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View Word List Sunday, September 6, 2020

FINAL SCORES

883 vashongin
883 jimmel
883 mich_pdx
883 marilyn992
883 nelleon
883 Kateq
883 DS927
883 dan2bit
883 lynxxx
883 frogface
883 Vioxx
883 wills
883 GailMkp
883 rbud
883 mamabook3
883 nanrde
883 bubba218
883 libarebel
883 The_Mad_Egyptian
883 debbinla
883 pabtrek
883 Lorrie_in_SA
883 dizgrannie
883 SueMagee
883 skooj
883 artdr
883 HarryHood
883 momof4&pe
883 nrkii
883 justafreep
883 Turt
883 Creeta
883 Bonasa
883 Jivingjenny0
883 ladycece920
883 m9f9l
883 Funkylady
883 hurshy
883 dofith
883 ChampFit
883 mcurlschool
883 cybernan
883 pat56
883 kim m
883 Charli2
883 poodletoes
883 zoozzoom
883 welki
883 Marian Todd
883 DTins
883 JAM5
883 georgiaj
883 wht
883 mattygroves
883 sb981
883 emtiandeca
883 bojazz
883 galliwags
883 april98
883 pcal2
883 joansiebone
883 wvteach
883 maccafixx
883 Elle n
883 paintguy
883 ItalianGreyhound
883 slothboy
883 Oboequilter
883 toadandtoadette
883 nurse1000
883 phaeton
883 redshoes
883 VolleymomDee
883 bookwomen
883 Book Doctor Gwen
883 graciecat
883 NonoNanette
883 SuzeeQ24
883 caps
883 dart001
883 dc43
883 sprong
883 MollyL
883 moolingwa
883 Monnie
883 scribekd
883 grannyrose
883 KnightTime
883 rururocks
883 10s Gu
883 bmb444
883 Habes
883 lynnet
883 Mercy
883 grannyg
883 CiociaJudy
883 Catie
883 Bremen
883 mkg
883 MelJewell
883 chrisk
883 BzznBea
883 penquis
883 Dorens
883 LuvWordGames
883 davurs
883 parisla
883 earth
883 ursh
883 anike
883 suzysuz
883 nellebean
883 bichon
883 Tulipp
883 saanichcat
883 westford
883 reneeo
883 silversarah
883 isles7
883 JBV
883 sammysmom
883 Lewandjoy
883 Chris P
883 periwinkle
883 bigbirdboss
883 marigold
883 Dippnall
883 Wendrie
883 movieman
883 mo
883 SummerBreeze44
883 Gillie
883 MVA
883 navcad
883 bala
883 Karys
883 anmw85
883 hydra
883 broll
883 lbdawger
883 katiemac
883 crayola
883 Haz1558
883 dejavu
883 Bogwoggle
883 swmbo
883 montreal13
883 sandy211
883 SunnFlower
883 Vonnie1952
883 Aloyisius
883 stu mcc
883 Mary
883 NANCY
883 Mubner
883 Sam
883 clg47
883 MomStar
883 Tabbycat2
883 JaxH66
883 Dianne
883 jessmom
883 lomeshane2
883 wordly wise
883 Solitare
883 msr
883 MRSWHISKI2
883 ARB
883 mrloser
883 Tomago
883 Elliot
883 marksdolly
883 hokie carla
883 betelgeuse666
883 dromano66
883 Stitchknit
883 java2
883 MumTT
883 Marc Freeman
883 susanj2
883 gramma
883 riverbx
883 Biged
883 claws
883 gemini_J13
883 Alicia
883 trentsnana
883 ivesy3
883 Ouwachita
883 shorty
883 Notheroldquilter
883 dianedecoder
883 flashman1998
883 rastapopolous
883 JoyOh
883 treerad
883 ch1212
883 Dachef
883 uleman
883 mael
883 kimberblue
883 Lizlin
883 REG
883 Kamanjah
883 jzw
883 Deeha
883 Vicuna
883 Jacula
883 72 Temple Owl
883 Atbeat
883 spellit
883 Michelle
883 VDW
883 Grandma Barb
883 PMS
883 KrisE
883 helenary
883 cj-a39
857 Uneaixoise
851 helenkeller
848 Jayk
839 BlackTar
837 RoseAnn
836 Keala
825 cherlyq
806 zas
785 sugar
775 JeeWhiz
771 lexophile
766 Filomena
758 Hillsnow
757 bethn
756 JW4975
751 corkee
741 Gitel
736 SamanthaJoy
724 Lindrickway
724 Babbleybrook
723 xeiluj
722 BarbaraA
716 Sunrise
714 fla
693 uconn
688 guernseygirl
679 rabbasar
679 scorpio
673 ChrissieDee
664 Hebe
658 auntnope
656 dpomfr
656 Sev
654 PastorJ
654 BettyAnne
649 GeekMan
646 Flask1
637 svingy
637 Judi
636 Kitensplay
634 jan
630 mom99
616 worzel
615 sally
610 leen
601 Nana5
598 Gollux
595 irishlady
590 aknitter
583 wordplayer
583 Soodle
581 broony
581 Bethjt
579 Inge2
578 Kallia
