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nancy shepherdson
April 25th, 2016, 06:42 PM
I'll take 11 and 17.

Nancy

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> - Round 2703: PEELY-WALLY vote <#m_-4281836151693307722_group_thread_0>
> - 10 Updates
> - Round 2702: WHINCHAT Results <#m_-4281836151693307722_group_thread_1>
> - 2 Updates
> - Round 2703: PEELY-WALLY update
> <#m_-4281836151693307722_group_thread_2> - 1 Update
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> Round 2703: PEELY-WALLY vote
> <http://groups.google.com/group/dixonary/t/62bb9f9fb4a6984f?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
> Daniel Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com>: Apr 24 11:00PM -0700
>
> Seventeen definitions for PEELY-WALLY are presented below for your
> amusement and/or edification. One is correct, the others are products
> of our distinguished group's collective imaginations.
>
> You may vote for two, whether or not you submitted a definition, by
> public reply to this message.
>
> I'll close the polls Tuesday morning, April 26, 2016, at 8:00 AM PDT, 33
> hours from now. That's 11AM EDT, 3PM UTC, 4PM BST, 5PM CEST, 11PM AEST,
> and 1AM Wednesday NZST.
>
> 1. Regional (esp. n. Minnesota) name for the walleye, also called
> walleyed pike or pickerel, a freshwater fish native to the northern U.S.
> and southern Canada
>
> 2. A small walleye, a member of the perch family and called "pickerel"
> in English-speaking Canada
>
> 3. [sl.] A fish that is too small to keep, due to legal limits on
> catch size
>
> 4. An unspecified, imaginary or figurative disease of sheep
>
> 5. [Yorks.] Unkempt, especially of a child
>
> 6. A feeling of dizziness and unbalance
>
> 7. A bare-skin swimmer [USA Juv. Sl.]
>
> 8. In an arbitrary fashion
>
> 9. (Sc.) Naked
>
> 10. A chimney style
>
> 11. Pale and sickly in appearance
>
> 12. An Australian version of dodgeball
>
> 13. Strip or ribbon gathered into flutings
>
> 14. An over-officious policeman [London sl.]
>
> 15. A mixture of wine dregs and rubble used to loosen old wallpaper
>
> 16. A gentleman stroller in a town or city, esp. one who seeks immoral
> company
>
> 17. [Aust. slang] A large prawn found off the north coast of Australia,
> esp, in the Gulf of Carpentaria
> Tim B <dixonary (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk>: Apr 25 09:11AM +0100
>
> It has to be 1 or 2.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim Bourne.
> JohnB <johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk>: Apr 25 10:51AM +0100
>
> The pale London bobby for me - that is #11 and #14 please
>
> *JohnnyB*
> "—Keith Hale—" <thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com>: Apr 25 05:14AM -0500
>
> I like 15 & 16, please.
> -Keith-
> "Judy Madnick" <jmadnick (AT) gmail (DOT) com>: Apr 25 05:03AM -0700
>
> These definitions are very fishy.
>
> Well, I'll go with 1 and 17 for lack of a better idea.
>
> Judy Madnick
>
> Albany, NY
> Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com>: Apr 25 08:08AM -0400
>
> I vote for 7 and 14.
>
> Guerri
>
> On 4/25/2016 2:00 AM, Daniel Widdis wrote:
> Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net>: Apr 25 05:27AM -0700
>
> 4 and 14 today.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Monday, April 25, 2016 at 2:00:55 AM UTC-4, Dan Widdis wrote:
>
> endash (AT) verizon (DOT) net: Apr 25 07:40AM -0500
>
> Numbers 8 and 17 are my guesses. -- Dick Weltz
>
> On 04/25/16, Daniel Widdis<widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Seventeen definitions for PEELY-WALLY are presented below for your
>
> amusement and/or edification. One is correct, the others are products
>
> of our distinguished group's collective imaginations.
>
> You may vote for two, whether or not you submitted a definition, by
>
> public reply to this message.
>
> I'll close the polls Tuesday morning, April 26, 2016, at 8:00 AM PDT, 33
>
