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#165593 02/02/07 01:31 AM
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I voted for "l" then looked it up in the OED online, but had I known the hogmaster's reaction would be as it has been, I would have refrained from sending the PM that I did.

#165594 02/02/07 12:54 PM
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TEd, many people were fooled by the dog entry, which if it was an intentional twist on the *actual dog crossbreed called a puggle was really stretching the spirit of our game.




It was the first thing that entered my mind. No twist. Just a guess. My only sin was that pesky extra . in cf.

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[total confusion e]--but no matter. I would like to know who submitted k, though.

#165596 02/02/07 02:11 PM
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okay, this is just for clarification -- I have no wish to otherwise generate further acrimony.

my reaction was mainly in regard to definitions that looked as though they had been derived from homonyms! (quite different from the armil phenomenon, in my estimation.)

if this doesn't resonate with anyone else, I'll just slink away now with head lowered.

#165597 02/02/07 07:55 PM
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Well that was the tipoff that two of them were fake. Or maybe that was confer fromage?

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