Logophile Language Puzzler

1. Sylvia discovered an 1864 photo showing three of her ____________ posing in their Union Army uniforms.
   1. forbears
   2. forebears
2. Senescence doesn’t bother Jerod; he isn’t afraid of
   1. open spaces.
   2. foul odors.
   3. getting old.
3. Pete the Reporter prefers a typewriter to a computer, a pewter pot to an iron pan, and a quiet pier to a noisy wharf. What does Pete like?

Answers

1. b.
2. c.
3. Pete likes words that can be typed using only the top row of letters on a standard keyboard.

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