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Whatever / Re: New Zealand
« on: March 22, 2019, 03:22:39 PM »
As in Tasmania, it has taken a major massacre for this to happen. :'(
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Words / Re: parlay / parley
« on: March 19, 2019, 01:43:54 PM »
I'm more familiar with parlay as in the 4th meaning given in Wiktionary,
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4. (transitive) To convert into something better.
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Word Games / Re: New shuffling features
« on: March 18, 2019, 02:28:41 PM »
Awesome! Thanks Alan, you are a whiz.
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Words / Re: Delft in the ten letter STULTIFIED puzzles two days ago
« on: March 16, 2019, 03:11:31 PM »
indeed, I haven't played it because I assumed it was a capital.
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Word Games / Re: Acronyms
« on: March 15, 2019, 02:15:20 PM »
Is asap accepted? I use it a lot but don't know how common it is ...
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The Daily Quest / Re: The importance of arranging the letters
« on: March 09, 2019, 01:58:17 PM »
I like the idea of a 'rearrange' key too, somehow it does something that 'shuffle' doesn't
Personally, I have to write the letters down into a square (as you see in similar newspaper puzzles). After finding as many words as I can, I write the letters down as shown in my square from side to side, then again up & down. It often helps me find a few more words.
If I do bother entering my words into the online puzzle, I sometimes use the shuffle function with a few letters at a time. I would definitely use a rearrange function.
Personally, I have to write the letters down into a square (as you see in similar newspaper puzzles). After finding as many words as I can, I write the letters down as shown in my square from side to side, then again up & down. It often helps me find a few more words.
If I do bother entering my words into the online puzzle, I sometimes use the shuffle function with a few letters at a time. I would definitely use a rearrange function.
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The Daily Quest / Re: Re Shortie in the Worthiest Standard
« on: March 09, 2019, 01:52:23 PM »I love that you nearly always respond to a post. It makes you feel good when someone responds and your posts are always well considered. Thanks
Here, here.
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Words / Re: demonize
« on: March 08, 2019, 03:53:09 PM »And that brings us to the next item.....pajamas or pyjamas 😔. What a wonderful language!!
You probably know what I think
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Words / Re: demonize
« on: March 07, 2019, 02:58:15 PM »Sorry to disagree, Katzmeow, but in fact Chi's policy is, in nearly every case, to give equal status to 'British' and 'American' spellings; colour/color, centre/center etc are all equally common.
If it were just a case of one being 'British' and one being 'American', then modernise and modernize would have the same classification.
However, you may be surprised to know that the policy of Oxford Dictionaries (regarded by many as the ultimate reference) is to give the '-ize' form as the 'primary' spelling and the '-ise' form as the alternative.
This is not an attempt on the part of the OED to be 'trendy' or 'American' but to closer reflect the spelling of the original Greek words that these English words derive from.
Wow, thank you for that clarification.
Yep — so we can have the American spelling, the Oxford spelling, and the Cambridge/UK/Canada/Australia/New Zealand spelling. Isn't English great?
Only problem is remembering all the alternative spellings
Personally, I'm still getting over "lama" with one L from a recent game.
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Words / Re: demonize
« on: March 06, 2019, 02:53:55 PM »
I missed domineer too. As for modernize, demonize & demonized, I would contend that none of these are common - anywhere except the US.
I've often thought that Americans use the 'ize' ending just to give the letter Z more uses
I've often thought that Americans use the 'ize' ending just to give the letter Z more uses
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Words / Re: finagle / finagler
« on: March 03, 2019, 02:31:37 PM »
Personally I am not convinced Finagler would be common, however I'm comfortable with the others being considered so. (and I'm from Oz)
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Words / Re: Chachalaca
« on: February 27, 2019, 03:23:22 PM »
Well, I learn so many things on this forum. When I read the title of this thread, I thought it was going to be about the musical rhythmic
Boom chachalaca boom boom chachalacalaca
Boom chachalaca boom boom chachalacalaca
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Words / Re: Jerkwater common?
« on: February 20, 2019, 02:03:55 PM »
Jerkwater? Never heard of it.
Woop woop & boondock I have, though I've only heard boondocks, not singular.
Woop woop & boondock I have, though I've only heard boondocks, not singular.
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Word Games / Re: Lucky Accident
« on: February 19, 2019, 03:23:43 PM »
Hope you enjoyed your dram, Whiskey.
I wouldn't have played pitot because I thought it was played pitoh.
These little tubes have been known to freeze up and cause many an aircraft to crash because the computers couldn't tell the correct airspeed. I've been obliged to sit through too many episodes of Air Crash Investigations to forget that word (even if I didn't know how to spell it)
I wouldn't have played pitot because I thought it was played pitoh.
These little tubes have been known to freeze up and cause many an aircraft to crash because the computers couldn't tell the correct airspeed. I've been obliged to sit through too many episodes of Air Crash Investigations to forget that word (even if I didn't know how to spell it
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