[Fictionary] Tweeny

[Fran Poodry]

It was Melissa's playing the character that made me remember the definition
of the maid between stairs. I didn't send that in as a guess, I sent it in
because I knew it from the play.
I apologize for not making that clear in my email.
-Fran

On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 4:04 PM Melissa Shaner <myshaner at verizon.net> wrote:

> I played a character named Tweeny in "The Admirable Crichton."
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> MyS
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Randall <drandall.brooklyn at gmail.com>
> To: fictionary <fictionary at swarpa.net>
> Sent: Mon, Aug 6, 2018 6:57 pm
> Subject: [Fictionary] Tweeny
>
> Jean-Joseph awarded two points twice; I split the difference and gave 1.5
> to both his definitions. Thus Pierre wins by half a point. If Jean-Joseph
> actually meant to only award 1 point to the chicken, it's a tie with Eric's
> hardened exudate, and Eric and Pierre go into a cage match.
> Carlo Goldoni's *Servant of Two Masters *spends an entire play
> elaborating on the concept of "tweeny."
> David
>
> tweeny - n. - a maid who assists both cook and housemaid
> REAL: Linda (2) + Ranjit (1) + Eric (1) = 4
>
> tweeny - n. - an iceberg, brought into unstable equilibrium by melting,
> which is poised to roll over
>
> ELLIOTT: Jean-Joseph (1.5) + Pierre (1) = 2.5
>
> tweeny - n. - a radish seed
> RANJIT: Hutch (2) = 2
>
> tweeny - n. - hardened exudate of the buckthorn aphid, a brittle
> translucent substance found on tree branches
> ERIC: Pierre (2) + Elliott (2) = 4
>
> tweeny - adj. - of a chicken, having red laced chest and wing feathers and
> blue neck hackles and tail feathers
> PIERRE: Ranjit (2) + Jean-Joseph (1.5) + Elliott (1) = 4.5
>
> tweeny - n. - the maid between stairs
> FRAN: Eric (2) + Linda (1) = 3
>
> tweeny - adj. - 1)  the time between childhood and adulthood; 2) Scottish
> for small and cute
> LINDA: Hutch (1) = 1
>


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*Fran Poodry*
*Oregon, USA*



*“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret Mead
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