572 eljay323
571 katydid
569 skheiny
569 jaxx7
567 Fr/cat
566 VAjeweler
564 jwr
561 DLH1955
557 Mrs.T.
556 Wandering Chicka
556 Teulu
555 coralily
553 lawdoggy1
553 Madyh
553 idicyidikat
547 daisy88
544 SuzeQ
539 angelinaxox
538 lbelle
536 uusue2
535 Riverdance
534 rolin
531 Kaplan the Magne
528 piggys_rule123
525 eliotl
521 rosalie4
521 meeker
519 superflippy
518 specificity
517 MaddyMadd
515 pigeonman
512 Zadit
512 sciencegeek
510 webatx
508 littlebit
507 nursegladys
498 Trifioso
493 tceicher
492 Sam Snead
491 machelle
490 jaydee
489 wjb
488 Rainiqui
485 beepbeep
485 starrystorm413
478 Jeanius421
477 rsiegel24
477 Christini
475 Aussieme
472 Andee
469 Jshap3542
464 FrenchToast
463 tmeses
462 jpc1966
460 BLouie
458 ChloeKat
458 gino
457 hep
457 bheron
456 anus
454 The Soup Nazi
453 tracyo
452 suz01
450 jka
450 freakinandpeakin
449 ella
447 godthaab
446 sajarn
445 mery9419
442 kittychan
442 Motek
437 robbie09
436 jrr
435 leisl
433 Gabby65
432 poor richard
432 hoyamd
430 yikeym32
428 IndiaJan
425 charliesmomuk
424 Sugarblues
424 Tanja
422 MPittore
419 cheeto44
419 tickymong
417 Dinoreid
416 Jodeen
416 RoundBarn
411 A*n*i*t*a
411 tessagram
410 GrandmaS
409 melody17
405 aWolf
403 CMcG
402 ann
402 Alleyn58
401 Maisie
401 cg530
400 little mim
398 Jeff7
396 therealblah
395 ALC
395 freddie
395 avril
392 cavalier25
390 MirandaPanda
390 no_zimmer
388 origami
387 o2baflyndog
387 linnet
387 Torgo
386 pors
386 Roses6
385 rolotom
385 Kukana
384 inkydinks
384 KimMc
384 Buggie
384 EssV2
382 Mandy44
381 JIMMORRIS
381 lpeebles
378 mooz
377 Katy
377 player girl
377 Jadee
377 lara68
376 annevans
374 gingin
374 sami1986
373 gdine
372 Leaf
370 8201girl
367 deanoz
367 AnnetteL
365 Beecue
362 SoccerMOM
358 Jo CA
357 Glens
357 Sandraf
356 PherceNunly
353 Marmar
352 hyacinthe
351 Limnobaggins
348 mayneman
345 JJ
344 Snowman31888
343 Sbustobante
342 MsCorvid
341 disneyjessi
339 aslindy
338 words
338 rkptbound
336 Neliamne
335 funhs
334 robwhy
333 Dog Fan
333 Calllie
333 gswope
329 emusing
329 redletter
328 bookworm100
327 speedfreak
326 duvaldfm
326 moule
324 Lib
323 scarydeb
322 TedinDurham
320 LAT70
320 Jerrybh81
317 potterylady
317 yeyellowknifetoo
316 Valiant
314 magpie7
314 shoo
313 mehdc
310 hmgames
310 shooshoo
307 ianmac
306 Sidra
305 donnana
305 Plebian
304 cjmomma
301 kueenbee
300 dudetrendy
300 Buttonman
300 LonnieC
300 KenTropic
300 BlueFireFrog
296 Doll414
295 Aaronitor
291 matanov
291 mabaker8
290 wenren
288 Reese\'s
288 woodchick
284 pbc
281 mummy
278 msg
278 diann
277 milly24
277 Jen
274 LeslieAnn
273 Frances
273 #1
272 tinkerbelle
270 sallyann
269 cdd
268 Virginia Strout
264 jeanne314
262 helsmith
260 wesnurse
258 Zombee
255 rowlie45
253 Petemcbride
253 raane
250 lawyer-1
248 TQ
248 SeaSpray
246 nadav
242 Naches girl
238 Winnah
237 iluvtigs
232 tsatch
232 Alycia
231 stefaneechi
229 smooze
228 saphyre
227 skatt
226 Aescleah
223 jewwel
222 InTheRedwoods
221 mimizodiac
216 beckyj
214 mom23
209 ZsaZsa
206 nava
201 akazev
200 fit1
199 Vera
198 Simmie
197 Christa
197 melonheadjujube
187 Altagolfnut5
185 Hockeyfan
185 Strudtastic
185 Jindigo
183 peaky
179 jeanniejinx
179 harpjane
167 janeybird
159 fratfitz
157 princessofburund
156 jnkbck
148 amgreet8
146 LisaC
143 Lizsark
138 helmet
135 TXZinnia
134 XtinaS
129 Gramjane
123 Rangerbill
118 M3
113 kathy sue
102 Biltong
101 Skug
98 PJDR
96 Dominp
83 Rel
77 mixi6
72 AmyZ
70 sooooo
67 Judyj
54 vah
51 Chessy
43 chixnlegs53
43 marie
43 Historyjo
39 crosshair
39 sarah6girls
36 bonkler
5 artemisia

