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it looks like yett was just too easy; I’ll have to rectify that..
a) a starchy vegetable related to the sweet potato. primarily grown in Russia [submitted by obihave]
b) the young of the custacea, Kiwa hirsuta or yeti lobster [Candy] voted for by BranShea
c) Scots a nasty person; a jerk [tsuwm] olly, Owlbow [say, are these the same person?!]
d) a tool used to force oakum into the plank seams of a wooden ship [Owlbow] etaoin
e) obs from Old Norse -- to talk or utter rapidly or nonsensically; chatter [Jackie] Faldage
f) a jungle stew and city for which it is named in West Central, Africa; popular among tourists [Luke] Candy
g) a traditional garland of ribbons (yetties) placed halfway on one of the masts of a whaler [BranShea] Avy, Jackie
h) a goat's milk cheese similar to stilton, traditionally made in Northunbria [Faldage]
i) a long-haired ungulate, native to northern Europe and Scandinavia [wofa]
j) chiefly Scotland a gate or grille of latticed wrought iron bars used for defensive purposes in castles and tower houses [wikipedia] wofa, obihave, Luke
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obligatory comments:
1) three(3) players sussed the wiki def’n – that’s just too many!
2) Bran and tsuwm each gathered two votes, but there was some hint of irregularity in each case!?
2) only two(2) (sort of) yeti-like def’ns; but I’ll award the Armil Memorial trophy to wofa
3) yes, tsuwm (and Luke), yett is a cognate of gate; but a jerk is a gett/git
4) is there a winner? per usual, and perforce, not in *this game
5) also, per usual, comments/complaints are welcome, but will be roundly ignored by the MGMT
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Yes, some evaluation would be fitting here. Tswum gathered two votes, but as we yàll know that tsuwm and hogmaster is one and the same player I would propose, especially since points don't matter that hogstuwmaster gathers -1 vote. No, yett wasn't too easy. If it would have been easy I would have guessed it in stead of taking refuge to kiwi, lobster and caviar. The best guessers among us were after you, is all. The real cream de la cream. --------------------------________________ As is the host, thus he suspects his guests, the saying goes. No irregularities on my side of the tub. And if you don't know your olly from your Owlbow, well, what do you know?  Thanks for the round and providing the new knowledge that yett means gate. Very nice!
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d) a tool used to force oakum into the plank seams of a wooden ship [Owlbow] etaoin
Is that someone we know?
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d) a tool used to force oakum into the plank seams of a wooden ship [Owlbow] etaoin
Is that someone we know?
I like D, because you just don't get to say oakum often enough.
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I mighta gone for h but for the slight spelling error.
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I mighta gone for h but for the slight spelling error. which I missed, but *was in the original! < whew >
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Ahhhh! Buffalo - formerly known as Etoain. NOW I get it.
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I mighta gone for h but for the slight spelling error. Ha!  so sweet, I bet he did it on purpose.
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D'oh! Bit by my own petard.
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Anna! Look! They're flirting with each other!
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wofa sent me this, in explication of his "fifty-year old memory": (For when everyone has committed to YETTS one way or another)
I knew the word sounded familiar, and finally unearthed the 1961 memory:
Singing with the Glee Club. A song called One Hundred Pipers. The internet now lets words and music be easily recovered.
From Wikipedia, no less:
...an old Scottish folk song.
(These lyrics are in Scots.)
Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
O it's owre the border awa', awa'
It's owre the border awa', awa'
We'll on an' we'll march to Carlisle ha'
Wi' its yetts, its castle an' a', an a'.
And you can see and hear it here.
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Great song! I always found those bagpipe parades irresistable. Thank you very much! I'll transfer it to FB me. Anna! Look! They're flirting with each other! Flirt alert? Ha!
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yeahbut, this one is yet another martial tune, penned for the brave lads of Scotland marching off to fight against the Brits for Lord and Master*. an' a', an a'.
*Bonnie Charlie the King o' us a', hurrah! (from the 3rd verse)
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I know, it's absolutely incorrect to find this irresistable, but yeah, the whole combined show of quilts, bagpipe blare, headwear and...eh well..whatever 
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...and did you catch all those other less-common words?
pibroch
grat (as in "mithers grat when they marched away")
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Properly spelled piobaireachd.
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[Stupid smile] I just like being amongst love. Anna should look out for her man, but Branny you are fine by me too. As long as he keeps within the Awad family.
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Yeah--he called me a petard. And I didn't even bite very hard.
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Thanks for your vote Bran. My Kiwa hirsuta are real sea creatures and discovered in 2005. But of course its young are not called YETT but they could have been 
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Yeah--he called me a petard. And I didn't even bite very hard. Now I didn't neither call you no petard. I'm the old petard around here.
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romantic...thats what I think
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yes. petard is SO romantic. (I think it's the visual that it conjures up, for me.)
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romantic...thats what I think Ah, yes, the sand heart on the beach.....romantic.
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Thanks for your vote Bran.My Kiwa hirsuta are real sea creatures and discovered in 2005. But of course its young are not called YETT but they could have been It's real! wow !!!! And it's a decapod complete with pereiopods! And all that hair! I knew it wasn't the real def. but I knew I was onto something special! Thanks back!
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...and did you catch all those other less-common words?pibroch
grat (as in "mithers grat when they marched away")
and all, and all Oh, the words! It's because I never heeded the words that I came to this redoubtable confession of loving bagpipe parades. ( can't do no harm to take a closer look now, hm?)
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Kiwa hirsuta
I picked up on the etymology right away. 'Te Moananui a Kiwa/Kiva' or 'the great ocean of kiwa', is commonly known amongst maori and polynesian as the pacific ocean. Kiva was a legendary navigator.
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yes. petard is SO romantic. (I think it's the visual that it conjures up, for me.)
-joe (hoist the yardarm, matey) friday I detect a little irony from you Ts
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[Stupid smile] but Branny you are fine by me too. Late reaction: you're fine by me too in spite of a stupid smile and being overproportionedly romantic. And thanks for your kind vote.
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Aw shite you'll have stopped romancing.
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Kiwa hirsuta
I picked up on the etymology right away. 'Te Moananui a Kiwa/Kiva' or 'the great ocean of kiwa', is commonly known amongst maori and polynesian as the pacific ocean. Kiva was a legendary navigator. yes olly...and a bit more support for us together here 'down under' would be good
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I agree!!!! We exist don't forget ... just barely.
Edit: This is a record break for me. Three posts in one day. HALP I've got verbal diarhoea.
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Australia, New Zealand, India.
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aw-shucks 
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I was serious, in appreciating you-all. This board, and later other places, has taught me that we Americans really ought to get perspectives from other cultures. So thank you, all.
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Yeah aw-shucks!
Good to see the ol' tri-colour there.
Eta: I never knew nz and the oz flag have only a 1 (or 2?) star difference. And the oz stars have seven points while the nz stars have five points.
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Anyone know how many national flags have the southern cross on them?
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And more in the article containing the aforementioned 5 national flags: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/southern-cross/1
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