Complete the 4x4 grid below, with four-letter English (too common or not) words, in both directions.

           +---+---+---+---+
           |   | Z | O |   |
           +---+---+---+---+
           |   |   | X | O |
           +---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   | Z |
           +---+---+---+---+
           | Z |   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+

No proper nouns allowed.

(In reply to to pchoubid by jduval)

Thank you John, I appreciate the support. 

I suffered a similar type of problem whe attempting to converse (via email) with a Japanese woman, merely as a penpal.  So Unwittingly we can say/write things quite glibly only to find that somehow we have been misinterpreted. 

Hmm!  I take no offence at pcbouhid's comments in chiding me.  It just happens to be one of the hazards when crossing the language barrier.  And I gather from his 'rebuke' to me that most of his English usage is in text rather than spoken.  Certainly, without practised dialogue, one may clearly not see the full implications of what is said.

Maybe I really should have made comment here to find such dialogue at one of the Forums.  I'll make a personal note to myself to do such a thing in the future.  That would be the best place to discuss such things. 

Apologies to all, I feel that I have somewhat transgressed, but I don't know that there are guidelines to suggest that I have.  But, I won't do this again.

Posted by brianjn on 2005-06-18 09:04:31