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
periwinkle

rats I was not even close
12:01 am
justafreep

vast
12:01 am
justafreep

vays
12:01 am
justafreep

ack!
12:01 am
justafreep

Who left chocolate? I need some
12:03 am
cybernan

2x this would have been nice - hi everyone :)
12:03 am
periwinkle

hi nan
12:03 am
penquis

hi...
12:04 am
origami

hi nan
12:04 am
penquis

hi ori....peri...justa....
12:04 am
justafreep

howdy
12:04 am
periwinkle

hi pen
12:05 am
origami

hi pen
12:07 am
saanichcat

good evening all!
12:07 am
penquis

hi saani
12:08 am
origami

good evening, saanich!
12:08 am
cybernan

hi saanich
12:09 am
origami

to 7/8
12:10 am
penquis

nice...
12:11 am
mkg

i keep looking for tomato......ugh
12:12 am
periwinkle

me too
12:14 am
mkg

still missing all the o words.......ugh.
12:15 am
penquis

od 4 ... ;o)
12:15 am
mkg

this grid drives me crazy. sometimes it takes ooph and sometimes it doesnt.
12:16 am
penquis

tales oomph or oops...
12:16 am
penquis

off to the pb....
12:16 am
mkg

night all.
12:16 am
origami

Hope there's something good to drink in there :D
12:16 am
justafreep

It's nice in here, pen.
12:16 am
penquis

amen to that....
12:17 am
cybernan

don't have anything for the o in the first col. but have the rest
12:17 am
periwinkle

same here nan
12:17 am
saanichcat

to go with the to 7/8s! Finally got it thanks ori
12:17 am
mkg

yes just missing the o words for first column o.
12:18 am
cybernan

wd saanach - have given up on the to's
12:18 am
saanichcat

the PB sounds like fun tonight, can I come in too?
12:18 am
periwinkle

not seeing the to7/8
12:18 am
origami

you're welcome :D
12:18 am
justafreep

ot7
12:18 am
origami

Of course, saanich. We'll save you a bar stool :D
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:19 am
justafreep

I can get your drink ready, saanich. Just lemme know....
12:19 am
saanichcat

and a double please
12:19 am
periwinkle

thanks lickety
12:19 am
justafreep

Thanks, Lickety
12:19 am
penquis

just found that ot 6/7...
12:19 am
periwinkle

mexican food nan, just found the to7/8
12:19 am
saanichcat

PB has lots of them
12:19 am
cybernan

wouldn't know then - don't eat the stuff
12:19 am
justafreep

the ot is not common
12:20 am
penquis

it’s a musical term, I think....
12:20 am
justafreep

poetry, I believe
12:20 am
justafreep

Maybe both?
12:20 am
cybernan

aha - found -- just started trying stuff that sounded spanish
12:21 am
dizgrannie

*HAPPY FATHER'S DAY* from Down Under
12:21 am
origami

No nachos in the PB for nan
12:21 am
penquis

i know it’s music related.....don’t know anything about poetry....
12:21 am
saanichcat

thanks justa, glass of white wine, cheers!
12:22 am
justafreep

On it. If you don't make it in... I'll take care of it for you
12:23 am
cybernan

a direction to play the music an octave higher
12:24 am
periwinkle

24 left,night all
12:24 am
saanichcat

bye for now peri
12:24 am
origami

good night, peri
12:24 am
jessmom

da6
12:25 am
justafreep

Huh. I know it (well, okay. Fine. Encountered it) from Italian poetry
12:27 am
penquis

well i am heading out....back in the morning to find my last 15....
12:27 am
penquis

goodnight all....
12:27 am
origami

'
12:27 am
justafreep

night, pen
12:27 am
origami

goodnight pen
12:28 am
saanichcat

night penq
12:30 am
SueMagee

Pdopas
12:31 am
dizgrannie

can't recall seeing va 5 before
12:32 am
cybernan

me neither, but now that you mention it :)
12:33 am
justafreep

if ingot can be a verb then it can be an adjective, I guess
12:34 am
justafreep

FW
12:35 am
cybernan

grats freep -- off to bed here with 18 for tomorrow
12:38 am
justafreep

See y'all tomorrow night....
12:38 am
saanichcat

see you tomorrow nan
12:38 am
saanichcat

night justa
12:46 am
dizgrannie

FWs
12:49 am
marksdolly

fws!
3:20 am
Alleyn58

Is the to7/8 obvious?
3:23 am
Alleyn58

Got it
3:29 am
mattygroves

Phantom: tomato
3:30 am
mattygroves

tost
3:30 am
mattygroves

SORRY
3:31 am
mattygroves

I have 60 words, yet nothing bigger than a five....
3:33 am
mattygroves

Finally broke that duck ;)
3:47 am
mattygroves

All done. Have a good day, all.
6:51 am
hokie carla

missed matty but found her in the grid
6:52 am
BzznBea

Hey, Carla. How are you?
6:53 am
hokie carla

hey bea, I'm good - how are you?
6:53 am
BzznBea

I'm loving this cool weather!
6:54 am
hokie carla

was surprised when I took the dog out. my watch says it's 58
6:55 am
MollyL

Isn't it funny? We used to look at thermometers for temperature. Now we look at phones and watches.
6:56 am
hokie carla

yeah, no idea if it's actually 58 at my house as my watch pulls from a weather app and I'm not sure where they are measuring
6:56 am
hokie carla

we can also ask alexa these days ;)
6:57 am
MollyL

It's 57 here and it feels wonderful.
6:57 am
MollyL

Oh yes, I forgot about Alexa. We don't use her much.
6:57 am
hokie carla

we don't either.
6:58 am
hokie carla

she's in the kitchen so sometimes I ask her for conversions
6:58 am
MollyL

You can ask that thing on your phone that talks to you too.
6:58 am
BzznBea

Siri
6:58 am
hokie carla

yep, I really never ask siri things
6:58 am
BzznBea

I am always asking siri things.
6:59 am
hokie carla

I want siri to just tell me things but he (I have mine set to be english male) just says "I found this on the web"
7:01 am
MollyL

