[Fictionary] yeggogology results: Nick wins

[lindafowens at netzero.net]

Groaning still at your pun, LInda

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From: Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com>
To: Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcotedsl at verizon.net>, fictionary <fictionary at swarpa.net>
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Subject: Re: [Fictionary] yeggogology results: Nick wins
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 11:44:11 -0400


I only know the word "yegg" because I was reading an essay by some author (Gene Wolfe? Robinson Davies?) explaining how, sure, you could always build a dank pit in the cellar of your castle and call it an oubliette, but until you actually throw a few petty criminals in there, it's really just a pit. In other words, you can't make an oubliette without breaking a few yeggs.  
On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 11:38 AM, Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcotedsl at verizon.net> wrote:
Since Pierre didn't fully explain...

Linda's and my definitions were based on the fact that "yegg" is a slang term for a safecracker, the kind of thing that shows up in crossword puzzles. I had, before sending in my definition, said that maybe I knew it if it was related to that, and Pierre told me that it wasn't. 

And the real definition comes from the fact that some calculators used to display "Error" if you did something like divide by zero, which looks like the meaningless word "yeggog" to people who use the Cyrillic alphabet. 

Jean-Joseph

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