How can R refer to a person only by adding a symbol?
Conditions:
- You cannot add any letter with R.
- You can add only one symbol.
(EXPLANATION IS NECCESSARY)
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$\begingroup$ Is "any letter" limited to the Latin alphabet? $\endgroup$– LolgastCommented Jan 4, 2018 at 14:47
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$\begingroup$ It can be of any language. $\endgroup$– IQ WANTERCommented Jan 4, 2018 at 14:53
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3$\begingroup$ The difference between "symbol" and "letter" (in any language) is very vague and might lead to many equally "valid" solutions. $\endgroup$– BmyGuestCommented Jan 4, 2018 at 15:14
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How about
.R (dot-r)
Which would become a rebus for
daughter
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$\begingroup$ @Mordechai. I agree; probably should have had an english tag on it. $\endgroup$– AProughCommented Jan 8, 2018 at 13:11
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How about
R&
which refers to
me!
answered Jan 4, 2018 at 14:58
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1$\begingroup$ @IQWANTER Me, because I'm Rand. $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 4, 2018 at 16:34
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It could be
へR. That is the Japanese katakana for "he", making the phrase "her" (which refers to a person). Similarly, it could also be:
Rユ(Ryu (name): katakana 'yu')
Ræ(Rae (name): "ash", letter in Danish and Norwegian, among others)
Rໃ(Ray (name): Lao vowel sign 'ay')
Rᢰ(Roy (name): Canadian syllabics 'oy')
Rꀓ(Rex (name): Yi syllable 'ex')
R𐑪(Ron (name): Shavian letter 'on')
ᓯR(Sir: Canadian syllabics 'si')
*R(Starr (last name of a Beatles drummer): asterisk)
R&(Ayn Rand or Rand al'Thor, as stated in other answers)
All of these are symbols in some language.
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1$\begingroup$ however, "You cannot add any letter" and many of these symbols are letters. $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 4, 2018 at 15:36
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$\begingroup$ @RadovanGarabíkOnly æ and 𐑪 are letters; the others are characters in syllabaries or abugidas, scripts that don't have letters. $\endgroup$– Deusovi ♦Commented Jan 4, 2018 at 15:47
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$\begingroup$ that's... debatable, but I guess could be conceded for the purpose of the puzzle :-) $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 4, 2018 at 15:50
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R@
rat: a person who abandons or betrays his or her party or associates, especially in a time of trouble.
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How about
R￥
R(Ar) + ￥(Yen)
Which is likely to pronounce Aryan (A member of the ancient Aryan people)
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Using the same logic as Kyle:
R& for writer Ayn Rand.
answered Jan 4, 2018 at 14:52
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1. R. (adding a dot/period/full stop). This initial refers, obviously, to someone whose name starts with R (e.g. yours truly).
2. R2. This refers (e.g. affectionately) to R2-D2, if we consider him/her/it a person (I would!).
3. R: Used to denote direct speech by someone whose name starts with R (can be argued to be a special case of 1., where the period is dropped)
answered Jan 4, 2018 at 15:45
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$\begingroup$ "yours truly" doesn't start with R; it starts with Y! :-P $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 4, 2018 at 17:46
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It's common to refer to people in an online chat (or even in comments here on Stack Exchange) by preceding it with a specific non-letter symbol, like so:
@R
