I am tempted by h, but I will take e.

My vote is for "I." Does that ring a bell?


(When Dick Cheney was appointed to "chair" a committee for the selection of a candidate for Vice President, he voted for "I.")

~~~ jerry

D and E sound like the definitions most likely to be correct while B is the one that strikes me as most bogus. My strategy in the past has been to vote for the definition I thought had the best chance of being correct and I haven't nailed this thing once so a change is in order. This time I'll opt for B.


Oh, and jheem? "Here's the definitions" is grammatically incorrect. It should be either the lesser heard (and even more infrequently written) "Here're the definitions" or, better yet, "Here's the list of definitions." And, as a sidenote, I considered suggesting the addition of a half point to my overall score for being so pleasantly helpful but I won't - I'd never hear the end of Kalleh's whining if you gave it to me!

(My goodness, I get to verbally joust with jheem twice in the same day! I can actually feel my head swell!)

Oh damn. I just hate this. I'm going with CJ for definition B.
For pretty much the same reason too.

I pick h. I almost picked a, since that sounds like the most logical meaning, and I considered b, since it sounded like something that might go with spotted dick or toad-in-the-hole. But I'll stick with h.

Tinman

"C" speaks most loudly to me, but I note, nay, I chime in with the observation that two answers are awfully similar. Are there two correct answers, or did two evil minds think along the same devious paths?

Well, there is a saying that great minds think alike...

I'll go for c. as well.

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Oh, and jheem? "Here's the definitions" is grammatically incorrect. It should be either the lesser heard (and even more infrequently written) "Here're the definitions" or, better yet, "Here's the list of definitions."

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Sorry to disagree with you C J, but you're wrong. In in my ideolect "Here's the definitions" is perfectly grammatical. Followed by "Here be definitions" And distantly by "Here is a definition and eight of its cousins."

Oh, and the superlative of bogus is bogust. And stop waving those verbs at me. Everybody knows one jousts with adjectives. Tinny, spikey adjectives.

I pick I.

Oll right, gang, we's heard fra 6 of the original 7 (dov'è shufitz?) and twa estra. Will mo' folk join in? Stay tuned.

Seems like a G to me.

OK, I've heard from all the members who sent me answers in private. When should I post the results? And I'll need help scoring it properly. (I can post the results at the earliest this evening.)

How early is the earliest this evening, or how early does evening start in California, where nothing is as it seems?

Asa in what used to be Oregon, but which is now Alta California

Jheem,

Go ahead and post the results!

The first message in this earlier thread gives the points scoring system.

Evening has yet to come, but I've got a minute before going into commuter traffic. Here we go:

who: choice (whose definition)
Kalleh: e (CJ's definition)
jerry thomas: i (Asa's definition)
C J Strolin: b (shufitz' definition)
BobHale: b (shufitz' definition)
tinman: h (arnie's definition)
Asa Lovejoy: c (kalleh's definition)
arnie: c (kalleh's definition)
Winterbranch: i (Asa's definition)
shuffitz: g (correct)

So,

shufitz 4
Asa 2
Kalleh 2
arnie 1
CJ 1

Is that right?

Hold on!

KHC emailed me with word that she still is unable to come up to post. She can read our words of semi-wisdom and hemi-demi-wit but can't yet seem to add to the mix herself.

She requests to be put down for an "H" vote, "H" as in "Hope this gets in under the wire." I might add that "H" is not my entry although I did offer to make a choice for her thereby upping my own overall total by a point. (Whadda guy!)


Also a couple of suggestions: Since we have not only two but two pair of definitions that are extremely similar, might they be combined somehow when points are doled out? And since there were roughly two dozen to pick from, should fooling us all still be worth three points?

Not to quibble but...

ARRRRGH!

We were simul-posting!

If we count KHC's belated post then up arnie's score by one. If not, don't.

Hey there... This is the first time that I've tried to get on from work and it seems to work great. Missed you all...

Drat that Shufitz!

I should have known that 2 similar definitions (e and h) are usually not correct.

TrossL, we posted at the same time, but I am editing this to say...Welcome back! Please stay with us this time!

Grrrrrr. Asa you foiled me again.
Soon my rayguns will blast you from Mars! :P

I was doing so good ya'll! <sigh>

Okay, who's the next wordmaster?

I think it should be CJ.

(allopinionsexpressedinthispostarenotthoseofwordcrafterinfopop):P

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If we count KHC's belated post then up arnie's score by one. If not, don't.

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No prizes for guessing which way I vote!

Don't know why everyone seems to want to bestow ThreadMasterhood upon me - I've had a turn already while others haven't. I nominate TrossL as a way of getting her to stick around.

Also, to address a question I brought up earlier (which no one responded to - maybe you thought I wasn't serious) concerning duplication of answers. In this round, answers "A" and "I" were close enough to be equals as were answers "E" and "H." Might the author of answer "A" then be justified in coveting the points earned by the author of answer "I" and vice versa and, likewise, with answers "E" and "H"?

