[Fictionary] pink tooth results

[eLLioTT morEton]

On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Fran Poodry wrote:

> Um, me?  I don't recall any such thing!
> -Fran

Yes, indeed!  Here's the election returns (for ``asternal''; I was the 
roundmeister), from the Fictionary archives
(https://www.swarpa.net/pipermail/fictionary/2000/001581.html)::



Elliott A Moreton elliott at linguist.umass.edu
Thu Nov 30 15:15:49 EST 2000
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Well, yall are not going to believe this, but I've counted and recounted
the ballots, including the overseas ones, and we have a tie.

If Fran hadn't voted for Ralph Nader, someone might have won.

Now Fran and Melissa get to fight it out in the courts for who gets to
run the next round of the till-the-zax-come-home game!  Anybody
want to concede voluntarily?

em

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                                 1. asternal -- (adj.)  Moving backwards;
                                      retromotive.
By RANJIT.
1 = Aussie 1
Aussie:  because "retromotive" is such a cool word!

                                 2. asternal -- (adj.)  Not to the rear.
By JUDITH.
0.

                                 3. asternal -- (n.)  A small white 
Brazilian
                                      orchid whose petals grow in a 
starburst
                                      pattern.
By DAVID.
4 = Aussie 2, Eric 2
Aussie:  Because it is a credible noun.

                                 4. asternal -- (adj.)  Of a seashore, not 
fre-
                                      quented by birds of the suborder 
Lari.
By PIERRE.
0.
                                 5. asternal -- (adj.)  Inhabiting the tree 
canopy
                                      of tropical forests.
By MELISSA.
8 = Pierre 1, Jean-Joseph 1, Fran 2, Judith 1, David 2, Hutch 1

                                 6. asternal -- (adj.)  1.  Not connected 
to the
                                      sternum.  2. Lacking a sternum.
The REAL ONE.
2 = Pierre 2
Pierre:  LOL! If I shone a flashlight along one, it would be beyond the 
reach
of my beam.

                                 7. asternal -- (adj.)  Of boats, 
semi-infinite:
                                      having a bow, but no stern.  Cf. 
abowate.
By ERIC.
2 = Ranjit 2
Ranjit:  This one gets two points for passing the laugh-out-loud test. 
BUT HOW
DO YOU EXPLAIN "AMIDSHIPS," HUH, SMART GUY OR GAL?

                                 8. asternal -- (adj.)  Of or relating to 
Easter.
By AUSSIE.
5= Melissa 1, Hutch 2, Ranjit 1
Ranjit : for being believable

                                 9. asternal -- (adj.)  Relating to the 
area within
                                      the range of view; visible.
By FRAN.
8 = Jean-Joseph 2, Melissa 2, David 1, Judith 2, Eric 1

                                10. (WRITE-IN) ___
Fran 1 (Ralph Nader)