{"id":1127,"date":"2010-11-14T22:48:29","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T03:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2010-11-14T22:48:29","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T03:48:29","slug":"attention-to-a-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/2010\/11\/14\/attention-to-a-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention to a Nation?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m writing this blog post from bed (a time when it’s useful to have a laptop).\u00a0 Normally, I don’t get to bed quite this early, but my partner needs to be up at the crack of 3:30, and can’t easily fall asleep alone.<\/p>\n

I’m musing on this week’s puzzle<\/a> given by Will Shortz on NPR.\u00a0 It is as follows:<\/p>\n

<\/strong>“What is the longest familiar phrase, title or name in which the only consonants are N and T, repeated as often as necessary? The other letters are vowels. Try to think of an answer with at least 18 letters.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve come up with a few 18-letter phrases that fit the bill, except that they aren’t familiar at all.\u00a0 Nonetheless, the words might be used to make up the answer.<\/p>\n

I was thinking that longer words would help, but it could be that what’s needed are several short words.\u00a0 Here are words I’ve come up with that only use those 2 consonants:<\/p>\n