Daniel Widdis
April 8th, 2013, 07:42 PM
In 1169, England's King Henry II, embroiled in a controversy with the
Gregorian papacy over investiture, asserted the "divine right of kings" in
which the monarch rules conjointly with the deity. Proclamations by
monarchs since then followed the papal tradition of using the majestic
plural. Famously, Queen Victoria is said to have responded on multiple
occasions to ribald humor from one of her grooms-in-waiting, "We are not
amused." Apparently she preferred less offensive witticisms.
It has been longstanding tradition that the "Dealah is god" in this game for
the duration of a round. Accordingly, until the deal is passed on, we
assert that the "divine right of dealahs" applies.
We offer our condolences to Mike Shefler, who knew that brevity was the
should of wit. Victoria would have been amused. Mike is likely not amused,
as his brief definition attracted six votes and earns him the next deal.
We offer our congratulations to Jim Hart, who also achieved a score of six
by being one of five players amused enough by the pluralis majestis to vote
for it (or possibly just recognizing the latin "nos" root meaning "we" or
"us"). We thought Jim's definition was similar enough to the real one that
we considered combining it. We eventually decided against it hoping it
would serve as a distractor. We were not amused when both Jim's definition
and the real one proved popular.
We note, for educational purposes, that nosism applies not only to the
majestic plural, but also the editorial we (employed by many columnists),
the author's we (which we have read too many of in academic articles over
this last week), the patronizing we (My, aren't we in a snit!), and the
non-confrontative we (Spanish ¿Cómo estamos? - literally, "How are we?")
We hereby abdicate the dealah's throne and bestow all the rights and
privileges therewith to the Right Honorable Mr. Shefler.
1. [Obs.] a paradox. Votes from: Bourne, Carson, Hart, Lodge, Morgan
and Schultz
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 6.
2. opposition; contrariness; rebellion. No votes
Submitted by: Dixon.
3. the condition of walking with an uneven gait. No votes
Submitted by: Abell.
4. terseness or succinctness of style or expression. Votes from:
Mallach and Morgan
Submitted by: Carson, who scores natural 2.
5. a caucus in which all voting is by secret ballot. No votes
Submitted by: Stevens.
6. the practice of describing wines in fanciful terms. Votes from:
Graham, Shefler and Stevens
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores natural 3.
7. the practice of using 'we' in giving one's opinions. Votes from:
Barrs, Boswell, Cunningham, Hale and Hart
Real definition from Webster's Third New International Dictionary,
Unabridged
8. a skin lesion resulting from contact with mustard gas. No votes
Submitted by: Graham.
9. a system of belief followed by some Sufi practitioners. No votes
Submitted by: Emery.
10. narcissistic belief that the individual is all-important. Vote from:
Cunningham
Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 1.
11. a disease of the kidneys, more common in pigs than
humans. Votes from: Bourne, Carson and Graham
Submitted by: Hale, who scores 3 + 2, total 5.
12. belief in the ultimate prevalence of accidental
misfortune. Vote from: Shepherdson
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores natural 1.
13. an affectation of speech marked by the deliberate
misuse of the plural. Votes from: Barrs, Boswell, Shefler and
Stevens
Submitted by: Hart, who scores 4 + 2, total 6.
14. an endogenic geochemical process which results in the
slowing down of alkaline metasomatosis. No votes
Submitted by: Boswell, who scores 0 + 2, total 2.
15. a fissure in bedrock, caused by earthquake activity,
which causes subsidence in buildings (Arch.) Votes from: Hale,
Lodge and Madnick
Submitted by: Shepherdson, who scores natural 3.
16. a regional quality, character, or distinctiveness; esp.
the expression of this in literature, art, etc. Votes from:
Madnick, Mallach and Shepherdson
Submitted by: Morgan, who scores natural 3.
17. in logic, the fallacy that a characteristic of all
people one knows, or of one's group, is true of all people. No votes
Submitted by: Mallach.
18. an aversion to or an intolerance of daylight,
specifically one which causes the sufferer to sleep during
the day and to be awake during the hours of darkness. Vote from:
Schultz
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores natural 1.
Player Def Voted for Votes Guess DP Total
------ --- --------- ----- ----- -- -----
Shefler 1 6 & 13 6 6
Hart 13 1 & *7* 4 2 6
Hale 11 *7* & 15 3 2 5
Bourne 6 1 & 11 3 3
Morgan 16 1 & 4 3 3
Shepherdson 15 12 & 16 3 3
Carson 4 1 & 11 2 2
Boswell 14 *7* & 13 0 2 2
Cunningham *7* & 10 0 2 2
Barrs *7* & 13 0 2 2
Lodge 18 1 & 15 1 1
Madnick 10 15 & 16 1 1
Schultz 12 1 & 18 1 1
Mallach 17 4 & 16 0 0
Graham 8 6 & 11 0 0
Emery 9 N/V 0 0
Dixon 2 N/V 0 0
Stevens 5 6 & 13 0 0
Abell 3 N/V 0 0
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Gregorian papacy over investiture, asserted the "divine right of kings" in
which the monarch rules conjointly with the deity. Proclamations by
monarchs since then followed the papal tradition of using the majestic
plural. Famously, Queen Victoria is said to have responded on multiple
occasions to ribald humor from one of her grooms-in-waiting, "We are not
amused." Apparently she preferred less offensive witticisms.
