Re: Puzzle

[Dung Trong Nguyen <nguyen@jaist.ac.jp>]

Anh Tuan (Melbourne, Australia) wrote:

> > There are twin brothers one of the two is named An. One lies and one tells
> > the truth. How can you discover which brother is An by asking them ONE
> > THREE-WORD QUESTION ?
> > Cheers
> > Thang

> Ba`i na`y hay tha^.t.  Anh Tha('ng ra the^m va`i ba`i kha'c -di.

Co' ba`i na`y mo+'i thie^.t la` kho' ne` :-) GS Va(n Nhu+ Cu+o+ng
ddo^':

"Hai la`ng A va` B ca.nh nhau. Ngu+o+`i la`ng A no'i tha^.t, co`n
ngu+o+`i la`ng B no'i do^'i. DDe^'n mo^.t trong hai la`ng, ho?i mo^.t
ca^u ma` bie^'t ddu+o+.c la` la`ng A hay B.  Ngu+o+`i ca? hai la`ng
dde^`u ca^m ne^n chi? ga^.t hoa(.c la('c.  Note: ngu+o+`i la`ng na`y
co' the^? qua la`ng kia dde^? cho+i\."

Btw, co' mo^.t quye^?n sa'ch ve^` ca'c puzzles da.ng na`y.  DDo.c la^u
to^i que^n ma^'t, nhu+ng title co' ma^'y chu+~ "mocking birds".  

For anh Tua^'n Japan only: trong lo+`i gio+'i thie^.u cu?a quye^?n
sa'ch, ta'c gia? [a native English speaker, I think] du`ng tu+` female
dde^? chi? mo^.t nu+~ ddo^.c gia? tho^ng minh ma` o^ng ra^'t co' ca?m
ti`nh.

Cheers, d~