I have to Hey Google, I don't have an iPhone
7:01 am
hokie carla

I see today's a's are no better than the rest of the week (minus yesterday) or I need coffee.
7:02 am
BzznBea

Good short A's today.
7:02 am
hokie carla

well I have 2
7:02 am
hokie carla

4
7:03 am
hokie carla

and I keep wanting atom
7:04 am
BzznBea

It's there, just not in the corect order. =)
7:04 am
hokie carla

ooh, just finished them! not as hard as I thought
7:04 am
MollyL

We can have atmo, short for atmosphere. Enable won't take it though.
7:05 am
hokie carla

yeah, as a firefly fan, I have tried that before
7:05 am
hokie carla

and I said I wasn't trying spam today but then I accidentally did
7:06 am
MollyL

How is your Mom doing, Carla?
7:09 am
hokie carla

she's doing pretty good. I don't know if I mentioned her car wouldn't start the day of the burial, but she had that towed away on Fri. before I left. not sure when it'll be fixed but she really doesn't need to be driving or going out in public anyway.
7:09 am
hokie carla

I don't like it looking like no one's home though.
7:10 am
hokie carla

her sister offered to take her anywhere
7:11 am
hokie carla

she was basically trapped at home months before covid so I'm sure she wants to go places, but there's not anywhere to go.
7:12 am
hokie carla

and her osteoporosis & arthritis in her back is causing a lot of pain there and in her hips. but mentally I think she's doing good.
7:14 am
BzznBea

I saw this today: Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty one, excepting February alone. And 2020 which has 5364.
7:14 am
hokie carla

so true
7:17 am
hokie carla

well I've made it to 22 left
7:18 am
hokie carla

can I have some stats for the 1st col o? p&ty
7:18 am
BzznBea

I have 0 left...
7:19 am
hokie carla

of course ;) well done
7:21 am
hokie carla

the 7/8 was easy once I knew what it started with
7:24 am
hokie carla

well, I know what my o stats are but don't know the words. will keep trying things
7:24 am
BzznBea

Think 8
7:24 am
BzznBea

And music
7:25 am
hokie carla

I knew all that from the chat but it wasn't helping, but now I went in the right direction and found them. thanks
7:28 am
hokie carla

now down to 15, all in 4 tiles
7:31 am
welki

'morning, babblers
7:32 am
hokie carla

hi welki
7:32 am
BzznBea

Hello, welki.
7:34 am
hokie carla

9 left, all S & M (hopefully ru isn't awake yet)
7:34 am
welki

a neighbor gave me a couple of bags of the most beautiful, uniform beets - other than simply roasting (boiling/steaming) and shredding raw (and making chips) - any recipes? not going to pickle them
7:34 am
welki

(please and thank you)
7:35 am
welki

suppose i could make borscht
7:35 am
hokie carla

hmm, I used beets for the first time ever in the last year when they came in one of those meal kits. I roasted them as directed (and they were delicious), so I am no help, sorry.
7:36 am
BzznBea

I always eat mine the way you have listed. I'm no help either.
7:37 am
welki

one of my daughters suggested with balsamic and goat cheese, but all i have is white vinegar
7:37 am
Deeha

you can use cooked beets in a cake like carrot cake
7:38 am
hokie carla

ooh, I love me some goat cheese. that sounds yummy.
7:39 am
welki

i'd have to make up a name for the cake, deeha - husband would balk! (but boyhowdy, i made a cake yesterday that was a hit - called do nothing texas tornado cake - a TON of sugar, so only the tiniest piece for me)
7:39 am
hokie carla

