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<p>[QUOTE="daveydempsey, post: 13212367, member: 22"]Top 4 Ai</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li><b>Top Left</b>: A pestle and mortar next to "R ENT" -> <b>Mortar and pestle</b> / or "Pestle-rent" / <b>Barrent</b> (or <b>Mortarent</b> / <b>Scranton</b> - let's check: mortar + rent = <b>Mortarent</b> or similar place name/word).</li> <li><b>Top Right</b>: A stalk of grain/feather? + a man standing + a ship -> <b>Manhattan</b> (Man + hat + an? No: man + ship / man-of-war = <b>Man-of-war</b> / <b>Mansfield</b>? Wait: feather/reed? + man + ship = <b>Reed-man-ship</b> or <b>Riedman</b> / **Rhineland / <b>Manila</b>).</li> <li><b>Bottom Left</b>: Elaborate floral/vine letters spelling <b>RE</b> -> <b>Rose</b> or <b>Rambler</b> or <b>Rambling rose</b> (or just <b>Rambler</b> / **Rose).</li> <li><b>Bottom Right</b>: "Am" + a large letter "U" with spots/dots inside + an eye + "ty" -> <b>Ambiguity</b> ("Am - big - u - i - ty" -> Am + big + U + eye + ty = <b>Ambiguity</b>).</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="daveydempsey, post: 13212367, member: 22"]Top 4 Ai [LIST] [*][B]Top Left[/B]: A pestle and mortar next to "R ENT" -> [B]Mortar and pestle[/B] / or "Pestle-rent" / [B]Barrent[/B] (or [B]Mortarent[/B] / [B]Scranton[/B] - let's check: mortar + rent = [B]Mortarent[/B] or similar place name/word). [*][B]Top Right[/B]: A stalk of grain/feather? + a man standing + a ship -> [B]Manhattan[/B] (Man + hat + an? No: man + ship / man-of-war = [B]Man-of-war[/B] / [B]Mansfield[/B]? Wait: feather/reed? + man + ship = [B]Reed-man-ship[/B] or [B]Riedman[/B] / **Rhineland / [B]Manila[/B]). [*][B]Bottom Left[/B]: Elaborate floral/vine letters spelling [B]RE[/B] -> [B]Rose[/B] or [B]Rambler[/B] or [B]Rambling rose[/B] (or just [B]Rambler[/B] / **Rose). [*][B]Bottom Right[/B]: "Am" + a large letter "U" with spots/dots inside + an eye + "ty" -> [B]Ambiguity[/B] ("Am - big - u - i - ty" -> Am + big + U + eye + ty = [B]Ambiguity[/B]). [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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