The fact that this would favorably effect my score is in no way a reason I am bringing this up. Anything that gets me past Kalleh again is justifiable. And how about 2 points off Arnie's score for looking too much like Winston Churchill?


(Plus: Ha-Ha, Kalleh! Fooled you again!!)

CJ, the only thing that keeps me from being furious with you for fooling me is that....I am ahead of you!

Total points:

arnie - 29
Kalleh - 14
CJ - 12 1/2
Asa - 13
Bob - 9
KHC - 7
WinterBranch - 4
Shufitz - 4
wordnerd - 3
haberdasher - 1
Jerry - 1

Now, those with lower scores have only played a few times. I agree with CJ....TrossL, how about being our WordMistress? Please???? We have missed you soooo much! Your limericks and DDs are the best!

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TrossL... ...Your limericks and DDs are the best!

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Hmmph!!

TEHS

My only satisfaction in this game is having fooled Arnie twice. :-)

Trossl, I agree, you ought to take the helm of this leaky vessel this time around!

Asa, I agree. I was gleeful that arnie chose my selection in this game!

Since Tross must not be around, arnie, I nominate you for the next round. After all, you're the big leader here, and you haven't done it for awhile. Pretty please?

Arnie,

I vote for you, too!! Two! 2! Be our Churchill... you resemble him so much..

"Be our Churchill..."

Yeah, Arnie, give us another Gallipoli! ;-)

Hey, how come I can't post emoticons, or cut and paste quotes? AAaaarrrrgggghhhhhhh!

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Hey, how come I can't post emoticons, or cut and paste quotes?

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Cuz the software's dain-bramaged.

A...R...N...I...E, where are you? We need you!

Oh very well..

The next word is nice and short:

yirn

As always, send me a private message with your definitions...

I've only received four definitions so far. Come on folks!

Bob, KHC, shufitz, WB, where are you? Anyone else? Send me a PM!

KHC is still unable to post here (except for "QuickPosts," whatever they are. She describes them as "unsatisfying.") but I'll relay her definition if she wants me to. Give us a day.

You should have my reply by now

Okay, I've now got definitions from Bob, and from KHC (by email). I'll give it another day for any stragglers to contact me by PM then post the definitions.

Is there nothing to be done about KHC? I miss her terribly! I really don't get it, but it must be Bill Gates's fault!

Kalleh,
It's somebody's fault... we just can't find "somebody"..

And I owe CJ one for talking about my Quickies being "unsatisfying"... he'll pay!

Arnie has my definition... the correct one, I am sure..

Here are the definitions for yirn:

1. A short, improvisational poem in Uighur that is declaimed upon meeting a person outside the poet's clan.

2. A decorative strap on a horse's bridle, particularly used in dressage events.

3. The wooden peg holding a pilaster to a beam in formal Scottish houses.

4. In Scotland, it refers to a small forest or a thicket of trees near a lake, pond or river.

5. A piercing sound such as produced by the high notes of a bagpipe.

6. To whine; to pout or show petulance.

7. The thread resulting from spinning steel wool, used in the manufacture of cables.

8. A nonce word meaning "Military." Coined by WWII cartoonist Bill Mauldin and used extensively by Ernie Pyle, it sprang from "Up Front" characters Willie and Joe advising each other "Yirn trouble" for one military infraction or another.

Guess away!

jerry votes for number five.

Haven't a clue.

Number three. Chosen at random.

I'll go with #4.

I like the sound of another definition better but I'll go with #4 anyway.

A P.S.: Having voted, I went to Dictionary.com for illumination seeing as how I may be away from the computer for a few days and was pleased to see that "yirn" wasn't listed. I say "pleased" since this will make my first correct guess in this thread (should I be so lucky) that much sweeter. Plus I'm betting that the easily-fooled Kalleh chooses my entry again!

I assume "yirn" is in the OED along with bushels of other old, outdated, useless, bothersome, and otherwise near-worthless words. (I'm only up to "D" in my rewrite - it's slow going!)

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Having voted, I went to Dictionary.com for illumination...

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you guys really should get in the habit of using OneLook for illumination!

I'll vote for Number 2....

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Having voted, I went to Dictionary.com for illumination...

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you guys really should get in the habit of using OneLook for illumination!

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Why's that then tsuwm?

I have no idea. I did so want to choose CJ's selection (4) so that I'd be certain not to choose his definition. However, I just don't think a dictionary would put a comma after "In Scotland."

So, I am forced to go with 6, and I will "yirn" if it is CJ's definition!

I think it's either 3 or 4, bus since I can only have one guess, I'll guess 3.

Tinman

I'll take 6. It seems to fit into this week's wordcraft theme.

Because so many definitions deal with the Scots, I'll ignore the Scots completely and pick #8.

I, too, will go with #8.