12:02 am
justafreep
ch7 and happy flip!
12:06 am
cybernan
ce 7 - hi everyone
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:26 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs
12:30 am
grannyrose
in 8 x 2
12:36 am
aprouty
how do i find the clues??
12:38 am
justafreep
Aprouty - below the grid you'll see Friends of Babble. Click on Lickety's Babble Clues
12:38 am
ursh
below the grid under friends of babble Lickety babble clues
12:38 am
aprouty
thanks so much! you guys rock!
6:49 am
rbud
wow, awfully quiet in he4 overnight. Hello to anyone around. :)
7:02 am
Deeha
morning rbud or rather just afternoon here
7:10 am
rbud
hope you've had a good day. Wishing spring would pick up speed a bit.
7:12 am
MollyL
Winter weather and spring flowers are messing with my head
7:17 am
mael
I don't even have that problem, no spring flowers here yet :)
7:18 am
sukee
No here yet either, we got another dusting of snow this morning
7:19 am
sukee
It's be gone by this afternoon, but I'm tired of it
7:20 am
rbud
so many years my lilacs and other flowers get nipped in the bud by the cold nights. :(
7:22 am
mael
we swung between 70 degrees and 18 the past few weeks
7:22 am
aslindy
hello all
7:23 am
sukee
Morning aslindy
7:24 am
MollyL
The wind made it a very short cherry blossom time here.
7:32 am
Uneaixoise
Morning all! 10 to go :-)
7:34 am
aslindy
I am looking forward to seeing my crocus open. Hasn't happened yet.
7:59 am
rbud
A fine example of spring delay - right now it's sunny and beautiful, looks like a lovely day starting up, but it's still just below freezing out there! Drat.
8:01 am
aslindy
here it is cloudy and drizzly, and 36F
8:09 am
BzznBea
rbud, in what area of IL do you live?
8:26 am
BzznBea
There are those days.
8:29 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! ketchup brand
8:30 am
hurshy
ding ding ding
8:33 am
dan2bit
morning all! bottom row done
8:43 am
phaeton
hello...may I stats for the bottom A pls?
8:50 am
aslindy
no matter how many times I try it, rhine is not acceptable.
8:52 am
hokie carla
are you getting antzy?
8:55 am
hokie carla
rugmen - guys who wear toupees
8:56 am
aslindy
that z is in quite a few words today
9:01 am
hurshy
are you going to scarborough fair?
9:02 am
aslindy
remember me to one who lives there
9:03 am
hokie carla
I don't have time for that
9:07 am
BzznBea
I need a clue for r7, please?
9:07 am
hurshy
ok the chog says there are TWO in8, and i have one, and the other one has to come from the MIDDLE
9:07 am
hurshy
re7 = get back together, as with fellow alums or family
9:07 am
LuvWordGames
re 7/32 come back together
9:07 am
hokie carla
I do not have r7 and only 2 i's. this is a bad vowel day.
9:08 am
hokie carla
ah, it feels so good
9:08 am
BzznBea
It does come from the center
9:08 am
BzznBea
Thank you!
9:09 am
hurshy
and that also gives me en8
9:10 am
hokie carla
ok, got the in and en8, thx. will have to work on the other in8.
9:11 am
hokie carla
but I did find 2 upper i's so now at least I have half
9:13 am
hokie carla
thought the color was just a phantom but it's there
9:13 am
penquis
hello all...
9:14 am
hokie carla
hey pen
9:14 am
penquis
hey, carla...
9:18 am
dan2bit
phantom heretic
9:18 am
hokie carla
have we already talked about a person who's not a miscreant should be a creant?
9:18 am
aslindy
the only color I can think of that starts with i is indigo, and there's no d
9:19 am
hokie carla
sorry, I had moved on to E when I said that about the color
9:19 am
hokie carla
dan, also phantom herein and hereat
9:20 am
BzznBea
but you can flip that first word for an I word
9:20 am
hokie carla
yeah, I found that
9:20 am
hokie carla
any against words?