purple cake ;)
7:41 am
Deeha

dont you have red velvet cakes? tell him it is one of those!
7:42 am
welki

yes, we have them here - could try that :)
7:43 am
MollyL

That Texas Tornado Cake looks good, but very sweet
7:43 am
hokie carla

IMO a cake should be very sweet
7:44 am
hokie carla

hmm, 5 S and 3 M...
7:47 am
hokie carla

found 2 m's!
7:48 am
BzznBea

Do you have ma5/16?
7:48 am
hokie carla

I have one that is a pl
7:48 am
BzznBea

Twice?
7:49 am
BzznBea

The other is an old time word
7:49 am
hokie carla

ok, will look for another
7:49 am
hokie carla

got it, thx. now just 5 S left - 2 4's and 3 5's
7:49 am
BzznBea

So is sa5.14
7:50 am
hokie carla

of course, thx
7:50 am
hokie carla

found a 4, now 3 left
7:54 am
hokie carla

1 S5 left
7:54 am
BzznBea

sp5.14?
7:55 am
hokie carla

I reckon so
7:55 am
hokie carla

wow, first try I monkeyed it. thx, bea!
7:55 am
BzznBea

=)
7:56 am
BzznBea

I'm off to dig up a garden bed. See you all tomorrow.
7:57 am
hokie carla

I need to do some weeding while it's not blazing hot
7:57 am
hokie carla

bye!
7:58 am
welki

bye, bea
7:58 am
welki

and hokie - off to cook some beets
8:09 am
periwinkle

hi all. I do not have either ma5/16 or the sp5/14 help please
8:09 am
periwinkle

I hate borscht
8:10 am
periwinkle

and pea soup too,that is all
8:10 am
dan2bit

sp5 - garden shovel with a different last vowel
8:11 am
periwinkle

thanks dan
8:11 am
dan2bit

yw! ma5 thou live a long and happy life
8:11 am
periwinkle

thanks again dan. how is Miss 2 bit doing these days?
8:12 am
dan2bit

she is good! starting FIFTH grade (virtual) on Tuesday
8:12 am
periwinkle

wow time does fly doesn't it?
8:13 am
periwinkle

found the other ma5/16
8:14 am
periwinkle

18 left and stuck
8:14 am
periwinkle

bbl
8:18 am
HarryHood

top row grayed on my first pass - that's unusual
8:27 am
HarryHood

fiirst column O giving me trouble. Is it obvious?
8:31 am
DS927

No Harry. Rhymes with the capital of Canada
8:31 am
DS927

(sort of)
8:32 am
LeslieAnn

like how a vampire would say it lol
8:32 am
HarryHood

ty DS!
8:32 am
HarryHood

in yiddidsh
8:32 am
DS927

Good one LeslieAnn!
8:33 am
dan2bit

ty all
8:33 am
HarryHood

nbt and 18 to go.
8:33 am
HarryHood

gotta go ferry the kids to horses. have fun all!
8:48 am
mkg

sopa
9:07 am
mkg

and that is all i have to say!
9:13 am
HarryHood

spivy is too a word - from hello muddah hello fadduh
9:13 am
HarryHood

joe spivy developed poison ivy
9:16 am
HarryHood

wow! just found the 7/8 on a whim!
9:18 am
Jeanius421

Care to share a clue Harry?
9:18 am
HarryHood

to7/8 - a mexican dish with a different ending vowel, and pl
9:19 am
Jeanius421

wow, got it thanks
9:19 am
HarryHood

nice!
9:19 am
HarryHood

I am stuck at 14.
9:20 am
Jeanius421

fivy
9:20 am
Jeanius421

oops
9:20 am
HarryHood

thats worse than spivy
9:20 am
Jeanius421

Pretty sure I can sing that whole song
9:21 am
HarryHood

did you ever hear Harvey and Sheila
9:22 am
HarryHood

https://tinyurl.com/y6rfc4qm
9:24 am
HarryHood

10 to go!
9:35 am
Jeanius421

Harvey and Sheila, not that I recall
9:36 am
HarryHood

5 to go!
9:41 am
HarryHood

3
9:45 am
HarryHood

no way I'm getting these - listing the last 3.
9:46 am
HarryHood

done! have fun!
10:18 am
cybernan

good morning everyone
10:27 am
hurshy

morning nan
10:28 am
cybernan

hi hurshy
10:30 am
hurshy

pretty fast grid, just need 2 more S and 1 M
10:31 am
hurshy

got the M! it was so fishy!!
10:31 am
hurshy

got one S!
10:32 am
cybernan

missing an m 4 here
10:32 am
hurshy

well idk if you are missing the superlative word but that is what i had missed
10:33 am
cybernan

no - a nonrealistic plural
10:33 am
hurshy

mk
10:34 am
cybernan

done here -- you too?
10:34 am
hurshy

no, still have this one last S5 to find
10:35 am
cybernan

only one abnormal one - maybe two
10:35 am
cybernan

do you want help?
10:36 am
hurshy

have an sp5/14
10:36 am
cybernan

sp 5/16
10:36 am
hurshy

have the funny takeoff and the kind of bacterial infection
10:37 am
hurshy

that's besides the sp5/16 that is a plural, i assume, nan?
10:37 am
cybernan

ok then sa 5/16 - same archaic english as the ma 5
10:38 am
hurshy

ahhh thanks
10:39 am
cybernan

hagd everyone - stay safe :)
11:33 am
wvteach

stats for left column O pls
11:37 am
java2

ot 6/27 and pl
11:40 am
wvteach

thnx
12:36 pm
SuzeeQ24

sp5,14 clue plz
12:45 pm
SuzeeQ24

nm
1:14 pm
mamabook3

ok... keep typing a sp4 word... doesn't say it's not a word but that it's not in the grid... but it is~ So strange!
1:16 pm
jan

Same experience...do you suppose Hormel is to blame?
1:16 pm
mamabook3

could be... or we could chalk it up to COVID-19 -- seems to be screwing everything else up... lol
1:17 pm
8201girl

Just heard from Dr. God...spam will finally be added to the dictionary.
1:18 pm
periwinkle

good to know. I tried it today
1:18 pm
zoozzoom

About time.
1:19 pm
jan

While we're onto words that need to be added, how about oaky? Describing the kind of chardonnay I tend to avoid.
1:19 pm
zoozzoom