> hours from now. That's 11AM EDT, 3PM UTC, 4PM BST, 5PM CEST, 11PM AEST,
>
> and 1AM Wednesday NZST.
>
> 1. Regional (esp. n. Minnesota) name for the walleye, also called
>
> walleyed pike or pickerel, a freshwater fish native to the northern US
>
> and southern Canada
>
> 2. A small walleye, a member of the perch family and called "pickerel"
>
> in English-speaking Canada
>
> 3. [sl.] A fish that is too small to keep, due to legal limits on
>
> catch size
>
> 4. An unspecified, imaginary or figurative disease of sheep
>
> 5. [Yorks.] Unkempt, especially of a child
>
> 6. A feeling of dizziness and unbalance
>
> 7. A bare-skin swimmer [USA Juv. Sl.]
>
> 8. In an arbitrary fashion
>
> 9. (Sc.) Naked
>
> 10. A chimney style
>
> 11. Pale and sickly in appearance
>
> 12. An Australian version of dodgeball
>
> 13. Strip or ribbon gathered into flutings
>
> 14. An over-officious policeman [London sl.]
>
> 15. A mixture of wine dregs and rubble used to loosen old wallpaper
>
> 16. A gentleman stroller in a town or city, esp. one who seeks immoral
>
> company
>
> 17. [Aust. slang] A large prawn found off the north coast of Australia,
>
> esp, in the Gulf of Carpentaria
>
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> France International/Mike Shefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com>: Apr 25 09:54AM
> -0400
>
> I'll take a small walleye (2) and a large prawn (17).
> "Steve Graham" <sdgraham (AT) duckswild (DOT) com>: Apr 25 08:12AM -0700
>
> 1 and 3 please
>
> Steve Graham
> "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and
> leave a trail."
> Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
>
> 1. Regional (esp. n. Minnesota) name for the walleye, also called walleyed
> pike or pickerel, a freshwater fish native to the northern U.S.
> and southern Canada
>
> 3. [sl.] A fish that is too small to keep, due to legal limits on catch
> size
> Back to top <#m_-4281836151693307722_digest_top>
> Round 2702: WHINCHAT Results
> <http://groups.google.com/group/dixonary/t/b02d6b9c903a1975?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
> Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com>: Apr 25 07:24AM -0400
>
> Gasp!
>
> On the other hand, maybe a suspension would be a relief from "fear of
> dealing syndrome", for which there is no cure.
>
> Guerri
> On 4/24/2016 1:41 PM, France International/Mike Shefler wrote:
> Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com>: Apr 25 07:25AM -0400
>
> Yes, Dixomatic does have a DQ option. Someone else mentioned, so I
> looked, and there it is!
>
> Guerri
> On 4/24/2016 5:05 PM, Tim B wrote:
> Back to top <#m_-4281836151693307722_digest_top>
> Round 2703: PEELY-WALLY update
> <http://groups.google.com/group/dixonary/t/f0e9e89fd14231a8?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
> Daniel Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com>: Apr 24 02:26PM -0700
>
> So far, 12 definitions have been received, from the following players:
>
> Barrs, Bourne, Cunningham, Graham, Hale, Keating, Madnick, Mallach,
> Naylor, Shefler, Shepherdson and Weltz.
>
> It appears I posted the announcement from my gmail address, to which
> several of you replied. I get so many spam messages to that account
> it's possible I've missed submissions. I believe I have recovered all
> of those (thanks to use of the round number or word in the subject) but
> if your name is not in the above list, that could be a reason why.
>
> The word, in case you missed the initial posting, is PEELY-WALLY. You
> still have 8 ½ hours to submit your fake definitions for this word,
> (which you should of course send me by /email/). The deadline for
> definitions is Monday, April 25, 2016 6:00 AM UTC
> <
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=YARBOROUGH+deadline&iso=20160425T06&p1=1440
> >.
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nancy shepherdson
January 20th, 2017, 12:30 AM
I'll take the unpopular 2 and 9.