9:21 am
hokie carla
gracias
9:23 am
hokie carla
are the bottom r's RH or something else?
9:24 am
hokie carla
how many letters?
9:24 am
penquis
RH 5 and 6....
9:24 am
hokie carla
phantom rhythm
9:25 am
saanichcat
sounds the same, as in poetry
9:25 am
hokie carla
geez, thanks
9:25 am
saanichcat
not referring to your phantom
9:25 am
hokie carla
going the wrong direction as usual
9:25 am
saanichcat
glad you got it
9:26 am
hokie carla
but I think that's HOET, but just barely. still 49 words left.
9:26 am
hokie carla
and LOL, I did first think, what sounds the same as rhythm?
9:26 am
saanichcat
all done here, any clues wanted?
9:27 am
penquis
no thanks....congrats...
9:27 am
hokie carla
I have nothing to go on, but thanks and well done.
9:27 am
saanichcat
thanks pen, off I go have a great Sunday eveyone!
9:28 am
penquis
you, too...
9:29 am
hurshy
for Y i have 3 ye4s, anyone got others/more?
9:30 am
LuvWordGames
yi 5/16
9:30 am
penquis
not me...
9:31 am
penquis
ty, luv....
9:34 am
penquis
weird how merde is accepted and merci is not....
9:34 am
hokie carla
so many inconsistencies, so little time
9:34 am
hurshy
but you are so close...
9:34 am
penquis
and so much frustration....
9:34 am
hurshy
maybe you have it already too tho
9:34 am
penquis
yes, hursh...got that one...
9:35 am
hurshy
you probably miss me6/24
9:35 am
hurshy
i know it from Asterix comics
9:35 am
hurshy
they are big stone obelisk things. i love them.
9:35 am
rastapopolous
lol I know it from Asterix as well
9:35 am
Shirlockc
love that reference hursh, grew up on asterix and obelix
9:36 am
hurshy
i hugged one when i was in bretagne, a real one i mean, and then i bought a little souvenir one which i keep on my dresser :D
9:37 am
Shirlockc
still makes me chuckle when i read them, and i laboriously tried one in French (asterix and obelix) and could sense that it was just as amusing
9:37 am
rastapopolous
I haven
9:38 am
hurshy
i have only seen them in French. my ex-husband lived in france until he was 12, so he had them, and i would read them with him and he would help me when i was stuck
9:38 am
rastapopolous
t seen Asterix in French, but I tried some Tintin in French just to see what Cpt Haddock's cursews were
9:38 am
hurshy
i have a stuffed Idéfix
9:38 am
Shirlockc
the first thing to learn in a foreign language, curses lol
9:38 am
hurshy
and a stuffed sanglier
9:40 am
Shirlockc
neurite is totally a word
9:41 am
penquis
not in the dictionary....
9:42 am
hurshy
change one letter (6th)
9:43 am
penquis
ty, hursh...
9:43 am
Shirlockc
weird, that n7 to me is not a word
9:44 am
penquis
it's not in the dictionary either...
9:45 am
hurshy
1-4-6-4-1 palindrome!
9:51 am
hurshy
phantom: argue
9:58 am
rururocks
phantom thymy
9:58 am
hurshy
lol, and what would that be
9:59 am
rururocks
taste like the herb
10:00 am
hurshy
i think most of us would complain if that were a word though, lol
10:01 am
hurshy
pen, your french thanks was close not only in changing the last letter but also the first letter!
10:02 am
penquis
got it...ty....never seen that one, I don't think....
10:02 am
penquis
an insect organ....must of missed that in school...
10:02 am
hurshy
must have
10:04 am
rururocks
insect organ is what?
10:06 am
rururocks
thanks got it
10:06 am
rururocks
centaur is a phantom too
10:06 am
penquis
yw...hursh was referring to my comment on french thanks not being accepted...
10:07 am
rururocks
that's funny because french shit is accepted
10:07 am
penquis
exactly what i said...
10:08 am
rururocks
one of the enable guys was a scatologist
10:08 am
hokie carla
merch is a word if you listen to a lot of podcasts
10:08 am
hokie carla
phantom earth(y)
10:09 am
penquis
that was one of mine, too...