Yes and oaty.
1:20 pm
jan

Indeed...now that we're all baking more.
1:21 pm
jan

And mosh, describing punk rocker pits, though maybe that is archaic by now.
1:22 pm
zoozzoom

Not heard that word for a while now haha. Not my scene must admit!
1:22 pm
jan

Nor mine...but it's in the puzzles a lot.
1:24 pm
rururocks

*imagines Jan in Spiky Green hair and a nose piercing*
1:24 pm
zoozzoom

It is funny how the word modem is okay yet internet is not.
1:25 pm
jan

Nor tech...though it comes in both high and low varieties.
1:26 pm
jan

A friend of mine is president of the American Dictionary Society--I should ask him sometime about how words get in and why others do not.
1:30 pm
jan

Ethnic foods seems to be particularly random in Enable; some in, others not.
1:30 pm
jan

Whoops, grammar fail...
1:35 pm
MollyL

Wow, Dr. God has the ability to add words to the Enable word list? Good for him.
1:35 pm
jan

I think years ago he entered 'steno' in.
1:37 pm
jan

Speaking of words that may be archaic these days...
1:38 pm
MollyL

I wonder why spam will be added and not all the other words people wonder about.
1:38 pm
Wendrie

but spam predates its current usage
1:39 pm
jan

Isn't that earlier spam a trademarker proper noun? My daughter went to the Spam Museum on her way out to college. Sent us a gel candle in a spam tin!
1:41 pm
Wendrie

yes - but it then became a generic term in the UK, in part at least due to Monty Python in the 1970s
1:41 pm
jan

Yup, "spam, spam, sausage and spam hasn't got *much* spam in it..."
1:43 pm
jan

I have no idea who actually controls Enable. But those who download Enable can add and delete words from the 'official' list if they choose to.
1:46 pm
MollyL

It's interesting to know that Dr. God has control over what words are allowed and what words are not.
1:48 pm
MollyL

I will pass that along the next time the chat turns to words that are not allowed.
1:48 pm
jan

Anybody who downloads Enable can adapt it as they like. Some word games remove the "naughty" words, some remove non-words like pfft.
1:49 pm
jan

And of course, you can also add words. Enable is pretty dated, so a lot of modern words in common use aren't there.
1:49 pm
MollyL

Oh wow, all the people who complain about the offensive words will be interested to know that.
1:50 pm
jan

Well, policing all the offensive words might be a challenge. Seems like ethnic slurs and sexist slurs are an infinitely renewable resource...
1:53 pm
MollyL

Yeah, but if he is going to add spam, people who have complained about the offensive words might wonder why they can't be removed.
1:58 pm
jan

That's up to Dr. God. I guess that's why is isn't Dr. Elected Official.
1:59 pm
gingin

well, enable doesn't recognise 'minge', and yet it does for synonyms of same.
1:59 pm
jan

By the way, the current version of Enable is Enable2k, which dates to about the turn of the century. So it isn't surprising that a lot of contemporary terms aren't in it.
2:01 pm
jan

Minge is a new one for me, I guess I don;'t get out enough...
2:01 pm
Kaplan the Magne

"people" don't complain about the offensive words per se, "people" complain about the gamers who think some of those words are not racial or ethnic epithets. Especially words that have no other meaning.
2:05 pm
Kaplan the Magne

These are not simply "naughty" words, they are offensive slurs. I have already been in conversation about this, so I don't need to go back over it, but there is actually a chance for educating each other bout why some words are offensive to various groups.
2:06 pm
gingin

minge has been around for a long time. I recall my Gran being annoyed when she overheard me calling my cousin a minging little tart.
2:06 pm
gingin

that was in the 70s.
2:06 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I am not familiar with that word.
2:08 pm
gingin

Kaplan, I completely concur. There is a substantial list of racially offensive words allowed in usage here.
2:10 pm
Kaplan the Magne

The merely scatological --olde English-is another thing entirely.
2:13 pm
Kaplan the Magne

A common reaction is to turn it around so that the offended- or hurt- member of the group is "too sensitive," "taking it the wrong way" or demanding censorship and political correctness. In this era- or any er when groups of people are under attack, the last thing that should be said is "you're too sensitive."
2:15 pm
Kaplan the Magne

As Groucho said, as he put is portfolio on the lawyer's bench, "I rest my case"
2:18 pm
Kaplan the Magne

What is "minge" or do I have to look it up?
2:24 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh.
2:28 pm
harpjane

stats for the left column O please?
2:30 pm
harpjane

my grid says "spam does not exist in the puzzle" Is that prophetic, I wonder?
2:31 pm
Kaplan the Magne

that's just a mistake. That's just gaslighting.
2:32 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I'm looking at spam right now.
2:40 pm
MollyL

Oh Kaplan, I'm glad you are here. Maybe if Dr. God is willing to add spam, he will remove the word you don't care for, and other words that people find offensive.
2:41 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I'm also reading the chat, and it says that Dr God (such hubris) CAN choose to remove racial slurs.
2:46 pm
Kaplan the Magne

It's more than a word I don't care for, it's a historically ugly concept that has no other meaning than an anti-Semitic slur. I did email Dr God about it, and the n-word, and now I'm thinking the c4 word...Dr God of course did not respond.
2:52 pm
MollyL

