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Right, well you're clearly a (stellar) language guy, not a math guy,
so all is forgiven. (Although I did make your acquaintance during a
stint you did programming computers.)<br>
<br>
However:<br>
> Apologies again for screwing that up, yall.<br>
<br>
I was under the impression that it was inexplicably spelled <b>ya'll</b>.
:-)<br>
<br>
Jean-Joseph<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/25/2016 11:35 AM, eLLioTT morEton
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:Pine.LNX.4.64.1611251129140.4470@melfpelt.swarpa.net"
type="cite">Dear Fictionary,
<br>
<br>
Right, I screwed up the tally pretty bad. Here are the corrected
returns, which, as Fran and Jean-Joseph pointed out, show a
three-way tie between Fran, Jean-Joseph, and Pierre. Pierre has
suggested the following:
<br>
<br>
``J-J picked celatone in 2015-08, preceded shortly by Grounation
Day. I picked sacbe/zemi-john in 2015-02. Fran picked hobday in
2014-10. I propose therefore that Fran pick a word, and if someone
knows it then I pick a word, and if someone knows it then J-J pick
a word.''
<br>
<br>
That sounds fine to me, so as lame-duck roundmeister, I hereby
ordain that it be made so. Fran?
<br>
<br>
Apologies again for screwing that up, yall.
<br>
<br>
Regards,
<br>
em
<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">pigwidgeon (v.t.) To force an oversized
joint of meat into a pot or kettle.
<br>
<br>
JACOB 2 = Ranjit 2
<br>
<br>
Hutch: Very tempting! Had I not decided it had to be something
fairy, I coulda gone here. Give this one an imaginary
tie-breaker vote.
<br>
<br>
Ranjit: 2 points for the pig-wedging
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pigwidgeon (n.) In Welsh lore, a spirit of benevolent chaos
which visits farms and stirs up animals and objects. Visits
result in lost items being found, recovery of relationships gone
bad, and refreshing change.
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FRAN 4 = Linda 2 Hutch 1 correct guess 1
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<br>
Linda: Two points for the Welsh benevolent spirit if it cleans
up some of my clutter.
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Hutch: Due to the link to Harry Potter, I'm voting for the
fairy tale definitions: 1 point
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pigwidgeon (n.) A sugar packet used as a wedge to prop up a
wobbly table. (v.) To use a pigwidgeon.
<br>
<br>
RANJIT 0
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pigwidgeon (n.) The fattest clay pigeon that can be shot out of
the skeet-throwing machine.
<br>
<br>
LINDA 2 = David 2
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pigwidgeon (n.) A device for lifting a stone, consisting of
several parts that
<br>
are assembled in a hole in the top of the stone.
<br>
<br>
PIERRE 4 = Fran 2 Jean-Joseph 1 correct guess 1
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<br>
pigwidgeon (n.) A whortleberry tart.
<br>
<br>
DAVID 0
<br>
<br>
Hutch: Also tempting, but from a different point of view. I'm
hungry!
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pigwidgeon (n.) 1. A fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf. 2.
(Derogatory) A small or insignificant person or thing; a stupid
or contemptible person.
<br>
<br>
OED 6 = Fran 1 Pierre 1 Hutch 2 Jean-Joseph 2
<br>
<br>
Hutch: Due to the link (?) to Harry Potter, i'm voting for the
fairy tale definitions. As my recollection seems to indicate
that the owl named Pigwidgeon was a very small owl, I'm giving
this one my 2-point vote: 2 points
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pigwidgeon (n.) A wedge of iron, used to support a piece of
iron which is
<br>
being shaped.
<br>
<br>
JOSH 3 = Pierre 2 David 1
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pigwidgeon (n.) A blue and yellow fish, sometimes with spots,
sometimes with warts.
<br>
<br>
JEAN-JOSEPH 4 = Linda 1 Ranjit 1 correct guess 2
<br>
<br>
Pierre: Of what family? What shape? Any other features? This is
about as vague as the
<br>
dogdrave.
<br>
<br>
Ranjit: 1 point for the fishy fish fish
<br>
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<br>
pigwidgeon (n.) Under Elizabethan pre-Imperial unit
standardization, the amount of wood that one subject may take
from a royal forest each winter month.
<br>
<br>
NICK 0
<br>
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<br>
<br>
HUTCH submitted no def, but gets 2 points for a correct guess.
<br>
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Joke defs:
<br>
<br>
<br>
pigwidgeon (n.) A tove with a doupee.
<br>
<br>
JEAN-JOSEPH
<br>
<br>
<br>
pigwidgeon (n.) - the feeling of sheer joy felt on election
night when your favored candidate, against all probability, wins
<br>
<br>
DAVID
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