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At first glance, it looks like a jumble of uppercase and lowercase letters with no obvious meaning. But in the world of rebus puzzles, every detail matters – the capitalization, the letter order, and especially what’s contained within other letters.
This puzzle is particularly clever because it hides a common polite phrase in plain sight, using a technique we’ve seen before but with a delightful twist.
Ready to uncover its secret?
ANSWER
“PARDON ME”
Explanation
- The uppercase letters spell “PARD”
- These are completely contained within the lowercase “me”
So “PARD” is literally “in” or “on” “ME”. This creates the phrase “PARD ON ME”
When read naturally, “PARD ON ME” becomes the common polite phrase “PARDON ME”.
