<div dir="ltr"><div>The "at least one person" who didn't submit a vote proceeded to win. I'll have to try that again :-) Actually, I've been sick the past week.
Thought I had sent a vote, but apparently not.<br><br></div>Racing off to work now. I'll try to get a word out tonight or tomorrow.<br><br><div class="gmail_signature"><div>BB,</div><div>Hutch</div><div> </div><div>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----</div><div>Version: 3.1</div><div>GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$</div><div>N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?</div><div>X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++></div><div>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------</div></div><br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Pierre Abbat <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phma@bezitopo.org" target="_blank">phma@bezitopo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">but neither did the gnammas cross the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea to<br>
meet the tafoni.<br>
<br>
While you were sending me defs, a lad traveled by zemi-john looking for a<br>
nonexistent package. <a href="https://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=260752" target="_blank">https://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=260752</a><br>
<br>
"Zemi-john" is from a Gbe language; you wouldn't hear it in Bamako, where they<br>
speak a Mande language.<br>
<br>
Hutch wins with the keg. Take it away, Hutch!<br>
<br>
Pierre<br>
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sacbe [pl. sacbim] - n. - keg; an obscure liquid measure equaling 50-60<br>
zemi-john [or demi-john], or approximately 15-20 gallons; loosely, the<br>
limit of weight in a barrel, crate, or other package to be lifted and moved<br>
by a single man<br>
by Hutch. 9<br>
Jim: 2<br>
Nicolas: 2 points for obscure units of measure.<br>
Eric: One point, for using the Hebrew plural "im", but I'm glad I'm not a<br>
stevedore in this person's world, am I really supposed to shift that<br>
weight by myself?<br>
J-J: Hmm, two definitions regarding vessels for liquid. Nice irregular<br>
plural, and I can't really think of any good wisecracks, so I'll have to<br>
give it two points.<br>
Josh B: Two points for "sacbe = 50-60 zemi-john".<br>
<br>
sacbe - n. (fr. Friulian) - poisoned marzipan<br>
zemi-john - n. (fr. Neapolitan) - a corrupt apothecary, specializing in sacbe.<br>
zemi-zany.<br>
by David Randall. 4<br>
Ranjit: 1<br>
Eric: Two points. For once, my big points go to the deliberately entertaining.<br>
J-J: So obviously and preposterously fabricated. And good for one point.<br>
<br>
sacbe (n) also sackby, saccaby; pl. sacbe (pron. sacbah), sackbia,<br>
saccabia: a legendary stew or soup whose ingredients are controversial. In<br>
the 17th and 18th centuries it was often made with woodwort or zemi-john,<br>
while in modern recreations peucedanum is usually substituted.<br>
by Ranjit. 4<br>
2 points for crossing the Atlantic<br>
David: 1<br>
Jim: 1<br>
J-J: Boy, is this ever reminiscent of "salacacaby", if anybody remembers that<br>
from 1997. If there really is a connection, I'll refrain from<br>
exploiting my prior knowledge.<br>
<br>
sacbe - n. - A pilgrim who has not brought any candles. (pl. saksbe)<br>
zemi-john - n. - A kiosk near a pilgrimage site selling candles and<br>
other devotional items.<br>
by Jean-Joseph. 3<br>
David: 2<br>
Nicolas: Tempting on sac[red] grounds.<br>
J-J: Mine. This is just a deranged riff on "Saxby Chambliss", which I didn't<br>
even know how to spell until I looked it up just now.<br>
Josh B: One point for the pilgrim w/o candles (vote of appreciation; I'm not<br>
all<br>
that convinced by the definition.)<br>
<br>
zemi-john (British spelling hemi-john) n. A style of long underwear worn<br>
by French<br>
royalty, with a distinctive fastening (sacbe) connecting to the<br>
corresponding<br>
upper undergarment.<br>
by Josh Burdick. 2<br>
Linda: 2<br>
Nicolas: This sounds like the start of a fairy tale.<br>
J-J: Longue-johns? You'd think, being French, that it would be "jeans", but<br>
that's outerwear.<br>
<br>
zemi-john, n. A West African motorcycle taxi. Also zemidjan, zémidjan.<br>
sacbe, n, pl. sacbeob. A Mesoamerican highway.<br>
the truth. 2<br>
Ranjit: 2<br>
Nicolas: I don't remember hearing this one in Bamako.<br>
J-J: So... so... what's the connection? How did the motorcycle cross the<br>
Atlantic? (But I really like the plural form.)<br>
<br>
sacbe, n. fm. French The SACBEEs were an elite unit of WWII-era combat<br>
engineers centered around forward deployment of portable folding bridges or<br>
zemi-johns.<br>
by Nicolas Ward. 1<br>
Linda: 1<br>
J-J: Sounds Linda-ish.<br>
<br>
1) zemi-john, n, a large container for liquids<br>
2) sacbe, n. past sackwas. any regional home-brewed alcoholic beverage. He<br>
stored the sacbe in zemi-johns.<br>
by Linda. 0<br>
J-J: Aside from the detail that, in English, we don't often decline nouns<br>
into a "past" case...<br>
<br>
Linda:<br>
Pierre, What a great combo, despite the linguistic confusion. Two points for<br>
the underwear, and one for the Seabees, errrrr Sacbees. Hon. Men. for the<br>
candle sellers.<br>
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The Black Garden on the Mountain is not on the Black Mountain.<br>
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