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  • Feb 13, 2010, 09:27 AM
    choche
    Help me solve this riddle PLEASE! I'm stumped!
    Can anyone solve this riddle...
    Something in the following phone conversation makes no sense. What is it?
    "may I speak to the manager, please?"
    "who may I say is calling"
    "Mr. Rominch"
    "Could you spell that name, please"
    Certainly. R as in Rome, O as in Oslo, M as in Madrid, I as in Innsbruck... "
    "I beg your pardon, I as in what?"
    "Innsbruck"
    "thanks. Please continue"
    " N as in Nome, C as in Cleveland, and H as in Helsinki."
    "thank you. I'll connect you now."
  • Feb 13, 2010, 09:51 AM
    rosemcs

    Rome,Italy
    Oslo,Norway
    Madrid,Spain
    Innsbruck, Austria
    Nome, Norway
    Cleveland, Ohio
    Helsinki, Finland

    All cities are in Europe except Cleveland.
  • Feb 13, 2010, 11:13 PM
    bulksalty

    I think the riddle is based on the heterographs of Nome and gnome which are pronounced the same way. Using either as part of a phonetic alphabet would be a very poor choice.

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