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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.net"
title=lindafowens@netzero.net>lindafowens</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.net"
title=lindafowens@netzero.net>lindafowens</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 09, 2001 5:33 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Daryolys ballots</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Daryolys<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Defs<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ballot Tabulations</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>And the winner is MyShaner with 8 points.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> "Tagsi</SPAN>es back", MyS. (Note:
As defs arrived, I put them in mostly chronological order and they fell into a
sort of pattern.)</P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Aussie: General comment: very nice defs! I couldn’t think of a thing.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">1.)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>daryolys: (n) the
inner tips of the individual sepals of flowering<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>plants.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also see caryolys.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">JUDITH 6 POINTS FOR SECOND
PLACE</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Pierre: Calyx, corolla,
whatever.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jim: Very brave, putting in the
Also see.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Not quite willing to give
it a point, but I may use that technique to provide verisimilitude in some
future entries myself….</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">2.)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>daryolys: (n) (fr.
Old Church Slavonic; dar [gift] and yolys [hermit])-1. a manor bequeathed to a
monastery or nunnery. 2. a serf in service to a monastery; usually (but not
always) legally attached to a daryolys manor. 3. (colloq.) a literate serf.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">DAVID R. 5 POINTS</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Pierre: “Dar” is real, or at
least Russian.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Dave T.: I love elaborate
definitions like this…but isn’t “dar” Spanish for “to give”? Reminds me of that
“paper money which has been ruined by salt water” def for mollag.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Joshua: Nice and symmetrical.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">MyS: 2 for the donation to the
monastery, and (see 12.) to continue…</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph: I’d vote for this in
an “imitate David Randall” round.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">3.)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>daryolys: (n) the
quietest sound perceptible by humans, equivalent to about 1x10^-12W/m^2 of
intensity.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">FRAN 1 POINT</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph: Tempting.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Offhand, the numbers look plausible, and
the units certainly are.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But I’d
expect this to be named after some nerd audio physicist, and it doesn’t look
much like a name.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Joe: I’m sure there’s a word for
that….</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">4.)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>daryolys (n) a
stylized floral design that originated in 5<SUP>th</SUP> century BCE Persia.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">JOSHUA 1 POINT</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Pierre: Combination of Darius and
fleur-de-lis.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do dictionaries
really say “BCE”?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">David R.: Darius award</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph: When I saw this
word, my first thought was “flower”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Maybe because it reminded me of “gladiolis” (or however that’s
spelled).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Three flower-related
defs. I try to stay away from my first thought.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Joe: Of all the floral ones, I
like this one best, but I’m not giving it any points.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The floral theme was too obvious, for
which reason I’m skipping all the flower defs.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">5.)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>daryolys (n pl.)
small pastries, in the form of cheese or custard tarts, popular during the
Middle Ages.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">THIS IS IT!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> (Or is it "this is they"?)
</SPAN>Pronounce “Dary” like “Harry” and “oly” like “holy” or “roly-poly”.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Add “s” for “z” sound of simple
plural.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Recipe: “Take crème of
almonds or of cow mylke and eggez, and bete hem well togedur and make small
coffyns and do hit therin, and do therto sugur and gode pouders, or take gode
fat chese and eggs and make hem of divers colours, grene, red, or zelowe and
bake hom and serve hom forthe.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><STRONG>Ancient Cookery, 1390<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></STRONG>My spell-check hated this. These tarts, when I ate them,
were like small ricotta-custard pies with almond flavoring--Yum! </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nothing wrong with picking a plural
word, although I don’t think many have the guts to do so, therefore this gets
just one point.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">6.)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>daryolys (n) the
common water sprite or “chukka” of the bog, whose venom induces jocularity.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">RANJIT 0 POINTS</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Pierre: When injected into the
jocular vein, of course.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jim: Lovely clause, though it
sounds too much like “whose name gives dunce” for coincidence.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph: Just seems too
fictionary.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">7.)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>daryolys<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(n) an immature ladybug</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">MyS 8 POINTS and Presto-Change-o
