To keep one amused

[JamezF]

Hmm, today's word might cause a little dissention amongst the ranks

Quite so. It's not the first time, as far as I'm aware.

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James

 

[roche]

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Hurumph!

 

[The Poot]

Not impressed!

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[drdrday]

Yes, they might lose it.

Definitely!

 

[JamezF]

Outstanding first attempt today, though I did then have to gamble on which choice to make for the second.

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James

 

[enrico]

Outstanding first attempt today, though I did then have to gamble on which choice to make for the second.

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James

But as for me ........ Aargh!
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[roche]

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Had me sweating a bit. Third shot was a tactical error. Outstanding result from JamezF again...

 

[North End Bees]

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Hmm, today's word might cause a little dissention amongst the ranks

My feed was full of people complaining about yesterday's word and 'blaming it on the Americans'.

But the media did say from the beginning that the inventor ran the word lists through his wife to make sure they weren't annoyingly obscure.
And that he lived in the US and his wife was American!

I don't suppose Aussie/NZ players complain that Pommy never comes up!

 

[roche]

I think Pommy did crop up on the forum recently - not sure if it was this thread or not.
some moments later:
I remember now - it was whinge, not pommy.

 

[The Poot]

Another Grrrrrrrrrrr! Day
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[JamezF]

My feed was full of people complaining about yesterday's word and 'blaming it on the Americans'.

The odd thing where some (though not all) of these British English vs. American English differences occur is that the American English is actually the same as the British English used to be. It's the British English that has subsequently changed. In the case of many words ending "our" in British English as compared to "or" in American English, the original form often seems to be "or" and the insertion of the "u" appears to have happened in Britain in the late 1700s or early 1800s.

So whilst it sometimes irritates me, it's often our own fault. Or Samuel Johnson's, perhaps.

James

 

[JamezF]

A more tricky one today. I laughed when I got the results for attempt 3

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James

 

[roche]

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Blond moment with attempt 4. I suspect I got the same as you.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Broach
It's only five letters using the Welsh alphabet

 

[roche]

Broach
It's only five letters using the Welsh alphabet

You mean.......A welsh word can be shorter than an English word with the same meaning?! Please excuse my outstanding display of ignorance!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

You mean.......A welsh word can be shorter than an English word with the same meaning?! Please excuse my outstanding display of ignorance!

Ll Ff, Dd, like the English double U is one letter, so is Ch, Ng, Ph, Rh, Th
So if you spell an English word using the Welsh alphabet..............

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

a single F is equivalent to the English V (we don't have a V in Welsh) the Ff is then like the English hard F

 

[roche]

a single F is equivalent to the English V (we don't have a V in Welsh) the Ff is then like the English hard F

So coming back to broach - is that spelt broac ?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

So coming back to broach - is that spelt broac ?

It's an English word not Welsh the CH in Welsh is like the German Ach so to sound like the English word would have to end in tsh so wouldn't be five letters but then using two t's next to each other is incorrect in Welsh as you cannot double a letter so letter would be wrong

 

[The Poot]

Another sixer! I started off quite well with this, but I‘ve only just crept in recently.
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