[Dixonary] Round 2617: THANK-YOU-MA'AM

[Daniel Widdis]

Only 47 of the 2616 woids dealt so far in this game have had a hyphen.
Of those, only 6 had more than one. The apostrophe is even more rare,
featuring in only three woids, one of which also had a single hyphen.
Never has a woid been dealt that contained both two hyphens and an
apostrophe.

Until now.

Found somewhere in the dictionary between tetter and tharf is:

*** THANK-YOU-MA'AM ***

Please send me your fabulous, fanciful, fake, fictitious, fairy-tale,
fabricated, false, fantastical, forged, fabled, far fetched, fraudulent,
flim flam, feigned, fanatical, and figmental definitions for
THANK-YOU-MA'AM by
email to widdis (AT) dixonary (DOT) net

Including THANK-YOU-MA'AM or 2617 in your subject line will reduce the
chances
that I'll miss your submission. It's also suggested by rule 3(b).

The deadline for submitting your definitions is in 36 hours, at 9 PM PDT
Tuesday, June 16 here in Las Vegas. That equates to Wednesday, June 17 at:
Midnight EDT in New York and other points on the US East Coast
4AM UTC, a firm reference for anyone who I may have missed
5AM BST in the UK
6AM CEST in the Netherlands
2PM AEST in Melbourne
4PM NZST in Wellington

This online countdown will tell you how many hours, minutes, and/or
seconds you have left to submit
<http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=1440&iso=20150617T04&msg=Thank-you-ma%27am%20definition%20deadline>.


If you prefer to manage your deadlines in an online calendar, you may
find this calendar reminder helpful
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[Dodi Schultz]

I'd call that midnight/Tuesday/ here in the east.

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On 6/15/2015 12:00 PM, Daniel Widdis wrote:
> Only 47 of the 2616 woids dealt so far in this game have had a hyphen.
> Of those, only 6 had more than one. The apostrophe is even more rare,
> featuring in only three woids, one of which also had a single hyphen.
> Never has a woid been dealt that contained both two hyphens and an
> apostrophe.
>
> Until now.
>
> Found somewhere in the dictionary between tetter and tharf is:
>
> *** THANK-YOU-MA'AM ***
>
> Please send me your fabulous, fanciful, fake, fictitious, fairy-tale,
> fabricated, false, fantastical, forged, fabled, far fetched, fraudulent,
> flim flam, feigned, fanatical, and figmental definitions for
> THANK-YOU-MA'AM by
> email to widdis (AT) dixonary (DOT) net
>
> Including THANK-YOU-MA'AM or 2617 in your subject line will reduce the
> chances
> that I'll miss your submission. It's also suggested by rule 3(b).
>
> The deadline for submitting your definitions is in 36 hours, at 9 PM PDT
> Tuesday, June 16 here in Las Vegas. That equates to Wednesday, June 17 at:
> Midnight EDT in New York and other points on the US East Coast
> 4AM UTC, a firm reference for anyone who I may have missed
> 5AM BST in the UK
> 6AM CEST in the Netherlands
> 2PM AEST in Melbourne
> 4PM NZST in Wellington
>
> This online countdown will tell you how many hours, minutes, and/or
> seconds you have left to submit
> <http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=1440&iso=20150617T04&msg=Thank-you-ma%27am%20definition%20deadline>.
>
>
> If you prefer to manage your deadlines in an online calendar, you may
> find this calendar reminder helpful
> <Only%2047%20of%20the%202616%20woids%20dealt%20so%2 0far%20in%20this%20game%20have%20had%20a%20hyphen. %20%20Of%20those,%20only%206%20had%20more%20than%2 0one.%20%20The%20apostrophe%20is%20even%20more%20r are,%20featuring%20in%20only%20three%20woids,%20on e%20of%20which%20also%20had%20a%20single%20hyphen. %20%20Never%20has%20a%20woid%20been%20dealt%20that %20contained%20both%20two%20hyphens%20and%20an%20a postrophe.,,Until%20now.,,Found%20somewhere%20in%2 0the%20dictionary%20between%20tetter%20and%20tharf %20is:%20,,%20%20%20%20***%20THANK-YOU-MA%27AM%20***%20,,Please%20send%20me%20your%20fabu lous,%20fanciful,%20fake,%20fictitious,%20fairy-tale,%20,fabricated,%20false,%20fantastical,%20for ged,%20fabled,%20far%20fetched,%20fraudulent,%20,f lim%20flam,%20feigned,%20fanatical,%20and%20figmen tal%20definitions%20for%20THANK-YOU-MA%27AM%20by%20,email%20to%20widdis (AT) dixonary (DOT) net%20,,Including%20THANK-YOU-MA%27AM%20or%202617%20in%20your%20subject%20line%2 0will%20reduce%20the%20chances%20,that%20I%27%0All %20miss%20your%20submission.%20%20It%27s%20also%20 suggested%20by%20rule%203%28b%29.%20,,The%20deadli ne%20for%20submitting%20your%20definitions%20is%20 about%2036%20hours%20from%20now%20at%209%20PM%20PD T%20Tuesday,%20June%2016%20here%20in%20Las%20Vegas .%20%20That%20equates%20to%20Wednesday,%20June%201 7%20at,%20Midnight%20EDT%20in%20New%20York%20and%2 0other%20points%20on%20the%20US%20East%20Coast,%20 4AM%20UTC,%20a%20firm%20reference%20for%20anyone%2 0who%20I%20may%20have%20missed,%205AM%20BST%20in%2 0the%20UK,%206AM%20CEST%20in%20the%20Netherlands,% 202PM%20AEST%20in%20Melbourne,%204PM%20NZST%20in%2 0Wellington>.
>
>


