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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
On Wheel of Fortune, the category was 'Before and After' - where the middle line makes a phrase with the top and with the bottom. The board read:
_TOC_Yeah, all she needed was "stock". So she spun (and I'm thinking, as I often do, 'watch out - greed'll get you') and then guessed ...
TIP
OF THE ICEBERG
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I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 12:40 AM, June 03, 2011
Kathie had this to say...
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At 5:23 AM, June 03, 2011
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 12:32 PM, June 03, 2011
Kathie had this to say...
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At 12:56 PM, June 03, 2011
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 1:24 PM, June 03, 2011
Kathie had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->And here I figured you'd be commenting on the major gaffe in one of tonight's clues on "Jeopardy!"
At least a game-show contestant (e.g., on "Wheel") can always claim stage-fright as an alibi, whereas a clue (e.g., on "Jeopardy!") ought to have been checked enough times for an error to have been caught of the magnitude that the average 5th-grader (the standard on another quiz show) ostensibly knows better than to make -- or at least that most 10-year-olds would've known back in my day.
I didn't get home in time to watch Jeopardy! Last night. What was the gaffe???
Oh my, Ridger, it was a beaut!
In the category of "British Cuisine" (never mind that some would consider this an oxymoron!) one of the clues was something to the effect of a dish whose name is "[a reptile] in the hole."
The first player incorrectly guessed "snake," while the next one gave the accepted answer (never mind that it's an amphibian).
Hmmm, you don't suppose the clue-writers are deliberately trying to sabotage Alex, do you? As I observed here last night, back in our day the average 10-year-old knew the difference between a reptile and an amphibian, and I wouldn't be surprised if plenty of today's 5th-graders do as well.
That is indeed a beauty.
Of course, the clue writer might have known that at 10 but forgotten it. But you would have expected a bit of editing somewhere.
(And "cuisine" just means "kitchen"; nothing says it means "tasty" or "elegant"! :-) )
Editing, indeed! Sorry you missed the show last night, as I'm sure you could've done more justice to the gaffe than I did.
While "cuisine" literally only means "kitchen," it seems to me that it's taken on the connotation of GOOD food, as opposed to hog-slop (with apologies to the porcines).
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