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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 What's in a name? #78106 08/20/02 08:47 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,543 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,543 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA I abstained too, since I hadn't the foggiest notion of why any one should be preferred over the rest. (Though if I had been forced to, I would have guessed A.) I did eliminate several based on the phraseology, starting with C: don't use the word "climes" in a definition - climates, maybe or E: devolve is a giveaway (did you mean delve?), likewise tatum or M: ...now if it had read "machen Sie" instead... or N: no way mackenzie comes from the Choctaw but that still didn't leave any rational way to choose among the rest. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hogwash: Time to vote #78107 08/20/02 09:54 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean but that still didn't leave any rational way to choose among the rest. That's where the vote for my definition went, TEd! Psssst! milum! I knew that was your definition even tho' it had been gelded. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hogwash: Time to vote #78108 08/28/02 08:59 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England My, but I picked a bad time to go on holiday! well done shona, it didn't quite convince me but i liked it a lot Cheers, dode . The quality of the competition was very good indeed, and I'm amazed to have done so well. Clearly skill rather than luck, though. [deadpan] It was the first association that came to mind. Worrying, really. A most excellent venture, TEd. Congratulations! [standing ovation][drinks all round] BTW, I've always known mackenzies as clapometers due to an ancient British TV program called Opportunity Knocks - a talent (meaning talentless) show where the winner was dictated by the level of applause of the audience. Was this program an import from the US, perchance? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 729 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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