[Dixonary] Rd. 1922, MONAUL defs up!

[Nancy Shepherdson]

Hi all --

Here, for your voting pleasure, are 17 definitions of monaul, only one
of which is real. It is quite a varied group reflecting, I suppose,
the weirdness of the word. Even Johnny Barrs was stumped for once.

Please submit your votes by 1 a.m. EDT Monday July 14 which is

Midnight CDT
10 p.m. Sunday PDT
7 a.m. Monday GMT

I will be looking forward to seeing which of these specious
definitions wins.

Nancy


1. _var._ Cyclopic.

2. A curved handsaw.

3. Organ mutation stop.

4. To shake; quake; tremble.

5. A rare form of dermatitis.

6. An extinct variety of grape.

7. A stylized circular motif in Oriental rugs.

8. To let oneself down a rock face by using a double rope.

9. A finback whale _Baleanoptera physalas_ found in Antarctic waters.

10. A civet-like carnivore of Southern Asia and Malaysia; the palm-cat
of India.

11. The Anglo-Indian name for the Impeyan Pheasant (Lophophorus
Impeyanus).

12. The lesser manatee of West African coastal waters, having a single-
lobed tail.

13. [Ir.] A slotted spoon for serving chunks of vegetables and meats
from the bottom of a stew pot.

14. A pattern of evolution that results in linear descent with no
branching or splitting of the population.

15. A digital image greyscale transform in which each output color
channel value is set to the harmonic mean of the input values.

16. The high court established by William I (the Conqueror) in Rouen
as his primary advisory body; its officers resided in his own hall
[OF. mon aula = my hall].

17. (A burial chamber) that communicates directly with the exterior,
without intervening vestibule; simple, unsophisticated, primitive [Gk
monaulos 'single-chambered'].

[EnDash@aol.com]

I Like 7 and 17, but what do I know?

-- Dick Weltz





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[Dodi Schultz]

A varied group indeed!

I'll try #7 and #10, at least as unlikely as any of the others.

--Dodi

[Chuck]

Nancy -

Varied is the word for it. How about?

3. Organ mutation stop.

and

7. A stylized circular motif in Oriental rugs.

Thanks,

Chuck

[JohnnyB]

Judy

I'll take a short one #2 and an Indian one #11 please

JohnnyB

>
> 2. A curved handsaw.
>
>
> 11. The Anglo-Indian name for the Impeyan Pheasant
> (Lophophorus Impeyanus).
>

[Judy Madnick]

Let see how far off I am *this* time! I was going to go with animals, but there are too many listed. So how about these:

<< 2. A curved handsaw.

<< 14. A pattern of evolution that results in linear descent with no
<< branching or splitting of the population.

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[Bill Hirst]

9 and 12 for the marine animals.

-Bill

[Tim Lodge]

Nancy

There's plenty of food for thought among that lot of defs! I'll take
the pheasant and fish some bits out of the stew with the Irish spoon:

11 and 13 please.

-- Tim L

[stamps]

My def did not appear on the list. I sent to the nancygoat @ gmail.com last
night. Anyway, I'll vote for the unlikely 6 and 15.

--Mike

[Dave Cunningham]

2 and 13 today ...

Dave

On Jul 12, 2:20*pm, Nancy Shepherdson <nancyg... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Hi all --
>
> Here, for your voting pleasure, are 17 definitions of monaul, only one
> of which is real. *It is quite a varied group reflecting, I suppose,
> the weirdness of the word. *Even Johnny Barrs was stumped for once.
>
> Please submit your votes by 1 a.m. EDT Monday July 14 which is
>
> Midnight CDT
> 10 p.m. Sunday PDT
> 7 a.m. Monday GMT
>
> I will be looking forward to seeing which of these specious
> definitions wins.
>
> Nancy
>
> 1. * _var._ * Cyclopic.
>
> 2. A curved handsaw.
>
> 3. Organ mutation stop.
>
> 4. To shake; quake; tremble.
>
> 5. A rare form of dermatitis.
>
> 6. An extinct variety of grape.
>
> 7. A stylized circular motif in Oriental rugs.
>
> 8. To let oneself down a rock face by using a double rope.
>
> 9. A finback whale _Baleanoptera physalas_ found in Antarctic waters.
>
> 10. A civet-like carnivore of Southern Asia and Malaysia; the palm-cat
> of India.
>
> 11. *The Anglo-Indian name for the Impeyan Pheasant (Lophophorus
> Impeyanus).
>
> 12. The lesser manatee of West African coastal waters, having a single-
> lobed tail.
>
> 13. [Ir.] A slotted spoon for serving chunks of vegetables and meats
> from the bottom of a stew pot.
>
> 14. A pattern of evolution that results in linear descent with no
> branching or splitting of the population.
>
> 15. A digital image greyscale transform in which each output color
> channel value is set to the harmonic mean of the input values.
>
> 16. The high court established by William I (the Conqueror) in Rouen
> as his primary advisory body; its officers resided in his own hall
> [OF. mon aula = my hall].
>
> 17. (A burial chamber) that communicates directly with the exterior,
> without intervening vestibule; simple, unsophisticated, primitive [Gk
> monaulos 'single-chambered'].