10:12 am
hokie carla
and entry
10:12 am
rururocks
it's funny we had fuehrer in the grid and didn't get any strong reactions..
10:14 am
hurshy
maybe we're all too worried about the current murderous dictator to have emotions left over for ones from 80 years ago? :(
10:14 am
hurshy
dictator(s)
10:14 am
rururocks
that is pretty right on the money hursh.. good call
10:15 am
rururocks
i hope Putin loses power over this .. but apparently his popularity is even higher right now
10:15 am
hokie carla
we've had it before and I've never seen anybody complain except for that it's a foreign language word
10:16 am
hurshy
if his popularity is higher, it's only cause he prevents the facts from getting to the bulk of his people. or the popularity is just another fake number that's part of the propaganda too
10:18 am
penquis
my Russian friend says she can't listen to the news there because there are so many lies.....she talks to her Ukranian brother and her daughter in Finland often so she is aware of what is going on...
10:19 am
helenkeller
Disagree. If a person speaks out against Putin, they disappear. What pen says is right, the people there have many other outlets where to get their news. Although one can only discuss these thing with those who they know intimately.
10:20 am
hokie carla
may I have a clue for the other in8? P&TY
10:20 am
penquis
it builds on the IN 6/21...
10:21 am
penquis
i text with my friend...i don't dare mention Ukraine....i just ask her how she is doing and how her brother and friends are doing....
10:21 am
hokie carla
thx, pen
10:22 am
helenkeller
I belong to a Russian FB group. All the talk is about shades of Stalin. The regular people there are not stupid, they know what kind of place it is. Most just want out.
10:23 am
hokie carla
how are they even allowed on FB?
10:23 am
rururocks
because Donald Trump isn't allowed hokie
10:25 am
helenkeller
It's not that hard. I have a friend who has been in China for 10 years not, teaches English. Supposedly, all internet is restricted there. Ha, I heard from her the day after she arrived.
10:25 am
penquis
Russia has banned Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for "extremist activities," while carving out an exception for the company's WhatsApp messaging service.....wonder how they are posting....
10:25 am
hokie carla
interesting. I guess they can get a VPN.
10:26 am
hokie carla
my oldest kid plays online chess and he said he played a russian the other day and that they are allowed to do that.
10:27 am
penquis
can they chat while playing?
10:27 am
hokie carla
I think so, but don't quote me on that
10:28 am
penquis
i am afraid to get my friend in trouble, so I try to be really careful....
10:28 am
dan2bit
the Chinese government owns the physical edge network (the so called "great firewall") what they can't block they can certainly monitor. Russia's edge network is owned by service provider corporations, just as in the US. They can intimidate companies into not routing people correctly, but that's possible to circumvent with technology if needed.
10:29 am
dan2bit
but the companies can monitor just like the Chinese govt
10:29 am
hokie carla
interesting
10:29 am
hokie carla
I have no doubt they monitor there and everywhere
10:31 am
penquis
and most people have no idea how to circumvent the restrictions....
10:31 am
dan2bit
so getting in trouble for what one writes and where one visits is certainly a thing to still be cautious of, pen
10:31 am
penquis
agreed...i have kept my conversations (i Message) short and simple....
10:32 am
hokie carla
henchmen don't hench? (in the grid)
10:32 am
penquis
i tried that, too....
10:33 am
rururocks
sadly the republican party is trying to head America into that direction with all the changes they're making in the system here
10:34 am
hokie carla
and I hate to bring up will smith again but I was just wondering yesterday...why do you think he slapped chris rock instead of punching him with a fist? haven't seen anyone else ponder that.
10:34 am
hokie carla
did he think that was somehow better? less bloody?
10:34 am
penquis
i have to get something to eat....bbl to finish....
10:35 am
hokie carla
bye pen
10:35 am
helenkeller
I think that was a 'bitch slap.' Rock wasn't worthy of a punch.
10:36 am
MollyL
I have wondered that too Carla. It is much ore "angry male" to punch. Women slap.