It has been longstanding tradition that the "Dealah is god" in this game for
the duration of a round. Accordingly, until the deal is passed on, we
assert that the "divine right of dealahs" applies.
We offer our condolences to Mike Shefler, who knew that brevity was the
should of wit. Victoria would have been amused. Mike is likely not amused,
as his brief definition attracted six votes and earns him the next deal.
We offer our congratulations to Jim Hart, who also achieved a score of six
by being one of five players amused enough by the pluralis majestis to vote
for it (or possibly just recognizing the latin "nos" root meaning "we" or
"us"). We thought Jim's definition was similar enough to the real one that
we considered combining it. We eventually decided against it hoping it
would serve as a distractor. We were not amused when both Jim's definition
and the real one proved popular.
We note, for educational purposes, that nosism applies not only to the
majestic plural, but also the editorial we (employed by many columnists),
the author's we (which we have read too many of in academic articles over
this last week), the patronizing we (My, aren't we in a snit!), and the
non-confrontative we (Spanish ¿Cómo estamos? - literally, "How are we?")
We hereby abdicate the dealah's throne and bestow all the rights and
privileges therewith to the Right Honorable Mr. Shefler.
1. [Obs.] a paradox. Votes from: Bourne, Carson, Hart, Lodge, Morgan
and Schultz
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 6.
2. opposition; contrariness; rebellion. No votes
Submitted by: Dixon.
3. the condition of walking with an uneven gait. No votes
Submitted by: Abell.
4. terseness or succinctness of style or expression. Votes from:
Mallach and Morgan
Submitted by: Carson, who scores natural 2.
5. a caucus in which all voting is by secret ballot. No votes
Submitted by: Stevens.
6. the practice of describing wines in fanciful terms. Votes from:
Graham, Shefler and Stevens
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores natural 3.
7. the practice of using 'we' in giving one's opinions. Votes from:
Barrs, Boswell, Cunningham, Hale and Hart
Real definition from Webster's Third New International Dictionary,
Unabridged
8. a skin lesion resulting from contact with mustard gas. No votes
Submitted by: Graham.
9. a system of belief followed by some Sufi practitioners. No votes
Submitted by: Emery.
10. narcissistic belief that the individual is all-important. Vote from:
Cunningham
Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 1.
11. a disease of the kidneys, more common in pigs than
humans. Votes from: Bourne, Carson and Graham
Submitted by: Hale, who scores 3 + 2, total 5.
12. belief in the ultimate prevalence of accidental
misfortune. Vote from: Shepherdson
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores natural 1.
13. an affectation of speech marked by the deliberate
misuse of the plural. Votes from: Barrs, Boswell, Shefler and
Stevens
Submitted by: Hart, who scores 4 + 2, total 6.
14. an endogenic geochemical process which results in the
slowing down of alkaline metasomatosis. No votes
Submitted by: Boswell, who scores 0 + 2, total 2.
15. a fissure in bedrock, caused by earthquake activity,
which causes subsidence in buildings (Arch.) Votes from: Hale,
Lodge and Madnick
Submitted by: Shepherdson, who scores natural 3.
16. a regional quality, character, or distinctiveness; esp.
the expression of this in literature, art, etc. Votes from:
Madnick, Mallach and Shepherdson
Submitted by: Morgan, who scores natural 3.
17. in logic, the fallacy that a characteristic of all
people one knows, or of one's group, is true of all people. No votes
Submitted by: Mallach.
18. an aversion to or an intolerance of daylight,
specifically one which causes the sufferer to sleep during
the day and to be awake during the hours of darkness. Vote from:
Schultz
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores natural 1.
Player Def Voted for Votes Guess DP Total
------ --- --------- ----- ----- -- -----
Shefler 1 6 & 13 6 6
Hart 13 1 & *7* 4 2 6
Hale 11 *7* & 15 3 2 5
Bourne 6 1 & 11 3 3
Morgan 16 1 & 4 3 3
Shepherdson 15 12 & 16 3 3
Carson 4 1 & 11 2 2
Boswell 14 *7* & 13 0 2 2
Cunningham *7* & 10 0 2 2
Barrs *7* & 13 0 2 2
Lodge 18 1 & 15 1 1
Madnick 10 15 & 16 1 1
Schultz 12 1 & 18 1 1
Mallach 17 4 & 16 0 0
Graham 8 6 & 11 0 0
Emery 9 N/V 0 0
Dixon 2 N/V 0 0
Stevens 5 6 & 13 0 0
Abell 3 N/V 0 0
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