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[Daniel Widdis]

On 6/15/2015 12:00 PM, Daniel Widdis wrote:
> That equates to Wednesday, June 17 at:
> Midnight EDT in New York and other points on the US East Coast

On 6/15/15 9:15 AM, Dodi Schultz wrote:
> I'd call that midnight/Tuesday/ here in the east.
>
And we'd both be wrong. The instant of midnight is neither Tuesday nor
Wednesday, just as Zero is neither negative nor positive (except in
certain programming languages which contain unique constants for both
positive zero and negative zero.)

I could have chosen 00:00 to make the "beginning of day" interpretation
clear — in my military training we were told 24:00 doesn't exist.
12:00am is considered appropriate for clocks to display at the instant
of midnight (since the shortest measurable moment of time after midnight
would indeed be Wednesday, /ante meridiem/.)

I considered making the deadline 11:59 or 12:01 , as suggested by the
NIST <http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/times.cfm>, to remove the
ambiguity. (Should I have the deal on June 30, I'll use 11:59:60 as the
deadline!) I do have on my side the U.S. Government Printing Office
Style Manual
<http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008/html/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008-14.htm>
which specifies that midnight should use "a.m." and thus implied as part
of the day following.

I also considered using the more verbose (and accurate) terminology of
"between Tuesday and Wednesday" but I was in a hurry to publish my email
at precisely noon (12:00, neither a.m. nor p.m., if you wish to be
technical) and decided against the additional text and grammar that
would require.

In the end decided that the context of the other time zones, as well as
the hyperlinks to a live countdown and calendar entry made it clear enough.




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[Dodi Schultz]

Thanks for all the information, but I was just afraid that some folks at my
end of the country might have got the idea, from "Wednesday, June 17 at
midnight" that they had until Wednesday night, rather than Tuesday night as
you intend, to submit a def. :-)

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On 6/15/2015 12:53 PM, Daniel Widdis wrote:
> On 6/15/2015 12:00 PM, Daniel Widdis wrote:
>> That equates to Wednesday, June 17 at:
>> Midnight EDT in New York and other points on the US East Coast
>
> On 6/15/15 9:15 AM, Dodi Schultz wrote:
>> I'd call that midnight/Tuesday/ here in the east.
>>
> And we'd both be wrong. The instant of midnight is neither Tuesday nor
> Wednesday, just as Zero is neither negative nor positive (except in
> certain programming languages which contain unique constants for both
> positive zero and negative zero.)
>
> I could have chosen 00:00 to make the "beginning of day" interpretation
> clear — in my military training we were told 24:00 doesn't exist. 12:00am
> is considered appropriate for clocks to display at the instant of
> midnight (since the shortest measurable moment of time after midnight
> would indeed be Wednesday, /ante meridiem/.)
>
> I considered making the deadline 11:59 or 12:01 , as suggested by the
> NIST <http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/times.cfm>, to remove the ambiguity.
> (Should I have the deal on June 30, I'll use 11:59:60 as the deadline!) I
> do have on my side the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual
> <http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008/html/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008-14.htm>
> which specifies that midnight should use "a.m." and thus implied as part
> of the day following.
>
> I also considered using the more verbose (and accurate) terminology of
> "between Tuesday and Wednesday" but I was in a hurry to publish my email
> at precisely noon (12:00, neither a.m. nor p.m., if you wish to be
> technical) and decided against the additional text and grammar that would
> require.
>
> In the end decided that the context of the other time zones, as well as
> the hyperlinks to a live countdown and calendar entry made it clear enough.
>
>
>

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[Tim Lodge]

On Monday, June 15, 2015 at 5:53:53 PM UTC+1, Daniel Widdis wrote:

in my military training we were told 24:00 doesn't exist.
>

In the military on this side of the pond, our leave passes always expired
at 2359, leaving no excuse for taking an extra day!

-- Tim L

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