10:36 am
hokie carla
it was definitely a bitch slap. I just thought it was an odd choice. I think that's why a lot of people thought it was fake.
10:36 am
hokie carla
exactly, molly
10:36 am
rururocks
he was apparently bruised so it was more than a bitch slap
10:37 am
hokie carla
I think a bitch slap could still bruise
10:37 am
rururocks
I hope Smith and his creepy wife aren't allowed at the oscars any longer
10:38 am
hokie carla
they always have the best actor/actress present the next year, so I'm sure we'll see him there next year. hollywood gonna hollywood.
10:40 am
rururocks
i hope they make an exception next year
10:41 am
helenkeller
ПреÑÑ‚ÑƒÐ¿Ð»ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ Ñталинизма - is the name of the Russian site to which I belong. There is a translate feature for those not up on their Cyrillic.
10:41 am
hokie carla
and before anyone gets their panties in a wad. she's not creepy because she's bald, she's creepy because she slept with her 20-something son's friend.
10:41 am
hokie carla
yeah, I need to brush up on my cyrillic 🤣
10:41 am
helenkeller
hc - LOL
10:42 am
hokie carla
my roommate freshman year took russian and dropped it after the first assignment - writing the alphabet
10:43 am
helenkeller
It's not as overwhelming as it appears. I taught myself the alphabet, so that when I went there, I could at least sound things out.
10:44 am
hokie carla
my brain might disagree
10:45 am
helenkeller
LOL - I bought one of those "Teach Yourself" things, with cassette tapes & a workbook. Tapes were super helpful.
10:46 am
hokie carla
I've done that like 3x with spanish, plus I took 3 years in high school, and while I can get the general idea reading it, I'm hopeless.
10:47 am
hokie carla
sadly, my dad was a spanish teacher and I never took the opportunity to try conversational spanish with him. I did have a mom from my kid's soccer team offer but the first time I tried I just completely froze up.
10:48 am
rururocks
spanish is a fairly easy language to learn like French
10:48 am
hokie carla
I am destined to only speak US english, though I do know a bit from UK english.
10:48 am
hokie carla
it's the sentence structuring that I struggle with, ruru
10:49 am
rururocks
ok.. that makes sense.. it is a bit different
10:49 am
rururocks
gotta go for my walk.. have fun all
10:50 am
hokie carla
I know how it works but can't get my brain to work fast enough
10:50 am
hokie carla
oh, have a good one. I need to get winston out for one today.
10:51 am
hokie carla
34 left
10:58 am
MollyL
I am thinkig Smith's career will suffer for this and he will not be nominated next year.
10:58 am
MollyL
*thinking
10:59 am
origami
Good morning, folks.
11:00 am
hokie carla
howdy, ori
11:19 am
MollyL
Thanks for your clarification Carla. Always good to avoid wadded panties. : D
11:27 am
hokie carla
yes, always uncomfortable
11:31 am
donnasc6dogs
Smith has resigned from the Academy and so will not even be allowed to vote next year
11:36 am
Uneaixoise
Clue for re8/45 please?
11:39 am
mkg
Men have anger issues. Sorry to be sexist but they do. It is in the testosterone i think. That is why men. Make war and men are soldiers.
11:40 am
mkg
I dont have the re 8 45 une. Sorry. Have no 8s so i hope we both get a clue.
11:41 am
hokie carla
well, I did a clue but it is not showing up on my end
11:41 am
mkg
Huh? Not understanding it carla.
11:43 am
hokie carla
so you can see it? I did it again and that didn't show up either
11:43 am
mkg
Carla can you resend the clue please?
11:43 am
hokie carla
re + in6 (to start a riot)
11:44 am
MollyL
How can you miss with 4 letters of an 8 letter word?
11:45 am
hokie carla
well, I clued it differently the first 2x but I don't know where those went
11:45 am
hokie carla
out in the ether
11:45 am
mkg
I got it carla. Ty.
11:46 am
mkg
If anyone has a clue for the O word i would love to have it. Ty. Also missing both R words for bottom row R. Ty. Clues welcome.
