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| 1038.1 | a poor effort, I may say so, on my behalf... | AUSSIE::WHORLOW | Bushies do it for FREE! | Thu Apr 01 1993 22:35 | 14 |
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G'day,
ahem, should that not read 'Polaroid'?
^
friend from Mars... father
hero from the calendar..... jason
derek
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| 1038.2 | oooops | FSOA::BERICSON | MRO1-1/L87 DTN 297-3200 | Fri Apr 02 1993 07:57 | 5 |
| Ooooops.. the whole reason I took up crosswords is that I'm dyslexic..
and never learned to spell... and I can't spell check in notes... can
I? ... probably has to do with the whole facination with words.
boB
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| 1038.3 | | VMSMKT::KENAH | There are no mistakes in Love... | Fri Apr 02 1993 09:50 | 5 |
| Spell checking in notes -- if you're using the default TPU editor
in character cell mode, then you can simply hit the DO key and
type "spell" at the Command: prompt. Don't know about DECwindows.
andrew
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| 1038.4 | European clue... | CHEFS::BUXTONR | | Tue Sep 07 1993 14:55 | 14 |
| I recently heard on a radio programme a conversation about a certain
crossword clue between two crossword compilers in a pub....
The clue was: Fruit associated with onions (12)
The answer was: Blackberries
The argument/discussion ranged around the fairness of the clue, the
process of solving etc. and deecided, as far as I can remember that it
was a kosher (pukka) clue/answer....
What does the team think?
Bucko...
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| 1038.5 | | MU::PORTER | 550 user not local | Tue Sep 07 1993 20:22 | 17 |
| Oh, that's easy (when you have tyhe answer and all you have
to do is to figure out the logic involved :-). And I don't even
understand how to do cryptic crosswords.
The classic image of a Frenchman is a geezer on a bicycle
with a string of onions around his neck, wearing a stripy
shirt and a black beret.
So, I got to the answer just by free-associating on "onions",
and as soon as my brain said "Frenchman", I had it.
I must admit I was initially misled by thinking that "associate"
was one of those crossword code-words which indicated some
particular lexical processing to be performed, probably on
a synonym for onions.
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| 1038.6 | "Clueless in the GMA" writes... | DRDAN::KALIKOW | Supplely Chained | Tue Sep 07 1993 20:29 | 12 |
| ... that he knows he's missing out on some putatively clever or at
least enlightening translinguistic pun, but can't divine it for the
life of him. He writes further that he firmly intends to defenestrate
himself, or rather defen�trate himself, should the divine not
intervene.
Your kind assistance is solicited.
Thanking you in advance, he is (or rather was)
Clueless.
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| 1038.7 | | RAGMOP::T_PARMENTER | The cake of liberty | Wed Sep 08 1993 06:41 | 9 |
| re: "fruit associated with onions"
This is a package not worth the unwrapping.
And my image of a Frenchman does not include the bicycle or the onions,
although he does have a long loaf of bread under his arm.
Rather than judging this an unethical clue, perhaps it is a stupid
clue.
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| 1038.8 | | KAOFS::S_BROOK | DENVER A Long Way | Wed Sep 08 1993 07:15 | 6 |
| In Britain, it is VERY common for French onion sellers to be seen cycling
the roads peddling onions hung about their person and their bike ... and
clad in grey and wearing a black beret. They have done this for years and
years ... So, as a stereotype for a Frenchman, it's not *so* wrong.
Stuart
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| 1038.9 | FOS appears on lots of US restaurant menus | MYCRFT::PARODI | John H. Parodi DTN 381-1640 | Wed Sep 08 1993 09:30 | 7 |
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So, why do they call it French Onion Soup? Which part of this item
makes it French? (the extreme amount of salt? the kilogram of cheese?
the soggy piece of bread?)
JP
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| 1038.10 | | HLDE01::STEENWINKEL | A witty saying proves nothing | Thu Sep 09 1993 01:54 | 14 |
| My first association is always: French .eqs. garlic
On the original clue, I think it's rather farfetched, if not outright
silly.
As a side note, with what we call 'crosswords' the description is
nearly always a single word (sometimes two) and the solution is to find
the correct synonym. Crosswords in which the description is a sentence
as per .0, that needs to be analysed, mangled, stomped upon, picked
apart and bounced on the trampoline of one's imagination are called
'cryptogram'
- Rik -
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| 1038.11 | Words mean just what I want them to... (HD) | KERNEL::MORRIS | Which universe did you dial? | Thu Sep 09 1993 04:58 | 12 |
| re -1
Rik,
> Crosswords in which the description is a sentence as per .0, that needs
> to be analysed, mangled, stomped upon, picked apart and bounced on the
> trampoline of one's imagination are called 'cryptogram'
Actually, I call them crosswords :o)
Jon
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| 1038.12 | generous offer | HLDE01::STEENWINKEL | A witty saying proves nothing | Thu Sep 09 1993 06:16 | 10 |
| re:.-1
It wasn't very clear from my note that I was talking about the Dutch
interpretation of 'crosswords'.
And you may call them anything you like, I wasn't going to order a
flottilla up the Thames for this :-)
- Stoneshop -
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| 1038.13 | Garlic = French??? | RUMOR::WOOKPC::lee | Wook, like "Book" with a "W" | Fri Sep 10 1993 13:17 | 7 |
| Re: garlic
That's funny. I always associate garlic with Italians or Koreans. FWIW, Korea
used to be known as the "Land of the Garlic-eaters". I think the reference is
from China.
Wook (neither Italian nor French)
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| 1038.14 | | PASTIS::MONAHAN | humanity is a trojan horse | Sat Sep 11 1993 04:59 | 10 |
| It varies with different parts of France, but in this area the
traditional Friday dish is a�oli. The common recipe starts off with
"take one clove of garlic per person, or more to taste" and some
versions suggest 3 cloves per person.
The garlic is used to make a rather ferocious mayonnaise which is
eaten with plain boiled fish and vegetables. The sauce burns your
tongue, and you are still sweating garlic on Monday morning. If you
have a partner, then make sure that either both of you or neither of
you eat a�oli on Friday.
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