Wow, really? No response? And yet he told that player who posted earlier that spam would be added. Wow.
2:53 pm
Kaplan the Magne

To the Irish, the word Paddy as in Paddy Wagon is a slur, but there are also rice paddies, so another meaning can be argued. There are a couple of permitted anti-Italian slurs. A chink may be a chink in the painted wall, spic MAY have another meaning, but probably not (spic n' span) . Coon could be a raccoon, but the n-word and jew as a verb are unambiguous.
2:55 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Some of the female genitalia words may be used in Victorian pornography, but I think too many women have experienced denigration, so I usually cringe at the c word, and would be happy to see it relegated to the place where spam is currently.
2:56 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Pricks and dicks have other meanings.
2:58 pm
Kaplan the Magne

trump is a word with a meaning so it trumps Trump.
2:59 pm
harpjane

In local news, there is a lake in Montana called Coon Lake and the locals are petitioning to change the name. It was NOT named after raccoons.
3:02 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I believe that. And all the bridges that are named after slaveholders- like where John Lewis walked--need to be renamed. They are not holy sites.
3:02 pm
MollyL

i find it interesting that the c word bothers some women so much, and yet the pu5 word doesn't seem to.
3:03 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Cats.
3:04 pm
harpjane

Well, in defense of Montanans, in the sixties it was called N***** Lake and they changed it to Coon Lake.
3:04 pm
Kaplan the Magne

C4 is meant to be degrading and has no other meaning. I would have to go to the OED to find out its history. The history of jewing down I'm familiar with.
3:04 pm
MollyL

Yeah, but in certain context, it means the same thing. Why one word and not the other? My guess is that it is a word used in big fights between men and women. But maybe not.
3:05 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Harpjane, is that true? That's wild!
3:06 pm
Kaplan the Magne

They changed it from n to c thinking ...what WERE they thinking
3:07 pm
harpjane

So, in a sense, the Montana people thought they were doing the right thing, for the sixties.
3:07 pm
harpjane

I know, Kalplan. It's horrifying to think of it now.
3:07 pm
Kaplan the Magne

In the South there was something called the Jew Store. But the Jewish shipowners were not offended by it- it was usually a kind of general store owned by Jewish merchants.
3:08 pm
MollyL

Pu5 is used in a degrading way. Men who are "wimpy" are referred to as pu7. Why are women not offended that their genital parts are used as a term to represent weak?
3:09 pm
Kaplan the Magne

People relied on the Jew Store. In my city in Massachusetts there was a Jew hospital, because Jewish Doctors were not allowed to practice at Somerville Hospital in the earlier 20th century. It was located right behind the one synagogue. It is no longer there.
3:10 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Usually the Jew Store was a dry goods store.
3:15 pm
Kaplan the Magne

The p word keeps evolving. POTUS used it and suddenly there were "Karens" with t-shirts saying "Trump can grab MY p5 anytime.
3:16 pm
Kaplan the Magne

"Karen" is not a term for middle aged white women with blonde hair who want to speak to the manager right now.
3:20 pm
Kaplan the Magne

There are Beckys who are younger women of privilege and entitlement. I did a body scan to see if I felt any antiSemitism in the use of that name, then thought no- Aunt Becky was Lori Laughlin who is going to jail for the college admission bribery
3:20 pm
Kaplan the Magne

These are just current trends.
3:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, right two columns done, woot
3:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

ooh, we talking about slang? very yummy
3:21 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I'm just missing a v. And I don't have any longer words there.
3:22 pm
Kaplan the Magne

We're talking about trendy epithets and appalling epithets
3:22 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

there's a va5/20, builds off another v
3:24 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

(some) white women who learn that black people have been calling them Karens for *years* are now offended by it and think they can stop it by complaining about it, thus proving that they are Karens LOL
3:30 pm
jan

Dr. God seems to be only sporadically caring for this site. Maybe if it required a fee to join he'd pay more attention. I know that Iron Sudoku's chat became a cesspool of extreme political argument before finally he stepped in and banned that kind of chat. But it went on for months before he took action.
3:30 pm
wvteach

**finito** last word - a frontiersman's name, finished without a list
3:30 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

wtg teach !!!!!!!!
3:31 pm
jan

Killed him a b'ar when he was only three...
3:31 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

one could report offenders to Dr. God but there's no reasons for him to do anything about it, necessarily, I mean
3:33 pm
jan

The issue here is rather different; it isn't players misbehaving but the nature of words that count for points in the game. I won't type them myself--since I hardly ever finish anyway, I prefer to ignore them. But I do understand that others, quite reasonably, feel differently. And I could not recommend that kids play this game, unfortunately.
3:34 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

you mean all the offiensive words allowed? there's no point, really, arguing about that, at least in my experience, because no one is going to change it
3:35 pm
MollyL

That is interesting Jan. People not only recommend that kids play this game, they get their grand kids into it.
3:36 pm
jan

Well, I wouldn't myself. Maybe if you don't play a lot, you don't see those words crop up. But I would hate to have to explain some of them to, say, my eight year old granddaughter.
3:36 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

there's another site where I play a versin of Boggle and the word list bizarrely accepts dozens of plurals for which they don't accept the singular -- as if someone copied a dictionary then willy nilly deleted some words, leaving their plurals in
3:37 pm
MollyL

