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Tony Abell
September 20th, 2015, 05:38 PM
Find below 16 definitions of grieshoch, one of which comes from a dictionary. The
remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.

Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the deadline.
You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote if you
are disqualified (see the rules at http://www.dixonary.net). The voting deadline
shall be:

Tuesday, 08:00am EDT 22-Sep-2015
Tuesday, 05:00am PDT 22-Sep-2015
Tuesday, 01:00pm BST 22-Sep-2015
Tuesday, 02:00pm CEDT 22-Sep-2015
Tuesday, 10:00pm AEST 22-Sep-2015
Tuesday 2015-09-22 1200Z


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1. The successor to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his
kin.

2. Devastation caused by warfare.

3. A Bavarian goat sausage.

4. [Ger.] A regional variation of pronunciation of the "ch" diphthong noted by
Jacob Grimm.

5. A hangover.

6. A Hutterite (A communal religious sect, originally German, centered in the
U.S. state of Montana) dish consisting of potatoes, onions, bacon and
caraway seed.

7. [_Obs._ _Rare_ _Arch._ _Yid._ _Sl._] rubble.

8. A congenital disorder of the skeletal system resulting in unusual height
(Marfan Syndrome).

9. The uppermost portion of a construction crane.

10. Southeast Asian mouse deer.

11. A bed of hot embers.

12. A walking stick esp. when used as a cudgel; a shillelagh.

13. A salted and cured side of bacon.

14. [OF. & F., fr. LL. griseus; of German origin; cf. MHG. gris, G. greis,
hoary. Cf. Grizzle.] Gray.

15. A series of six jousts for four knights, in which each competes against
each of the others once.

16. _Scot._ oatmeal porridge [Sc. Gael. grÃ*seach prob. fm OE grytta 'grits'].


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Judy Madnick
September 20th, 2015, 07:20 PM
Sometimes I wonder why I bother -- I have no clue which definitions to choose! But since I must vote if I want to play the game, I'll choose these:

6. A Hutterite (A communal religious sect, originally German, centered in the U.S. state of Montana) dish consisting of potatoes, onions, bacon and caraway seed.

13. A salted and cured side of bacon.

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Daniel Widdis
September 20th, 2015, 07:25 PM
The mathematician in me loves the permutations of 15, and I'm amused at
the use of a walking stick as a cudgel, so 12 gets my other vote,
narrowly beating out the rubble.

On 9/20/15 3:38 PM, Tony Abell wrote:
> 12. A walking stick esp. when used as a cudgel; a shillelagh.
>
> 15. A series of six jousts for four knights, in which each competes against
> each of the others once.

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—Keith Hale—
September 20th, 2015, 09:35 PM
Oh, how many times is it NOT going to be rubble? 7 & 8 work for me this
time!

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Steve Graham
September 20th, 2015, 10:09 PM
13 and 16 please

Steve Graham

13. A salted and cured side of bacon.

16. _Scot._ oatmeal porridge [Sc. Gael. grÃ*seach prob. fm OE grytta 'grits'].


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Tim B
September 21st, 2015, 02:50 AM
I'm pleased to see rubble is still with us, but I'll vote for 4 and 6 this time, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne

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endash@verizon.net
September 21st, 2015, 03:34 AM
Numbers 1 and 4 are my guesses.  -- Dick Weltz
 




 



 





On 09/20/15, Tony Abell<hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:

 




Find below 16 definitions of grieshoch, one of which comes from a dictionary. The
remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.

Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the deadline.
You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote if you
are disqualified (see the rules at http://www.dixonary.net). The voting deadline
shall be:

Tuesday, 08:00am EDT 22-Sep-2015
Tuesday, 05:00am PDT 22-Sep-2015
Tuesday, 01:00pm BST 22-Sep-2015
Tuesday, 02:00pm CEDT 22-Sep-2015
Tuesday, 10:00pm AEST 22-Sep-2015
Tuesday 2015-09-22 1200Z


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1. The successor to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his
kin.

