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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>PANTECHNICON Revealed</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>On most of these definition pairs, I like one a lot, but the other not.
Hutch.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>These are hard! In every pair, at least one wasn't quite plausible.
Pierre</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>1 a) pantechnicon, n—in Greek mythology, the gathering of Vulcan and his
assistant demigods.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b)
pantechnicon, n—a two-sided griddle for frying sandwiches.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Ranjit: 1 from Eric plus 1 for correct guess=2 points!</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Pan wasn't an assistant of Vulcan, but an associate of Bacchus, Dionysus,
and Rhea/Cybele. Hutch</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>I like the idea that a sandwich grill is "so capable" of answering every
need that is is called a pantechnicon. Pierre</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>2 a) pantechnicon, n—a federation of the trade-unions of an ancient Greek
city-state, especially the Great Pantechnicon of Corinth.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b)
pantechnicon, n—a reversible argument that can be invoked either way as
convenient, e.g. “I’ve waited thirty years and I won’t wait another minute” on
Monday and “You’ve waited thirty years, so another minute won’t matter” on
Tuesday.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Elliott: 2 from Jim, 2 from Ranjit, 1 from Aussie=5 plus 1 for correct
guess=6 points!</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>There certainly OUGHT to be a word for this, but I don't believe it's
this. Hutch</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>3 a) pantechnicon, n—a device that is capable of performing all of the
tasks necessary in a given situation.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b)
pantechnicon, n—a garment worn by workers in certain laboratories as protection
for the gonads against radiation.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Judith: 2 points from Pierre!</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>4 a) pantechnicon, n—a hardware store.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b)
pantechnicon, n—a classic swindle involving four pairs of
trousers.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Jean-Joseph: 2 points from Elliott plus 2 for correct guess=4
points!</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>A Wallace and Gromit reference? Hutch</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>OK, I will give two points to this one, on the condition that the author
explains the classic swindle involving four pairs of trousers.
Elliott</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>5 a) pantechnicon, n—a [storage] warehouse. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b)
pantechnicon, n—a furniture van.</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>c) originally, a bazaar where all kinds of things were
sold. [Actually, definition 1 that Hutch knew--I did not think he would
envision the other defs, but he did, rats.]</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><EM>Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the
English Language, Unabridged</EM>: 2 from Jean Joseph, 2 from Eric, 2
from Hutch, 1 from Elliott, 1 from Ranjit=8 points!</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>I like these two for their relationship: I could see the name of a
warehouse on their delivery vans and thus getting applied to all similar
delivery vans. Hutch</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Always give due consideration to the humdrum.
Jean-Joseph</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>I think this is the right one; it jibes with the <EM>Economist</EM>'s use
of the word, so I won't vote for it. Elliott</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>6 a) pantechnicon, n—a university.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b)
pantechnicon, n—exhausted disgust.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>David R: 1 point from Jim=1 point!</FONT></P>
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size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>7 a) pantechnicon, n—a military victory won by superior
technology.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b)
pantechnicon, n—a competition in which each contestant makes a painting, a
sculpture, and a musical performance.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Pierre: 2 points from Judith and 2 points from Aussie=4
points!</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>I like the "b" definition here. Elliott</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>8 a) pantechnicon, n—a device used for taking a daguerreotype or tintype,
a camera.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b)
pantechnicon, n—a device that collects electric current from overhead lines for
electric trains or trams.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Hutch: 1 point from Judith, I point from Pierre=4 points!</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Almost went for this, seeing faint cognates of "verichrome pan", and
"pantograph", which those trolley contact things seem to resemble. But then I
thought about the film thing, and the deal with pan film is that it picks up all
colors, unlike ortho film which doesn't, and I don't think people were talking
about that difference back in the days of early photography.
Jean=Joseph</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>9 a) pantechnicon, adj—characterized by a flowing and expressive melodic
line.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b)
pantechnicon, v—to pummel into submission.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Eric: 1 point from Jean-Joseph, 1 point from Hutch=2 plus 2 points for
correct guess=4 points!</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>I don't see how either of these could be this word, but they're better
than anything else. Hutch</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">1 point to whomever had the guts to pummel this word into
two different parts of speech where it doesn't quite seem to want to fit.
Jean-Joseph <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>So, Webster's is the winner, with Elliott coming in second.
<STRONG>Elliott is the new wordmeister!</STRONG> Sorry this is late, but
the first tabulation disappeared, and yesterday was Election Day, with Boy
Scouts in the evening (My husband David is the Scoutmaster, and I help
with merit badges, etc.)</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Leftover and joke defs:</FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>1)</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <FONT
size=3>Ranjit=</FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3>the icon on the laundry-instructions
label for a pair of pants.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2) David
R=a tin zipper.</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 39.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>3)</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <FONT
size=3>Eric=</FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3>a smooth, round stone, suitable for
throwing. 4) Judith=a convocation of nerds. 5) Jean-Joseph=a gathering of
heavy-breathing hedgehogs. 6) Elliott=the capital city of the clockwork men in
John Milton’s epic “Paradise Not Found”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>7) Pierre=a hedgehog show. </FONT></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 39.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 39.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Google sez: yeah, got it right! And it turns
out the two definitions are related [Linda: pooh!]. The original
pantechnicon was a building housing a big craft fair, but it went out of
business, and eventually the place just for used for storing furniture. And the
vehicles used to move stuff to and from this warehouse took their name from it
as well. Jean-Joseph</FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 39.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>"Pantechnicon" is used in an essay in this week's
<EM>Economist</EM> (IIRC, "a whole Pantechnicon full of" something or
other. Elliott [pooh, again! Linda]</FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 39.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Sorry, I read Spider Robinson. I was
referring to a short story... from the "Callahan Crosstime Saloon" series of
stories. Titled "Have You Heard This One...?" published in <EM>Analog</EM>
<EM>Science Fact-Fiction</EM>, June 1980, in <EM>Time Travelers Strictly
Cash</EM>, 1919, and in <EM>The</EM> <EM>Callahan</EM> <EM>Chronicles</EM>,
1997. Pantechnicon is a "bazaar of the bizarre". It was a shop in London
that had a WIDE variety of goods. Comes from the Greek meaning (something
like) "everything made" or "everything artistic". Hutch</FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 39.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>I once met one of the honchos of <EM>Harper's
Bazaar</EM> in a bizarre episode: I gave her a ride from our local train station
(where I was planning a trip) to a nearby bus station, since it was pouring
raining. She was nice and did not reveal her identity until she handed me
her business card as I dropped her off. (I did not look at it until I
reached home). She was elegantly dressed (strange in rural RI), and
I of course, had on old clothes, big farm boots, dripping hair, and an old
yellow slicker with holes. Makes a funny story! Linda</FONT></P>
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