<div dir="ltr">It was Melissa's playing the character that made me remember the definition of the maid between stairs. I didn't send that in as a guess, I sent it in because I knew it from the play.<div>I apologize for not making that clear in my email.</div><div>-Fran</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 4:04 PM Melissa Shaner <<a href="mailto:myshaner@verizon.net">myshaner@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I played a character named Tweeny in "The Admirable Crichton."
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From: David Randall <<a href="mailto:drandall.brooklyn@gmail.com" target="_blank">drandall.brooklyn@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: fictionary <<a href="mailto:fictionary@swarpa.net" target="_blank">fictionary@swarpa.net</a>><br>
Sent: Mon, Aug 6, 2018 6:57 pm<br>
Subject: [Fictionary] Tweeny<br>
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<div>Jean-Joseph awarded two points twice; I split the difference and
gave 1.5 to both his definitions. Thus Pierre wins by half a
point. If Jean-Joseph actually meant to only award 1 point to the
chicken, it's a tie with Eric's hardened exudate, and Eric and
Pierre go into a cage match.<br>
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<div>Carlo Goldoni's <i>Servant of Two Masters </i>spends an entire
play elaborating on the concept of "tweeny."</div>
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<div>tweeny - n. - a maid who assists both cook and housemaid <br>
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REAL: Linda (2) + Ranjit (1) + Eric (1) = 4</div>
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<div>tweeny - n. - an iceberg, brought into unstable equilibrium by
melting, which is poised to roll over
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ELLIOTT: Jean-Joseph (1.5) + Pierre (1) = 2.5</div>
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<div>tweeny - n. - a radish seed <br>
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<div>RANJIT: Hutch (2) = 2</div>
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<div>tweeny - n. - hardened exudate of the buckthorn aphid, a brittle
translucent substance found on tree branches
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ERIC: Pierre (2) + Elliott (2) = 4</div>
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<div>tweeny - adj. - of a chicken, having red laced chest and wing
feathers and blue neck hackles and tail feathers <br>
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<div>PIERRE: Ranjit (2) + Jean-Joseph (1.5) + Elliott (1) = 4.5</div>
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<div>tweeny - n. - the maid between stairs <br>
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<div>FRAN: Eric (2) + Linda (1) = 3</div>
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<div>tweeny - adj. - 1) the time between childhood and adulthood; 2)
Scottish for small and cute <br>
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<div>LINDA: Hutch (1) = 1<br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i>Fran Poodry</i></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i>Oregon, USA</i></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i><br></i></div><div style="font-size:small"><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px">“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” </span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61107.Margaret_Mead" style="color:rgb(102,102,0);text-decoration:none;font-size:14px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">Margaret Mead</a></font><br></i></div></div></div></div></div>