2. Devastation caused by warfare.

3. A Bavarian goat sausage.

4. [Ger.] A regional variation of pronunciation of the "ch" diphthong noted by
Jacob Grimm.

5. A hangover..

6. A Hutterite (A communal religious sect, originally German, centered in the
U.S. state of Montana) dish consisting of potatoes, onions, bacon and
caraway seed.

7. [_Obs._ _Rare_ _Arch._ _Yid._ _Sl._] rubble.

8. A congenital disorder of the skeletal system resulting in unusual height
(Marfan Syndrome).

9. The uppermost portion of a construction crane.

10. Southeast Asian mouse deer.

11. A bed of hot embers.

12. A walking stick esp. when used as a cudgel; a shillelagh.

13. A salted and cured side of bacon.

14. [OF. & F., fr. LL. griseus; of German origin; cf. MHG. gris, G. greis,
hoary. Cf. Grizzle.] Gray.

15. A series of six jousts for four knights, in which each competes against
each of the others once.

16. _Scot._ oatmeal porridge [Sc. Gael. grÃÂ*seach prob. fm OE grytta 'grits'].


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Shani Naylor
September 21st, 2015, 03:37 AM
I'll go with 12 & 16.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Tony Abell <hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com>
wrote:

>
> Find below 16 definitions of grieshoch, one of which comes from a
> dictionary. The
> remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.
>
> Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the
> deadline.
> You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote
> if you
> are disqualified (see the rules at http://www.dixonary.net). The voting
> deadline
> shall be:
>
> Tuesday, 08:00am EDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 05:00am PDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 01:00pm BST 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 02:00pm CEDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 10:00pm AEST 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday 2015-09-22 1200Z
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1. The successor to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of
> his
> kin.
>
> 2. Devastation caused by warfare.
>
> 3. A Bavarian goat sausage.
>
> 4. [Ger.] A regional variation of pronunciation of the "ch" diphthong
> noted by
> Jacob Grimm.
>
> 5. A hangover.
>
> 6. A Hutterite (A communal religious sect, originally German, centered
> in the
> U.S. state of Montana) dish consisting of potatoes, onions, bacon and
> caraway seed.
>
> 7. [_Obs._ _Rare_ _Arch._ _Yid._ _Sl._] rubble.
>
> 8. A congenital disorder of the skeletal system resulting in unusual
> height
> (Marfan Syndrome).
>
> 9. The uppermost portion of a construction crane.
>
> 10. Southeast Asian mouse deer.
>
> 11. A bed of hot embers.
>
> 12. A walking stick esp. when used as a cudgel; a shillelagh.
>
> 13. A salted and cured side of bacon.
>
> 14. [OF. & F., fr. LL. griseus; of German origin; cf. MHG. gris, G. greis,
> hoary. Cf. Grizzle.] Gray.
>
> 15. A series of six jousts for four knights, in which each competes
> against
> each of the others once.
>
> 16. _Scot._ oatmeal porridge [Sc. Gael. grÃ*seach prob. fm OE grytta
> 'grits'].
>
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Tim Lodge
September 21st, 2015, 04:53 AM
I can't avoid voting for the rubble, and the Celtic chief sounds possible:
1 and 7 please.

1. The successor to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of
his kin.

7. [_Obs._ _Rare_ _Arch._ _Yid._ _Sl._] rubble.

-- Tim L


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Johnb - co.uk
September 21st, 2015, 05:03 AM
I reckon that the grey of #14 is probably etymologically on the right
path and I will apply it to the hot embers #11

umm... apologies for the grey and gray personal confusion as I look at
it, but I am leaving it with what I grew up with
*
JohnnyB*

On 20/09/2015 23:38, Tony Abell wrote:

11. A bed of hot embers.

14. [OF. & F., fr. LL. griseus; of German origin; cf. MHG. gris, G.
greis, hoary. Cf. Grizzle.] Gray.

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Guerri Stevens
September 21st, 2015, 09:31 AM
I vote for 5 and 16.

