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[Dixonary] Round 3190: BAWHEID [Results]
A close round, with the top 3 positions in the balance right to the end. Tony Abell scored 5, with a 3-way tie for runner-up: John Barrs, Alan Mallach and Dan Widdis. The real definition was #2:*
Scottish colloquial. A person with a large round face; (also) a stupid person. Frequently as a term of mild abuse. [ < baw, representing a Scottish colloquial pronunciation of ball + heid, variant of head]. 5 players voted for it, and John Barrs came up with the same etymology supporting a rather different definition. For anyone wondering why I chose not to combine #2 and #4: It is true that the two offerings share an etymology, and a regional label (“Scottish”); but neither etymologies nor labels are, strictly speaking, part of the definition. Leave these nondefinition elements out of account, and consider only the definitions, and the two are quite different; and the rules talk about combining definitions that are close to one another. It is true that Roundhead was unflattering (and, for that matter, so was Cavalier) but there is a difference between a descriptive rude name for a member of an opposing political faction, and a largely content-free term of abuse.** *1. Phon. A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the beginning to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant. Also, the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants. > Submitted by: Dan Widdis who voted for: 2 & 4 > Votes from: Ann Druce, Efrem Mallach > Score: 2+2=4 **2. Scottish colloquial. A person with a large round face; (also) a stupid person. Frequently as a term of mild abuse. [ < baw, representing a Scottish colloquial pronunciation of ball + heid, variant of head] > Real definition from OED3. > Votes from: Tony Abell, Tim Lodge, Judy Madnick, Alan Mallach, Dan Widdis > Score: D5 **3. In the Middle East, a black cord, worn doubled, used to keep a ghutrah or headdress in place on the wearer's head. > Submitted by: Tim Lodge who voted for: 2 & 7 > Votes from: Shani Naylor > Score: 1+2=3 **4. The Scottish name for a Parliamentarian or Roundhead during the English Civil War [literally a "ball head"] Submitted by: John Barrs who voted for: 6 & 10 > Votes from: Tony Abell, Judy Madnick, Shani Naylor, Dan Widdis > Score: 4 **5. A traditional variety of Persian carpet with a hand-woven pile of coarse quality, used as a sleeping rug. Submitted by: Shani Naylor who voted for: 3 & 4 **6. Any of a class of intrinsically variable stars with exceptionally regular periods of light pulsation. Submitted by: Judy Madnick who voted for: 2 & 4 > Votes from: John Barrs Score: 1+2=3 **7. Fear, trepidation; (rarely) astonishment [Old English]. > Submitted by: Alan Mallach who voted for: 2 & 9 > Votes from: Debbie Embler, Tim Lodge > Score: 2+2=4 **8. Seal or insignia on a counterfeit document. > Submitted by: Debbie Embler who voted for: 7 & 13 **9. So. Afr. honesty, candour, frankness. > Submitted by: Efrem Mallach who voted for: 1 & 10 > Votes from: Alan Mallach > Score: 1 *10. Germanic term for misrepresentation. > Submitted by: Ann Druce who voted for: 1 & 13 > Votes from: John Barrs, Efrem Mallach, Mike Shefler > Score: 3 *11. An escaped prisoner [Gael.]. > Submitted by: Mike Shefler who voted for: 10 & 13 *12. An ale made from heather. > Submitted by: Nancy Shepherdson who did not vote *13. Impudence. > Submitted by: Tony Abell who voted for: 2 & 4 > Votes from: Ann Druce, Debbie Embler, Mike Shefler > Score: 3+2=5 Player* Vote 1 Vote 2 Definition Scores from votes Guessed correctly Total Score Tony Abell 2 4 13 3 2 5 John Barrs 6 10 4 4 0 4 Alan Mallach 2 9 7 2 2 4 Dan Widdis 2 4 1 2 2 4 Ann Druce 1 13 10 3 0 3 Tim Lodge 2 7 3 1 2 3 Judy Madnick 2 4 6 1 2 3 Efrem Mallach 1 10 9 1 0 1 Shani Naylor 3 4 5 0 0 0 Mike Shefler 10 13 11 0 0 0 Debbie Embler 7 13 8 0 0 0 Nancy Shepherdson N/V 12 0 0 0 -- Paul Keating Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...2810%40acm.org. |