<div dir="ltr">Linda, I thought that was pretty clever of you, since I recently moved to Oregon from Pennsylvania and might have chosen an Oregon word.<div><br></div><div>Living in Oregon is linguistically interesting. Instead of going "down the shore" as one does in PA and NJ, here people go "to the coast". And marionberry isn't an infamous mayor, it’s a special Oregon breed of blackberry. And "hipster" isn't generally used as a derogatory term. Instead of "snopocalypse" or "snowmageddon" we had "snowlandia." Also, here people don't boo at sporting events, unless it is at the referees. </div>
<div><br></div><div>-Fran</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:40 AM, <a href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.com">lindafowens@netzero.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.com" target="_blank">lindafowens@netzero.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>HI, I went with the acronym, as when the word ORRA was proposed it was all in capital letters. Didn't fool anyone, though. Linda<br>
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Subject: [Fictionary] ORRA: The Results<br>Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:24:22 -0800<br><br><div dir="ltr">Andrew won, with 7 points.<div>I may or may not give everyone's comments later.</div><div>Here is the tally:</div>
<div> </div><div><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5 points:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">orra - det., pron., adj., adv. - (Ireland) much, many; (Scotland) few; rare, rarely</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Ranjit)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from David Randall</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from Andrew</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from Matt</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from Jean-Joseph</span></p>
<span><span><br></span></span><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4 points:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">orra - n. - Territory submerged in the rest of the world when seawater is displaced for land reclamation.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Elliott)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from Ranjit </span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from Amelia</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point for correct guess</span></p><span><span><br></span></span><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">orra - adj. - A brownish, dark yellow color. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Amelia)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from Nick</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from Hutch</span></p>
<span><span><br></span></span><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">0 points:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">orra - n. - A large water container used by ancient Illyrian people.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Pierre)</span></p><span><span><br></span></span><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">0 points:</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">orra - interj. - "By all the gods!" [(fr. Ugr.) orale rea: lit. on the heads of the gods be it]</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Hutch)</span></p><span><span><br></span></span><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">0 points:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ORRA - n. - acronym for Our Righteous Ritual Acts, a pseudo-religious organization based in Portland, OR. Some detractors call it ORegon's RAdicals. Tenets are not as important as eating food together, mostly fresh produce, and circle and spiral dancing.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Linda)</span></p><span><span><br></span></span><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">9 points and the actual definition:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">orra - adj. - not matched; odd </span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(The Oxford English Reference Dictionary)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from Andrew</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from Matt</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from Nick</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from Jean-Joseph</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from Elliott</span></p>
<span><span><br></span></span><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7 points:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">orra - n. - A member of the Osteoglossidae family of freshwater fish native to Indonesia and Indochina. See SCLEROPAGES AUREUS.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Andrew)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points for correct guess</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from Jim</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from Pierre</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from Linda</span></p><span><span><br></span></span><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4 points:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">orra - n. - The orbital cloud of dust around a star that eventually forms into planets.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Matt)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points for correct guess</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from Jim</span></p>
<span><span><br></span></span><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4 points:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">orra - n. - A foul in curling which occurs when the thrower releases the stone after passing the hog line.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Nick)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from Ranjit</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points for correct guess</span></p><span><span><br></span></span><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5 points:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">orra - n. - A device for stripping thorns from rose stems.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Jean-Joseph)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from Linda</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points for correct guess</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from Elliott</span></p><span><span><br><br></span></span><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5 points:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">orra - n. - A cold east or northeast Moroccan wind that blows down from the Anti-Atlas Mountains in spring and early summer.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Jim)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from David</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from Amelia</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 point from Pierre</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 points from Hutch</span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div>
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