Guerri

On 9/20/2015 6:38 PM, Tony Abell wrote:
> 5. A hangover.
>
> 16. _Scot._ oatmeal porridge [Sc. Gael. grÃ*seach prob. fm OE grytta 'grits'].
>
>

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Guerri Stevens
September 21st, 2015, 09:33 AM
I suggest that when the rubble appears, we all vote for it.

Guerri

On 9/21/2015 3:50 AM, Tim B wrote:
> I'm pleased to see rubble is still with us, but I'll vote for 4 and 6
> this time, please.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim Bourne
>

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Paul Keating
September 21st, 2015, 09:46 AM
5 & 13.

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On 21 Sep 2015 00:38, "Tony Abell" <hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:

>
> Find below 16 definitions of grieshoch, one of which comes from a
> dictionary. The
> remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.
>
> Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the
> deadline.
> You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote
> if you
> are disqualified (see the rules at http://www.dixonary.net). The voting
> deadline
> shall be:
>
> Tuesday, 08:00am EDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 05:00am PDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 01:00pm BST 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 02:00pm CEDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 10:00pm AEST 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday 2015-09-22 1200Z
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1. The successor to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of
> his
> kin.
>
> 2. Devastation caused by warfare.
>
> 3. A Bavarian goat sausage.
>
> 4. [Ger.] A regional variation of pronunciation of the "ch" diphthong
> noted by
> Jacob Grimm.
>
> 5. A hangover.
>
> 6. A Hutterite (A communal religious sect, originally German, centered
> in the
> U.S. state of Montana) dish consisting of potatoes, onions, bacon and
> caraway seed.
>
> 7. [_Obs._ _Rare_ _Arch._ _Yid._ _Sl._] rubble.
>
> 8. A congenital disorder of the skeletal system resulting in unusual
> height
> (Marfan Syndrome).
>
> 9. The uppermost portion of a construction crane.
>
> 10. Southeast Asian mouse deer.
>
> 11. A bed of hot embers.
>
> 12. A walking stick esp. when used as a cudgel; a shillelagh.
>
> 13. A salted and cured side of bacon.
>
> 14. [OF. & F., fr. LL. griseus; of German origin; cf. MHG. gris, G. greis,
> hoary. Cf. Grizzle.] Gray.
>
> 15. A series of six jousts for four knights, in which each competes
> against
> each of the others once.
>
> 16. _Scot._ oatmeal porridge [Sc. Gael. grÃ*seach prob. fm OE grytta
> 'grits'].
>
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Efrem Mallach
September 21st, 2015, 10:12 AM
A fine suggestion, but if more than one or two players adopt it, rubble will start appearing far more often than even humor calls for. I can imagine a round in which we have to choose among 15 definitions involving rubble and the real one. :)

Efrem

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> On Sep 21, 2015, at 10:33 AM, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> I suggest that when the rubble appears, we all vote for it.
>
> Guerri
>
> On 9/21/2015 3:50 AM, Tim B wrote:
>> I'm pleased to see rubble is still with us, but I'll vote for 4 and 6 this time, please.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Tim Bourne
>>
>
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France International/Mike Shefler
September 21st, 2015, 12:20 PM
And what if everyone sends in the same def?

On 9/21/2015 10:33 AM, Guerri Stevens wrote:
> I suggest that when the rubble appears, we all vote for it.
>
> Guerri
>
> On 9/21/2015 3:50 AM, Tim B wrote:
>> I'm pleased to see rubble is still with us, but I'll vote for 4 and 6
>> this time, please.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Tim Bourne
>>
>

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France International/Mike Shefler
September 21st, 2015, 12:21 PM
I'll go with 3 and 14.

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Efrem Mallach
September 21st, 2015, 02:21 PM
Might be Gaelic, so I’ll vote 1 and 16.

Or it might not.