11:47 am
hokie carla
maybe someone is interfering with my posts. like 25% are going through.
11:48 am
mkg
Weird stuff carla.
11:49 am
mkg
Got the o word.
11:51 am
mrloser
Both r's are RH----
11:52 am
mrloser
oops my bad
11:54 am
mkg
Ty mr loser.
11:55 am
mkg
Oyic is not it.
11:57 am
mkg
any clues for the rh words?
12:01 pm
mrloser
RH go off to the right from the bottom
12:01 pm
hokie carla
No rh or reason
12:08 pm
mkg
Got both. Ty carla
12:08 pm
mkg
Running to get to work. Ta to all
12:13 pm
Uneaixoise
,tx Carla!
12:27 pm
shorty
man i'm having senior moments
1:22 pm
rbud
don't feel alone, shorty. ;)
1:32 pm
rbud
and done! laters, all.
1:58 pm
cybernan
hello everyone :)
1:59 pm
periwinkle
hi nan, hi all
2:08 pm
periwinkle
ac8 please
2:18 pm
cybernan
not in the middle
2:20 pm
cybernan
that was my missing 8 - thanks for the request :)
2:27 pm
hokie carla
thanks for the clue, my missing 8 as well.
2:48 pm
cybernan
hi carla - was called away for a bit, and now it is time to think about lunch - don't know where the day goes~
2:49 pm
hokie carla
hey nan, I'm just in and out doing other things
2:52 pm
cybernan
not doing too well with the 7's today - still missing 5 of them
3:00 pm
hokie carla
oh, I still need 6
3:00 pm
hokie carla
30 total left
3:04 pm
cybernan
lol - yesterday the male anatomy, today the female
3:12 pm
hokie carla
not sure I have found a female one
3:12 pm
cybernan
all the german words we have and reich isn't one of them
3:12 pm
cybernan
want a clue?
3:12 pm
cybernan
or stats?
3:13 pm
hokie carla
stats will be fine
3:13 pm
cybernan
hearing the groan from here :)
3:14 pm
hokie carla
ah, I did not have, thx
3:49 pm
Mary
er5/12 please?
3:53 pm
april98
er5/12 - standing straight
4:04 pm
Mary
April, thank you
4:09 pm
allyall
HOET NBT. :D
4:27 pm
allyall
first and last columns complete
4:47 pm
MollyL
Ru would have had a better clue for er5/12
4:56 pm
allyall
just NTY to finish in 2nd column
5:08 pm
allyall
Fireworks! :D
6:08 pm
cybernan
hello again - 6 to go and stuck
6:09 pm
penquis
hi....12 left here....working through the list but skipping some....
6:13 pm
cybernan
lol - we've probably skipped the same ones, pen
6:13 pm
cybernan
an 7 please?
6:14 pm
penquis
well i have been through the list and have 7 to find...
6:14 pm
penquis
you can check that one off as one I don't have... ;o)
6:16 pm
penquis
I have that one....old stone structure, I think....celtic?
6:16 pm
cybernan
don't know pen - another clue?
6:16 pm
marksdolly
well the ME starts with a not a female, and and ends like a female just a different vowel
6:17 pm
cybernan
nm - got it
6:17 pm
penquis
that is the word.. ;o)
6:17 pm
cybernan
ty dolly
6:17 pm
jbp
may I have a clue for the center square i?
6:17 pm
marksdolly
and the hi starts with the same last 3 of that one, ( not a he, different vowel) and ends with a 4 letter C word
6:17 pm
cybernan
last yi?
6:18 pm
penquis
in + a hole dug into the earth....usually the word begins IN....
6:18 pm
penquis
sorry....usually EN....
6:18 pm
penquis
ditto, nan....
6:19 pm
cybernan
is that for the yi pen?
6:20 pm
penquis
no....the IN 8.....
6:20 pm
penquis
i don't have the YI 6...
6:20 pm
penquis
also missing the ir 6....
