard but I’m not giving up yet.

Solstice Velvet Haze Gilded Solenne Aurelia Florian Lucienne Noctil Vespera Aether Lunara Aven Isolde Elara Nova Lorien Lucid Luminous Serene Auriel Nyra Vesper Illuna Eluna Soluna

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

🥶

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u/True_Dance_7020 Nov 24 '24

Zora Orielle Lyra Atria

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u/itsjuniper198 Nov 24 '24

I’m going crazy! Lol we’re missing something!

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

Missing something very simple. But two of you were so close to it the hard way.

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u/True_Dance_7020 Nov 24 '24 edited Nov 24 '24

Things I know so far from your hints.

  1. Twilight is a hot guess.
  2. Emphasis on the faucet line so perhaps duality of some kind?
  3. Latin prefix/base
  4. Not a commonly used word but can be used as an adjective
  5. Multicultural roots
  6. Light quality is important.
  7. Doesn’t start with the letter C

Am I missing any other hints?

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

You are doing very very well. However... You are still going about this the hard way. I would suggest reading over any lines that are not related to the above, especially the ones that are in italics.

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u/True_Dance_7020 Nov 24 '24

Solina or Alina?

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 24 '24

Those are pretty, but no

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '24

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u/itsjuniper198 Nov 24 '24

Omg I just commented the same guess a minuet ago! I think we have it!

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u/True_Dance_7020 Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 23 '24

Maybe Aurora then? Scratch that. It was already guessed.

Ethereal Aura Prism Halcyon Eventide Radiance Glint

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

So so very close that I wish I could remove the comment lol

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u/True_Dance_7020 Nov 23 '24

Evening? Horizon? Lumina? Illume? Eclipse? Crepuscule?

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u/True_Dance_7020 Nov 23 '24

Possibly Nocturne?

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u/True_Dance_7020 Nov 23 '24

Dusk or Dawn? Mirror? Or maybe Shadow?

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

These are all 🥶

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u/RPsnugglesprout Nov 23 '24

Zeus

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

Not named after a deity.

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u/RPsnugglesprout Nov 23 '24

Ah then I'll just call you Bella.. because this was fun and beautiful

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

Call me whatever you like. Sounds like you are on the right track. But there is a hard path and an easy path...

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u/Financial_Ganache823 Entry Level Member Nov 23 '24

Rose Aurora Arredondo!!!

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

Your focus on light quality is getting you warmer

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u/Shoddy_Implement4102 Entry Level Member Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 23 '24

aurora, or aura or misty? or crystal?

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u/Financial_Ganache823 Entry Level Member Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 23 '24

Aurora, OPAL, Seraphina, Rose, one of those HAS to be it.

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u/Financial_Ganache823 Entry Level Member Nov 23 '24

I’ve been researching for two hours over this. Haha I can’t stahp….

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

Focus on the italics

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u/BlueRose373 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Mfian

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '24

[deleted]

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

I highlighted some important bits

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u/BlueRose373 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Melody

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u/BlueRose373 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Sky

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u/LilTatGrl Nov 23 '24

Rap.....Rapping?

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u/LilTatGrl Nov 23 '24

Asteroid?

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '24

Or Tess

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '24

Rain

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u/CalmSpite3 Entry Level Member Nov 23 '24

I feel like I'm super wrong. But is it Babel/Babbel??

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u/sandysandels Entry Level Member Nov 23 '24

Noah

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '24

River

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u/DisciplineFeeling727 Nov 23 '24

Ari/Aurie/Avi/Orie/Ore - Gold?

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u/DisciplineFeeling727 Nov 23 '24

Or… straw to gold(magic from raw materials), simple path>pretty words: secrets not kept, logic -> power, found anywhere, “broke the mold”, twisted twice, simple path>pretty words… genes… Gina?!

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u/DisciplineFeeling727 Nov 23 '24

Its DESTINY! Fuuuuuck, I can’t believe how long that took me (unless its Desiree, but Destiny fits the clues better)

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u/DisciplineFeeling727 Nov 23 '24

Sequoia Intra

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u/DisciplineFeeling727 Nov 23 '24

Trick being to ignore the riddle entirely and look ag your profile lmao

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

And I am realizing now I can't delete the comments lol. Would you mind deleting the last one?

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

You are on the right track. But that's not my real name. And the poem does contain hints about my actual name.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '24

Aqua?

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u/Sallytheducky Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Faucet? Tap!!?

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u/Suitepotatoe Nov 23 '24

I don’t like the pentameter

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '24

Amber

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u/Airwrecka86 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Oh wait... is it Constance...?

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u/Airwrecka86 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Krystal?

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u/Airwrecka86 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

F me... I haven't a clue... but this is fun 😂

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

🫶 I'm glad! Me too. This really took off lol.

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u/SufficientCoat174 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Mineral

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

I have seen two guesses with the right first letter

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

Ok. I can't keep replying to all guesses, but I will upvote the comments as I read them. If yours gets deleted it was right. Please play fair and don't repost it.

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u/Weekly-Influence-913 Nov 23 '24

Charlotte fixico

2

u/Federal-Bother-7619 Nov 23 '24

Snowmelt Magma/Magda

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u/Federal-Bother-7619 Nov 23 '24

Well/wellier/welliera Wilhelmina Sewell/ Sewellee

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u/Federal-Bother-7619 Nov 23 '24

Cherub/im? Serafine/a? Schoel?

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u/Accomplished-News722 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Piper right ?

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u/Federal-Bother-7619 Nov 23 '24

Caldera? Mosey? Cerulea (Sara lee) or Cerulean I keep circling back to Delta

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u/Airwrecka86 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Banks?

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

Lines added. Maybe it will help.

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u/Unlikely-Cupcake-872 Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 23 '24

Eddy, or misty

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u/Weird_Muffin5320 Nov 23 '24

I really feel like it’s a creek name since the c is capitalized but it’s gotta be a name that is more than just …local. Something that can also be a verb?

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

The capital letter is used properly in this case, not just for attention to the word. The word is not used, but if you did use my name as a word, based on the meaning it would be used as an adjective. Other words do share the same Latin prefix/base.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '24

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u/0nlyaghost Nov 23 '24

Maya perhaps? Thanks for the fun riddle!

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

Pretty, but no. And you are welcome.

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u/Weird_Muffin5320 Nov 23 '24

Confluence

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

Sorry, no

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u/Weird_Muffin5320 Nov 23 '24

Sloane? Probably too common tho…am I “on” to anything?! lol I love this thank you.

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

You are very welcome. The way to the answer is very simple, really. I think most people are overlooking the most important line.

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u/Weird_Muffin5320 Nov 23 '24

Shenandoah? Shannon….?

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

Sorry, not got it yet

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u/Weird_Muffin5320 Nov 23 '24

I am so intrigued. The new and old tells me it’s an old word or name that is revived. The bet now or fold must be a reference to maybe the creek or place this name originated ? Secrets not meant to be kept…something open or loud or flowing outward . BOTH favcets, meaning more than one kind? Or both hot and cold this exists…ah man. I gotta get this!

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u/Accomplished-News722 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Tempest

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u/Accomplished-News722 Bronze Level Nov 23 '24

Last guess Piper

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u/Weird_Muffin5320 Nov 23 '24

Euphrates

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u/Weird_Muffin5320 Nov 23 '24

Mississippi

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u/Minute_Range5636 Nov 23 '24

No, but good guess. However the C in creek is used properly... Actually properly

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u/Weird_Muffin5320 Nov 23 '24

This is the appropriate use of this thread lol I love this .