Efrem

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> On Sep 20, 2015, at 6:38 PM, Tony Abell <hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:
>
>
> Find below 16 definitions of grieshoch, one of which comes from a dictionary. The
> remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.
>
> Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the deadline.
> You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote if you
> are disqualified (see the rules at http://www.dixonary.net). The voting deadline
> shall be:
>
> Tuesday, 08:00am EDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 05:00am PDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 01:00pm BST 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 02:00pm CEDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 10:00pm AEST 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday 2015-09-22 1200Z
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1. The successor to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin.
>
>
> 16. _Scot._ oatmeal porridge [Sc. Gael. grÃ*seach prob. fm OE grytta 'grits'].

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Christopher Carson
September 21st, 2015, 03:03 PM
I'll go with 1 and 4.

Chris

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Dave Cunningham
September 21st, 2015, 03:58 PM
3 and 16 for the usual non-rationale ...


Dave


On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 6:38:52 PM UTC-4, Tony Abell wrote:

>
> Find below 16 definitions of grieshoch, one of which comes from a
> dictionary. The
> remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.
>
> Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the
> deadline.
> You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote
> if you
> are disqualified (see the rules at http://www.dixonary.net). The voting
> deadline
> shall be:
>
> Tuesday, 08:00am EDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 05:00am PDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 01:00pm BST 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 02:00pm CEDT 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday, 10:00pm AEST 22-Sep-2015
> Tuesday 2015-09-22 1200Z
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1. The successor to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of
> his
> kin.
>
> 2. Devastation caused by warfare.
>
> 3. A Bavarian goat sausage.
>
> 4. [Ger.] A regional variation of pronunciation of the "ch" diphthong
> noted by
> Jacob Grimm.
>
> 5. A hangover.
>
> 6. A Hutterite (A communal religious sect, originally German, centered
> in the
> U.S. state of Montana) dish consisting of potatoes, onions, bacon and
> caraway seed.
>
> 7. [_Obs._ _Rare_ _Arch._ _Yid._ _Sl._] rubble.
>
> 8. A congenital disorder of the skeletal system resulting in unusual
> height
> (Marfan Syndrome).
>
> 9. The uppermost portion of a construction crane.
>
> 10. Southeast Asian mouse deer.
>
> 11. A bed of hot embers.
>
> 12. A walking stick esp. when used as a cudgel; a shillelagh.
>
> 13. A salted and cured side of bacon.
>
> 14. [OF. & F., fr. LL. griseus; of German origin; cf. MHG. gris, G.
> greis,
> hoary. Cf. Grizzle.] Gray.
>
> 15. A series of six jousts for four knights, in which each competes
> against
> each of the others once.
>
> 16. _Scot._ oatmeal porridge [Sc. Gael. grÃ*seach prob. fm OE grytta
> 'grits'].
>
>
>

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Jim Hart
September 21st, 2015, 06:16 PM
Guerri and Efrem - I wouldn't vote for just any kind of rubble. It has to
be rubble between walls, or at least something analogous.

Jim

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Jim Hart
September 21st, 2015, 06:39 PM
Dan: a simple combination or 6C2 as I recall

Jim

On Monday, 21 September 2015 10:25:40 UTC+10, Daniel Widdis wrote:
>
> The mathematician in me loves the permutations of 15,




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Jim Hart
September 21st, 2015, 06:49 PM
Dilemma: do I read this word as griesh-och which suggests something Celtic,
or as gries-hoch which seems more German? Or neither? Having dithered long
enough I'll take cook the new chief on hot coals with 1 and 11.

Jim


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Daniel Widdis
September 21st, 2015, 07:02 PM
Actually, 4C2. Four knights, in pairs.


On 9/21/15 4:39 PM, Jim Hart wrote:
>
> Dan: a simple combination or 6C2 as I recall
>
> Jim
>
> On Monday, 21 September 2015 10:25:40 UTC+10, Daniel Widdis wrote:
>
> The mathematician in me loves the permutations of 15,
>
>
>

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Dodi Schultz
September 21st, 2015, 07:22 PM
Will you people kindly speak English, so the rest of us can understand what
you're talking about?