Nancy

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 2:45 PM, <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> wrote:

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> - Round 2773 KUMPIT Defs Up - Vote Now!
> <#m_9033881964654746241_group_thread_0> - 9 Updates
> - OT: Author Sue Henry <#m_9033881964654746241_group_thread_1> - 3
> Updates
> - Round 2773 KUMPIT Reminder <#m_9033881964654746241_group_thread_2> - 1
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>
> Round 2773 KUMPIT Defs Up - Vote Now!
> <http://groups.google.com/group/dixonary/t/6d681306429e5a55?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
> Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk>: Jan 19 02:40AM -0800
>
> Here are 15 - yes, 15! - defs of the word KUMPIT, only one of which came
> from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to
> this message before the deadline, by which time those of you on the
> opposite side of the pond to me should have a new president:
>
> 18:00 UTC/GMT on Friday 20th January
> 19:00 CET
> 1:00 PM EST
> 10:00 AM PST
> 05:00 AEDT on Saturday in Melbourne
> 07:00 NZDT on Saturday in New Zealand
>
> Good luck - on both counts!
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** KUMPIT ***
>
> 1. a shortcake.
>
> 2. a clumsy person.
>
> 3. baling twine or wire.
>
> 4. a Hindu holy festival.
>
> 5. [Hind.] a type of mango.
>
> 6. a cross between a kumquat and a cherry.
>
> 7. a trading-vessel of the Philippine Islands.
>
> 8. (Bot.) a distended, membranaceous pericarp.
>
> 9. a beehive made of twisted straw without movable frames.
>
> 10. an Australian toothless spined monotreme resembling a hedgehog.
>
> 11. a derogatory sailor's term for an incompetent ship's officer.
>
> 12. a cassock, usually black, worn by the verger in the Anglican church.
>
> 13. a convolvulaceous twining plant of tropical America, cultivated for
> its edible fleshy yellow root.
>
> 14. an earthenware vessel on a dining table used to hold food waste such
> as meat bones and fruit peel {Ind.]
>
> 15. a hole in the floor made for spitting into, especially by users of
> chewing and dipping tobacco. (cf spittoon, cuspidor)
> "—Keith Hale—" <thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com>: Jan 19 05:15AM -0600
>
> 10 & 14
> -Keith-
> Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com>: Jan 19 06:21AM -0500
>
> I vote for 11 and 14.
>
> Guerri
>
> On 1/19/2017 5:40 AM, Tim Lodge wrote:
> Hugo Kornelis <hugo (AT) perFact (DOT) info>: Jan 19 12:25PM +0100
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> Nice to see the number of participants go up again!
>
> I have decided to vote for one of the Hindu defs (though they smell like
> traps), and for one def that appears to consist solely of words I do not
> know:
>
> > 4.a Hindu holy festival.
>
> > 8.(Bot.) a distended, membranaceous pericarp.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Hugo
>
>
> Op 19-1-2017 om 11:40 schreef Tim Lodge:
> Tim B <dixonary (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk>: Jan 19 11:54AM
>
> 3 and 15, please.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim Bourne.
> Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net>: Jan 19 04:57AM -0800
>
> 8 and 13 for the polysyllabricatoriphilicness enjoyed by their creators.
>
> On Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 5:41:00 AM UTC-5, Tim Lodge wrote:
> "Judy Madnick" <jmadnick (AT) gmail (DOT) com>: Jan 19 05:51AM -0800
>
> 2. a clumsy person.
>
> 8. (Bot.) a distended, membranaceous pericarp.
>
> Judy Madnick
> Albany, NY
> France International/Mike Shefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com>: Jan 19 11:02AM
> -0500
>
> I'll go with 9 and 13.
> Daniel Widdis <widdis (AT) dixonary (DOT) net>: Jan 19 08:18AM -0800
>
> 1 and 15 to prove I read them all
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> OT: Author Sue Henry
> <http://groups.google.com/group/dixonary/t/c68a553e796b82f8?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
> Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com>: Jan 18 05:24PM -0500
>
> Does anyone know anything about her? I believe she is still alive. At
> least I haven't seen anything about her death, but I admit I haven't
> looked very hard. I suspect she is no longer writing. The supposedly
> forthcoming next book is way overdue.
> --
> Guerri
> Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net>: Jan 18 05:38PM -0500
>
> When someone with a Wikipedia page dies, someone usually updates that page
> within hours if not minutes. Hers, which you surely checked, just says
> "born 1940."
>
> Is she still writing? Will she ever finish Cold as Ice? I dunno ...
>
> Efrem
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com>: Jan 19 06:32AM -0500
>
> So she is, at the very least, what some of us call "not young". My guess
> is that she is no longer writing. I know nothing about writing, but she
> may not be able to write. And possibly is not able to pass her character
> along to another author.
>
> Guerri
>
> On 1/18/2017 5:38 PM, Efrem Mallach wrote:
> Back to top <#m_9033881964654746241_digest_top>
> Round 2773 KUMPIT Reminder
> <http://groups.google.com/group/dixonary/t/1c1a40182ca3fb3a?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
> Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk>: Jan 18 02:47PM -0800
>
> With just over 11 hours to go, I've received defs of the word KUMPIT from
> the following 11 players:
>
> Johnny Barrs, Tim Bourne, Dave Cunningham, Jim Greer, Hugo
> Kornelis, Judy Madnick, Efrem Mallach, Mike Shefler, Nancy Shepherdson,
> Guerri Stevens, and Dan Widdis
>
> Welcome to our new player, Jim Greer.
>
> There's room for plenty more, so your name isn't here, please send me a
> def
> by email to dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk before the deadline of:
>
> 10:00 GMT on Thursday 19th January
> 11:00 CET
> 5:00 AM EST
> 2:00 AM PST
> 21:00 AEDT in Melbourne
> 23:00 NZDT in New Zealand
>
> -- Tim L
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