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Post by sillyrabbit on Aug 6, 2014 19:07:20 GMT
Some people are just big ol' wah wah babies. They just end up making themselves look like asshats.
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Post by miominmio on Aug 6, 2014 19:40:02 GMT
Even I know what it means 
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Post by mztfied on Aug 6, 2014 20:19:28 GMT
Wizened makes me think of the lady that lives down the street from me. She is ancient looking. Face like an apple doll. Bent almost in half. But she is sweet as the pie and at almost 100 has the best sense of humor.
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Post by johna on Aug 6, 2014 23:56:55 GMT
I am not good at it at all, really, but I like to play. I was also going to ask how many points you got for it because I figured the person was just jealous. Yep, that is what I bet!
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Post by Peal on Aug 7, 2014 0:11:47 GMT
Words Police. Are they a division of the Grammar Patrol? ~snort~ When I think of wizened I think of old, decrepit wizards. Like Gandolf. |
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 7, 2014 1:45:46 GMT
What were people arguing the pronunciation was? That is hilarious, in any event! My dad's side of the family is extremely competitive too. They used to play home jeopardy, but made my poor aunt ( who was Alex Trebeck for the game) cry because everyone would scream and holler that they rang in first and overwhelm and harangue her. Good times, good times! The question was whether or not it was pronounced "dour as in rhymes with power" or "dour as in do-er." It was a long weekend before we were able to find a dictionary. Off to google, but I hope to goodness it rhymes with power, because I never in a million years would have pronounced it the other way and I might have laughed in someone's face if I heard it that way. |
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Post by lucyg on Aug 7, 2014 7:59:15 GMT
I come from a family of really smart people, voracious readers and English majors. We can't play scrabble together any more as people were losing too much money. Why you may ask? Because we finally had to start having money on the line for challenges...it was a very complicated system, but we finally had to end it over a weekend long "discussion" over the word "dour" and it's pronunciation. There was $100 bill on the line. After that, no one plays anymore. LOL I refuse to play either Scrabble or Boggle wth my aunt because she makes up her own (harder) rules. You're not allowed to just add an S or D to a word when connecting a new word. You have to actually change the meaning of the word for it to qualify. sigh. I'm not competitive enough for that crap. |
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Post by lucyg on Aug 7, 2014 8:05:47 GMT
Oh, and I'm lucyg819 at WWF if anyone's looking for a game.
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Aug 7, 2014 11:18:19 GMT
The question was whether or not it was pronounced "dour as in rhymes with power" or "dour as in do-er." Off to google, but I hope to goodness it rhymes with power, because I never in a million years would have pronounced it the other way and I might have laughed in someone's face if I heard it that way. DOW-er v. DOO-er has been discussed "here" before. Surprise on both sides, of course.  Turns out DOO-er is the original pronunciation. Who knew? (Well, probably those smarty-pants Brits. ) |
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Post by wellway on Aug 7, 2014 11:26:20 GMT
Off to google, but I hope to goodness it rhymes with power, because I never in a million years would have pronounced it the other way and I might have laughed in someone's face if I heard it that way. DOW-er v. DOO-er has been discussed "here" before. Surprise on both sides, of course. Turns out DOO-er is the original pronunciation. Who knew? (Well, probably those smarty-pants Brits. ) In my head that word is said with a Scottish accent by a wizened old man!! |
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 7, 2014 11:30:00 GMT
Off to google, but I hope to goodness it rhymes with power, because I never in a million years would have pronounced it the other way and I might have laughed in someone's face if I heard it that way. DOW-er v. DOO-er has been discussed "here" before. Surprise on both sides, of course. Turns out DOO-er is the original pronunciation. Who knew? (Well, probably those smarty-pants Brits. ) Yep, the dow-er person lost to the doo-er person. It was interesting, we are all word junkies and I would say it was a pretty even split in the pronunciation. I was in the dow-er camp but fortunately it was someone else's money. That weekend is now in the hall of fame of family vacations. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 7, 2014 11:33:25 GMT
I come from a family of really smart people, voracious readers and English majors. We can't play scrabble together any more as people were losing too much money. Why you may ask? Because we finally had to start having money on the line for challenges...it was a very complicated system, but we finally had to end it over a weekend long "discussion" over the word "dour" and it's pronunciation. There was $100 bill on the line. After that, no one plays anymore. LOL I refuse to play either Scrabble or Boggle wth my aunt because she makes up her own (harder) rules. You're not allowed to just add an S or D to a word when connecting a new word. You have to actually change the meaning of the word for it to qualify. sigh. I'm not competitive enough for that crap. We love Boggle too. But Lord, we did have to put some rules in place there too, AND we have to have a dictionary close at hand. People try to slip in the funniest things-nothing like a pre-teen boy trying out his place in the group by finding the word "pussy" or "boob" and then try to explain that it isn't a bad thing. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 12:31:32 GMT
I am not good at it at all, really, but I like to play. I was also going to ask how many points you got for it because I figured the person was just jealous. Yep, that is what I bet! I'm not that good either, my other half kicks my butt every single time we play, but I do enjoy word games. I like it when someone uses a word I don't know it gives me a chance to learn something new. I got a 107 points (or there abouts) for wizened. |
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Post by johna on Aug 7, 2014 13:50:04 GMT
you know, I have been known to screenshot a particularly good scoring word! LOL. I think my highest word is something like 158 points. I lost the screenshot, though, when I reset my ipad to factory settings. but I know I did it. I felt so good about it. However, one of my BFFs kicks my butt all over the place! but sometimes I do beat her. I think she feels sorry for me. LOL
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Post by greenlegume on Aug 7, 2014 14:00:49 GMT
the word wizened means? I just used it in a game of Words with Friends and was accused of making words up, cheating and now I'm going to be reported, presumably to the Words with Friends police   Wow. I'd invite that person to hone their vocabulary skills  |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Aug 7, 2014 14:16:28 GMT
Another pea accused me of cheating once. I didn't have the heart to tell her she just wasn't very good. She played like her fondest wish was for me to kick her ass to the moon and back. That made me snort! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 16:04:46 GMT
Turns out DOO-er is the original pronunciation. Who knew? (Well, probably those smarty-pants Brits. ) try the Belgians they're smarter. They have a town with that name! |
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