TELL MY WHY

You know that the prefix we use in English, de-, means to do the opposite or reverse or remove.  Some examples would be devalue, dethrone, or deemphasize or deactivate.  Now the prefix, be-, means to make, or call.  Some examples would be belittle, befuddle or befriend.  My problem is: what about seperating someone from their head?  Why to we say, behead.  We should be saying dehead.  If I lose mine, please insist they say deheaded.

Now for the answers to Monday's quiz.  

Here are the ten capital cities of Europe which are spelled with four or five letters.

Sofia

Paris

Minsk

Vaduz

Baku

Rome

Riga

Oslo

Kyiv

Bern

 

It's not that hard to pick out the creature from the last letters S N A K E  If you find another one, let me know.

Again Andy Lysaght hit me with the right answer a few hours after it was released. Why didn't he do better in school?