Personally, I don't find words accepted in a word game offensive. To me, words are only offensive when they are used towards someone else.
3:39 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

offensive (and derogatory, there's a difference)words are often "rehabilitated" and become positive again -- it's evolution
3:40 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

2/3 done, hair tearing beginning
3:42 pm
jan

Those are the hard cases, Gwen, where often they are acceptable in in-group use but not when out-group speakers use them. Usually that's because the 'reclaimed' slur is still being used offensively by others.
3:43 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

a good example is "queer" which has lots of meanings, one of which used to be derogatory
3:43 pm
jan

Unfortunately, in some mouths it still is derogatory. There
3:44 pm
jan

Whoops--too quick on the send...
3:45 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

certainly, but for the most part, it is not offensive
3:45 pm
mkg

spam is not a word in this grid. ugh
3:46 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

ottoman (phantom)
3:47 pm
jan

That's why I probably wouldn't nuke it if I were Dr. God, since most of its uses have nothing to do with sexual orientation. On the other hand, there are plenty of words that almost always offensive. If I were Dr. God, those would go.
3:47 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

spam is still slang, at least according to some dictionaries
3:48 pm
jan

And the four letter words and derivations that George Carlin famously said you can't say on TV? Those would go, too. But I'm not Dr. God, so they're in. (At least for now...)
3:48 pm
MollyL

Which goes back to my original point. Why would Dr. God agree to add spam and not agree to get rid of words deemed "offensive"?
3:49 pm
jan

Who can say? Laziness? Lack of interest in the issue? Too hard to make judgments? Dunno...
3:49 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

yes, but our language changes so fast, he would be continuously having to open up the game, add words, take words out, and each time he would do this, he would piss someone off, so it's not worth it (is my guess)
3:51 pm
jan

Language changes but not all that fast. Most new usages vanish quickly. Adding new words every year or so would keep Enable current--the last iteration of Enable is 20 years old, and for all I know, Dr. God may be using the original, much older version.
3:54 pm
jan

For example, currently Enable doesn't take 'tech' as a word, but clearly "high tech" "low tech" "tech workers" etc. are used constantly in speech and writing. He added 'steno' once, a long while ago, for reasons he didn't share in chat, so he knows it can be done.
3:56 pm
jan

Archaic words, other than offensive ones, don't need to be removed. So 'saith' can stay, even though nobody uses it anymore.
3:57 pm
jan

Okay...no more on this from me. I am procrastinating, avoiding writing a proposed abstract for a linguistics conference, ironically enough!
3:57 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

if i had time i could probably come up with 50 new words that have become more or less commonn in the past 10 years (just as an example: influencer)
4:03 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

fireworks!
4:03 pm
MollyL

I think the word that was added was "stent"
4:04 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

wishing you luck with the linguistics conference, jan !! bye all
4:16 pm
jan

Molly, you are right! I mis-remembered that!!
4:16 pm
jan

Getting an abstract accepted for an academic conference is like winning a pie eating contest in which the prize is more pie.
4:35 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Getting back to it...I don't find something in a grid as offensive as people who think it is a valid word to use conversationally
4:36 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Yes, good luck Jan. I am terrified about presenting in conferences, so I only do it in small groups, and not annually
4:37 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Yes, more pie.
4:39 pm
Kaplan the Magne

are you familiar with mondegreens? Lady Mondegreen?
4:46 pm
Kaplan the Magne

A mondegreen /ˈmɒndɪɡriːn/ is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to clearly hear a lyric, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.[1][2] American writer Sylvia Wright coined the term in 1954, writing that as a girl, when her mother read to her from Percy's Reliques, she had misheard the lyric "layd him on the green" in the fourth line of the Scottish ballad "The Bonny Earl of Murray" as "Lady Mondegreen".[3]

"Mondegreen" was included in the 2000 edition of the Random House Webster's College Dictionary, and in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary added the word in 2008.[4][5]
5:30 pm
toadandtoadette

help with the ot(s) please
5:32 pm
JaxH66

Musical term I think. Starts like an interval of 8 notes
5:33 pm
JaxH66

Forget the starts like. No c!
5:43 pm
MollyL

Excuse me while I kiss this guy
5:44 pm
MollyL

A short version of misheard lines. Jimi Hendrix, "excuse me while I kiss the sky".
5:52 pm
akazev

Blinded by the light..swept up like a douche is my favorite mondegreen
6:52 pm
rururocks

i think you mean revved up like a Deuce
6:53 pm
rururocks

oh.. i get it...
6:54 pm
rururocks

swept up like a douche would describe the Rebulican Senate though
6:55 pm
rururocks

that's republican senate..
7:31 pm
Christa

speaking of the word douche .. the other day I saw a cup with "Toodaloo douchecanoe" lolol
8:57 pm
Marc Freeman

How is it that 'spam' is not a word?
9:00 pm
TedinDurham

tells me it's not in the puzzle tho clearly it is
9:03 pm
Gillie

Weird - I think it used to say it wasn't in the dictionary.
9:03 pm
Marc Freeman

Wierd
11:40 pm
harpjane

what are the stats for the left column O please?
11:46 pm
KnightTime

ot 6/27 and 7/40
11:48 pm
harpjane

thanks