award, as her original def was an immature dragonfly.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Pierre: The daryolys (I call it a
ladygrub) and the aphid lion are the same size and shape, but their markings are
different.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They can easily be told
apart by the way they eat aphids: the daryolys chews them, whereas the aphid
lion sucks them dry.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jim: I’m not sure the practice of
giving names to animals’ children extends to insects, but…1 point.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Fran: Well, this is so cute so I
am giving it one point. It made me smile.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Though I think it really ought to be a nymph or larva.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Aussie: Cute! Worth one
point!</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph: Would there be a
specialized name for this? I’m not sure if ladybugs go through nymph stages, or
if they do the four-step metamorphosis deal.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I do know that my bedroom is infested
with them.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">8.) daryolys<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(n pl.) In the Russian Orthodox Church,
extra clerical assistants (e.g. celebrants, deacons, choir members) used during
special masses with large attendance, such as at Easter and Christmas, or for
celebrity weddings and funerals, to provide extra volume and visibility, and to
speed up communion.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">LINDA’S DUMMY DEF TO MAKE ANOTHER
PLURAL<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5 POINTS that don’t count,
though.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jim: Plausible notion, and I like
the (n.pl.) 2 points.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Linda: I had just returned from a
local production of Tchaikovsky’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom—a Russian
Orthodox mass sung in Russian, with celebrant, deacon, and choir; and I wondered
how the sound would carry in a huge building before electronic
amplification.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Three friends were
in the choir.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">David R.: 1 point for similarity
to my def.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph: This sounds like the
work of a certain au pair from Mississippi.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Linda: Sorry, J-J, but I’m an
artist and grandmother from RI.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">9.) daryolys<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(n) a variety of blue-green algae with
needle-like growths, common to Asia</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">BBHUTCH 4 POINTS</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph: I’ll guess that
algae gets around enough that if it’s common somewhere, then it’s common
everywhere.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">10.) daryolys (n) a ring attached
to a plastic bottle top. The daryolys is broken when the bottle is opened,
indicating that the factory seal has been broken.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">JOE 0 POINTS</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in">11.) daryolys (n) In Greek
prosody, a poem with a steady rhythm throughout.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in">PIERRE 4 POINTS</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in">Fran: Ooh, plausibility!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Very nice, for two points.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in">David R. 2 points for
perfection.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph: Didn’t like the way
it looked when I wrote it in Greek.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">12.) daryolys (n) A style of
floral wallpaper or upholstery briefly popular in eighteenth century Wales.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fell out of favor because the bone oil
used in its manufacture made it extremely flammable.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">DAVE T. 1 POINT PLUS 1 POINT FOR
CORRECT GUESS=2 POINTS</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Pierre: I have a bone to picoline
with you.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">MyS (con’t) …1 for the flammable
wallpaper, just because they’re cool.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Nothing looks convincing.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph: If not for our
familiarity with picoline, the correct response to this would be “BONE
OIL?!”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But we know better.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I still don’t believe it, though.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Linda: Wasn't bone oil --or
bonol--what the elephant was missing in <EM>The Gods Must be Crazy</EM>?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">13.) daryolys (n)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>a species of pygmy hippopotamus used by
Guinean fishermen to retrieve kelp buds, much as pigs are employed to root out
truffles.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">JIM 1 POINT</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Pierre: There’s only one species
of pigmy hippo and only one species of the big one.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Amy: Honorable mention!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That’s a really amusing concept.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hippos are sooooooo dangerous, it’s hard
to imagine anyone domesticating them, and I’m also suspicious about their going
after kelp, since I’d suspect that would require them to venture in to salt
water.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">14.) daryolys (n) A mounted
archer of the Byzantine army.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">ERIC 5 POINTS</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jim: Supposed to remind one of
Darius, maybe?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">David R.: Honorable mention</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">Jean-Joseph: Leaving two points
for this one.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And leaving me with a
feeling that something I ruled out was actually the right answer.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">15.) daryolys (n) A technique for
elimination and prevention of gallstones through meditation and application of
heated compresses containing various herbs.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">JEAN-JOSEPH 1 POINT FOR CORRECT
GUESS and a def many wish existed.</P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>