<html><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><br>---------- Original Message ----------<br>From: Fran Poodry <fpoodry@gmail.com><br>To: "fictionary@swarpa.net" <fictionary@swarpa.net><br>Subject: [Fictionary] ORRA: The Results<br>Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:24:22 -0800<br><br></p><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><div><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div> </div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Fran Poodry</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Physics Educational Technology Specialist</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Vernier Software and Technology</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">AMTA Past President 2013-2014</div></div></div></div></html>
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