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Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
« on: October 05, 2022, 03:02:45 PM »
The greenest watt ever produced is the one you never use. Playing as jk1956 & John is my name.
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Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2022, 11:48:09 AM »
I was also surprised by it not being known. I'd expected it to be common.

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Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2022, 11:52:46 AM »
Ditto...
The greenest watt ever produced is the one you never use. Playing as jk1956 & John is my name.
When we come out of the Covid-19 crisis, we need to make sure recovery efforts address the Climate Crisis (which can't be solved using social distancing!)

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Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2022, 12:02:02 PM »
Never heard of it. Definitely not common in my book.

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Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2022, 12:25:53 PM »
Ditto, Trex.

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Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2022, 02:27:55 PM »
Well, it's fairly obvious that goji shouldn't be classed as a common word: two out of the four forumites who've commented have never heard of the word. Also, the Merriam-Webster identifies it as a less common alternative to goji berry. And my spell checker underlines it.

It seems the word first appeared in English in its present form around 2002, derived from the Chinese gouqi. According to Wiktionary it was a "marketing coinage".

It will be accepted in future as a rare word.
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Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2022, 03:32:36 PM »
Thanks Alan...  ;D ;D ;D
The greenest watt ever produced is the one you never use. Playing as jk1956 & John is my name.
When we come out of the Covid-19 crisis, we need to make sure recovery efforts address the Climate Crisis (which can't be solved using social distancing!)