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Re: Thursday, February 20, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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BigDaddyMatty wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:10 am
Golf wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:31 pm
Woof wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:07 pm
Golf wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:50 pm The night visitors will have something to say about Amal’s negs as well as her DJ and FJ wagers. :roll:
I see what you did there, but it’s Amahl for Menotti
No shit. But considering Jeopardy doesn’t penalize for spelling so long as it’s phonetically correct...... ;)
You might have missed some wordplay there.
Oh. Crap. It took me many looks to get it. Ha! That is a good one. Thanks for pointing it out.

Apologies Woof. My bad. :oops: :oops: :oops:

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seaborgium wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:42 pm
ACW wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:28 pm Okay, is it just me that has an issue with Lebanon spelled with an E?
It's a schwa in English; you could replace it with any other vowel (including y!) and it would be accepted.
Lebbynon would be accepted?? :shock:
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ACW wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:58 am
seaborgium wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:42 pm
ACW wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:28 pm Okay, is it just me that has an issue with Lebanon spelled with an E?
It's a schwa in English; you could replace it with any other vowel (including y!) and it would be accepted.
Lebbynon would be accepted?? :shock:
If it says Lebby, Lebby, Lebby on the label, label, label...
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My public thanks to the denizens of j-board for teaching me several months ago that mideast country + cedar = Lebanon. My kneejerk response was Israel but it was quickly corrected.

Also, my eyes read Kerouac but for some reason my brain was trying to process Cormac McCarthy. No idea why I did that or how I didn't catch it early in the category.
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Re: Thursday, February 20, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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Golf wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:18 am
BigDaddyMatty wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:10 am
Golf wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:31 pm
Woof wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:07 pm
Golf wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:50 pm The night visitors will have something to say about Amal’s negs as well as her DJ and FJ wagers. :roll:
I see what you did there, but it’s Amahl for Menotti
No shit. But considering Jeopardy doesn’t penalize for spelling so long as it’s phonetically correct...... ;)
You might have missed some wordplay there.
Oh. Crap. It took me many looks to get it. Ha! That is a good one. Thanks for pointing it out.

Apologies Woof. My bad. :oops: :oops: :oops:

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I don't see it. Ssmeone spell it out for the rest of the class.
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jeff6286 wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:08 pm
Golf wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:18 am
BigDaddyMatty wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:10 am
Golf wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:31 pm
Woof wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:07 pm
I see what you did there, but it’s Amahl for Menotti
No shit. But considering Jeopardy doesn’t penalize for spelling so long as it’s phonetically correct...... ;)
You might have missed some wordplay there.
Oh. Crap. It took me many looks to get it. Ha! That is a good one. Thanks for pointing it out.

Apologies Woof. My bad. :oops: :oops: :oops:

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I don't see it. Ssmeone spell it out for the rest of the class.
The opera Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti.
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Re: Thursday, February 20, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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teapot37 wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:16 pm
jeff6286 wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:08 pm
Golf wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:18 am
BigDaddyMatty wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:10 am
Golf wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:31 pm
No shit. But considering Jeopardy doesn’t penalize for spelling so long as it’s phonetically correct...... ;)
You might have missed some wordplay there.
Oh. Crap. It took me many looks to get it. Ha! That is a good one. Thanks for pointing it out.

Apologies Woof. My bad. :oops: :oops: :oops:

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I don't see it. Ssmeone spell it out for the rest of the class.
The opera Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti.
That part was clear, it's the wordplay I'm not seeing.
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This is interesting, I believe the board used to give you a pop up if you embedded too many quotes within each other, the limit was maybe 4. Now it doesn't alert you, just removes the innermost quote, as happened on teapot's last post as well as mine. Progress!
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jeff6286 wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:20 pm
teapot37 wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:16 pm
jeff6286 wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:08 pm
Golf wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:18 am
BigDaddyMatty wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:10 am
You might have missed some wordplay there.
Oh. Crap. It took me many looks to get it. Ha! That is a good one. Thanks for pointing it out.

Apologies Woof. My bad. :oops: :oops: :oops:

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I don't see it. Ssmeone spell it out for the rest of the class.
The opera Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti.
That part was clear, it's the wordplay I'm not seeing.
My guess is we were supposed to think of the phrase It's all for naught...? If that's not it I'm puzzled too.
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davey wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:02 pm My guess is we were supposed to think of the phrase It's all for naught...? If that's not it I'm puzzled too.
That’s how I (eventually) read it as well.
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Woof wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 11:02 am If it says Lebby, Lebby, Lebby on the label, label, label...
I like it like it like it.....

(I got that one!)
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Re: Thursday, February 20, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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ACW wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:58 am
seaborgium wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:42 pm
ACW wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:28 pm Okay, is it just me that has an issue with Lebanon spelled with an E?
It's a schwa in English; you could replace it with any other vowel (including y!) and it would be accepted.
Lebbynon would be accepted?? :shock:
Sure, there's no reason the Y couldn't be pronounced as in "anonymous."
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seaborgium wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:01 pm
ACW wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:58 am
seaborgium wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:42 pm
ACW wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:28 pm Okay, is it just me that has an issue with Lebanon spelled with an E?
It's a schwa in English; you could replace it with any other vowel (including y!) and it would be accepted.
Lebbynon would be accepted?? :shock:
Sure, there's no reason the Y couldn't be pronounced as in "anonymous."
Huh...I guess so.
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davey wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:02 pm
jeff6286 wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:20 pm
teapot37 wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:16 pm
jeff6286 wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:08 pm
Golf wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:18 am
Oh. Crap. It took me many looks to get it. Ha! That is a good one. Thanks for pointing it out.

Apologies Woof. My bad. :oops: :oops: :oops:

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I don't see it. Ssmeone spell it out for the rest of the class.
The opera Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti.
That part was clear, it's the wordplay I'm not seeing.
My guess is we were supposed to think of the phrase It's all for naught...? If that's not it I'm puzzled too.
I saw that too but didn't figure that could be it. I was working on "a malform-" something when I mercifully refreshed the page.
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BigDaddyMatty wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:10 am
Golf wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:31 pm
Woof wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:07 pm
Golf wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:50 pm The night visitors will have something to say about Amal’s negs as well as her DJ and FJ wagers. :roll:
I see what you did there, but it’s Amahl for Menotti
No shit. But considering Jeopardy doesn’t penalize for spelling so long as it’s phonetically correct...... ;)
You might have missed some wordplay there.
As in the old one about the lazy dad who named his twins "Amahl" and "Juan" so he'd only have to take one photo at each event to document their lives?
Spoiler
They were twins. If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amahl.
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