On 9/21/2015 8:02 PM, Daniel Widdis wrote:
> Actually, 4C2. Four knights, in pairs.
>
>
> On 9/21/15 4:39 PM, Jim Hart wrote:
>>
>> Dan: a simple combination or 6C2Â as I recall
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Monday, 21 September 2015 10:25:40 UTC+10, Daniel Widdis wrote:
>>
>> The mathematician in me loves the permutations of 15,
>>
>>
>>
> -

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Judy Madnick
September 21st, 2015, 07:29 PM
I used to know a lot about permutations and combinations (I was a math major), but as the saying goes, "If you don't use it, you'll lose it," and I don't remember much about them anymore.

Judy



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Dated: 9/21/2015 8:22:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2644 - GRIESHOCH Defs Up

Will you people kindly speak English, so the rest of us can understand what
you're talking about?



On 9/21/2015 8:02 PM, Daniel Widdis wrote:
> Actually, 4C2. Four knights, in pairs.
>
>
> On 9/21/15 4:39 PM, Jim Hart wrote:
>>
>> Dan: a simple combination or 6C2Â as I recall
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Monday, 21 September 2015 10:25:40 UTC+10, Daniel Widdis wrote:
>>
>> The mathematician in me loves the permutations of 15,
>>
>>
>>
> -

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Jim Hart
September 21st, 2015, 08:09 PM
Yes of course, just another case of knowing what I meant to write but it
didn't quite come out like that. After all, you start with the number of
knights to get the number of jousts, not vice versa.

Jim


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Jim Hart
September 21st, 2015, 08:55 PM
Dodi, it's simply a shorthand for calculating combinations - there are four
knights but only two are engaged in each joust, so the question is how many
different ways can you choose two things out of four. When I went to school
this was written as 4C2, with a superscipt 4 and a subscript 2, but some
prefer C(4,2). This trivial example could be worked out in many ways but
anything more complex requires a general formula as Dan showed. Also in
this example the order of the pair is irrelevant (A jousting B is the same
as B jousting A); if the order is significant we'd be discussing
permutations or 4P2.

For some reason many introductory examples used to involve not jousting
knights but an unusual man who like to put his socks on in the dark.

Jim

On Tuesday, 22 September 2015 10:22:22 UTC+10, Dodi Schultz wrote:
>
> Will you people kindly speak English, so the rest of us can understand
> what
> you're talking about?
>
>
>

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Dodi Schultz
September 21st, 2015, 10:38 PM
It's probably the rubble, but I'm voting for

3. A Bavarian goat sausage.

and

11. A bed of hot embers.

—Dodi


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Johnb - co.uk
September 22nd, 2015, 03:45 AM
Actually Dodi we were speaking English - its not really more different
than mine as opposed to what y'all mangle, just another subset, a small
one maybe, but if you look at all the variations of English provided by
Microsoft it ain't that unusual and probably more people
speak/understand it than do - say eng-tt
*
JohnnyB*
On 22/09/2015 01:22, Dodi Schultz wrote:
> Will you people kindly speak English, so the rest of us can understand
> what you're talking about?
>
>
>
>
> On 9/21/2015 8:02 PM, Daniel Widdis wrote:
>> Actually, 4C2. Four knights, in pairs.
>>
>>
>> On 9/21/15 4:39 PM, Jim Hart wrote:
>>>
>>> Dan: a simple combination or 6C2Â as I recall
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> On Monday, 21 September 2015 10:25:40 UTC+10, Daniel Widdis wrote:
>>>
>>> The mathematician in me loves the permutations of 15,
>>>
>>>
>> -
>

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Tony Abell
September 22nd, 2015, 06:26 AM
On 2015-09-21 at 21:55 Jim Hart wrote:

> When I went to school this was written as 4C2, with a superscipt 4 and a
> subscript 2, but some prefer C(4,2).

When *I* went to school, it was written with the 4 above the 2, both enclosed in
one set of tall parentheses, and was pronounced "four choose two", though I've
seen the "C" notation in references.

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