6:20 pm
cybernan
it's a yi 5/16 - there are two of them and I need the last one
6:21 pm
penquis
that is the one i am missing, too...
6:22 pm
cherlyq
think laughter with y as first letter instead of M
6:22 pm
penquis
thanks, cherly...
6:22 pm
cybernan
ty for the hi, dolly
6:23 pm
cybernan
just the yi and the ei and an 7's left
6:23 pm
penquis
ty, dolly... didn't see that clue...
6:23 pm
penquis
i am also missing IR 6....
6:23 pm
cybernan
goodnight girl with a facial twitch?
6:24 pm
marksdolly
1 yi rhymes with since and the other rhymes with birth
6:24 pm
penquis
ty, nan...
6:24 pm
penquis
cherl clued the YI 5 word...
6:25 pm
cybernan
got the yi, thanks
6:25 pm
cybernan
lol pen -- I think you are one of the very few that gets my clues
6:26 pm
penquis
well my Mom had that 45 record...used to hear it alot...
6:26 pm
penquis
we had a small record player that connected to a rado's speakers...
6:27 pm
cybernan
I can relate - my Mom had the sheet music for the pop music of that era
6:28 pm
cybernan
anyone have the an 7 please?
6:28 pm
penquis
also had Frankie Laine's "In the middle of an island"....can still hear that in my head...
6:30 pm
cybernan
got it - think of blood vessel rupturing for the an 7
6:31 pm
penquis
got it...thanks...
6:31 pm
cybernan
just need that ei 7 now and have no ideas on that one
6:32 pm
penquis
i think it's the I word you clued with an E in front...
6:32 pm
hokie carla
hmm, found an an6
6:32 pm
penquis
and i am done...
6:32 pm
hokie carla
well done, pen
6:33 pm
penquis
ty....and thanks to the cluers....
6:33 pm
cybernan
ah - ty pen
6:34 pm
cybernan
thanks for the help everyone :)
6:34 pm
penquis
congrats, nan....
6:34 pm
cybernan
you too ;)
6:34 pm
cybernan
anyone want clues before I leave?
6:35 pm
hokie carla
I gotta load the dishwasher but thanks. 26 left here.
6:36 pm
penquis
heading out to eat some raspberries.....bye all.....
6:36 pm
cybernan
ok - having shrimp lingquini tonight -- should get the shrimp out to thaw and clean
6:36 pm
cybernan
*Linguini
6:39 pm
periwinkle
ch6 please
6:41 pm
marksdolly
if you have the Ch 7 just take away that last letter
6:43 pm
periwinkle
I don't have the ch7'
6:48 pm
periwinkle
nm found them
6:54 pm
periwinkle
help with either in8 pls
6:55 pm
periwinkle
got the first in8
6:58 pm
periwinkle
and the 2nd
9:55 pm
Sophie512
anyone home? need help with last 4 ALL IN in a variety of lengths
10:01 pm
hokie carla
I hit the list with 23 left and had to look up a few but just finished a few minutes ago. Hit me...
10:01 pm
Sophie512
in 6 for 21
10:02 pm
hokie carla
there are 2
10:02 pm
Sophie512
8 for 45
10:02 pm
Sophie512
7 for 32
10:02 pm
Sophie512
these are all together
10:03 pm
Sophie512
just 3 left now, got the 5
10:03 pm
hokie carla
ok, the 8 means like existing inside of someone. like golden retrievers have an in8 need for people and petting
10:03 pm
hokie carla
drop last 2 for the 6
10:04 pm
hokie carla
and the 7 is what you do if someone names you in a will
10:05 pm
Sophie512
thanks, working, can't spell love the golden analogy
10:06 pm
hokie carla
i think that means you are getting them?
10:06 pm
hokie carla
huzzah
10:06 pm
Sophie512
got the 7
10:06 pm
Sophie512
still working
10:08 pm
Sophie512
got them, thanks!
10:09 pm
hokie carla
woot! going to read my book now and hopefully fall asleep. good night!
10:10 pm
Sophie512
good night, Carla and kiss Winston for me
10:10 pm
hokie carla
ha! will do.