[Daniel B. Widdis]

6 and 17 please

--
Dan

[Toni Savage]

16 and 9

[Guerri Stevens]

I have no clue, so 1 and 14 for me.

Guerri

[Jim Hart]

I rather like 3 because it sounds as if it was sent by telegram. Now
there's a thought - in the absence of the internet could we conduct
this game by telegram? No, probably not.

Therefore in this round I'll have an evolved whale please: 9 & 14


Jim

[Paul Keating]

It might be a little expensive. To send a telegram abroad from Holland costs
€14.75 plus €0.82 per word ($9.28 + $0.52). From the US, iTelegram charges
roughly twice that. From the UK it's £0.96 per word ($0.48).

And ... you still need the internet. Unless you have a telex machine
(assuming your country still has a telex service), the usual way to send a
telegram is via a website. At least in Europe, post offices don't do
telegrams anymore.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Hart" <jfshart (AT) gmail (DOT) com>


> in the absence of the internet could we conduct this game by telegram? No,
probably not.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

JH> in the absence of the internet could we conduct
JH> this game by telegram

I think pretty much every means of communication these days is part of the
internet somehow.

A lot like http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html

--
Dan

[Scott Crom]

I'll have 10 and 17, please.

Scott

[Dodi Schultz]

>> A lot like http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html

That's lovely, Dan!

--Dodi

[Daniel B. Widdis]

DS> That's lovely, Dan!

As you can see by the date it was written, it was intended as a joke.
However, it was actually implemented in 2001:

http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/

--
Dan

[schultz@compuserve.com]

DW> As you can see by the date it was written,
> it was intended as a joke.
> However, it was actually implemented in 2001:
>
> http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/

Some folks have a LOT of time on their hands. ;-)

--Dodi

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[Tony Abell]

3 because it doesn't make any sense, and 10 because it does.

> 3. Organ mutation stop.

> 10. A civet-like carnivore of Southern Asia and Malaysia; the palm-cat
> of India.

[Jim Hart]

On Jul 14, 12:15 am, "Paul Keating" <keat... (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote:
> It might be a little expensive. ...

> And ... you still need the internet. Unless you have a telex machine
> (assuming your country still has a telex service), the usual way to send a
> telegram is via a website.


I was hypothesising a no-internet or pre-internet world where
telegrams were still common, preferably transmitted by men with morse
keys and green eyeshades and delivered by whistling boys on bicycles.

I think the fax killed the telex in Australia and the internet
certainly buried it.

Incidentally I find it rather amusing that when my Nokia receives a
text message its default tone alert is <bip-bip-bip...beep beep... bip-
bip-bip> or "SMS" in Morse code. I wonder whose idea that was.

Jim

[itelegram@gmail.com]

Paul,

You're doing the conversions wrong. £0.96 is more like USD$2.00 not
$0.48 !


On Jul 13, 10:15 am, "Paul Keating" <keat... (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote:
> It might be a little expensive. To send a telegram abroad from Holland costs
> €14.75 plus €0.82 per word ($9.28 + $0.52). From the US,iTelegramcharges
> roughly twice that. From the UK it's £0.96 per word ($0.48).
>
> And ... you still need the internet. Unless you have a telex machine
> (assuming your country still has a telex service), the usual way to send a
> telegram is via a website. At least in Europe, post offices don't do
> telegrams anymore.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Hart" <jfsh... (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
>
> > in the absence of the internet could we conduct this game by telegram? No,
>
> pr
obably not.

[Paul Keating]

Yah, I know, the rate was right at the time (1.989) but I divided instead of
multiplying. Good thing I'm a programmer not a trader.

I saw the conversion was wrong just when it was too late to recall it. And
it didn't affect the general point much.

----- Original Message -----
From: <itelegram (AT) gmail (DOT) com>


You're doing the conversions wrong. £0.96 is more like USD$2.00 not $0.48 !