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Daniel B. Widdis
December 11th, 2008, 04:51 PM
Below you will find nineteen definitions for TSANTSA, eighteen of which are
utterly false. If you don't actually know the definition, you may vote for
two of the below definitions by public reply to this message in the next 33
hours. That is, prior to Midnight PST Friday December 12 (3am EST, 08:00
UTC Saturday.)

*** TSANTSA ***

1: a low, eroded mesa.

2: a Zulu wedding dance.

3: a kind of backpack in Africa.

4: _Informal_ trouble; aggravation.

5: a type of rope made from plaited tree bark.

6: Chilean dance where partners move around each other.

7: a hot, herbal beverage believed to have healing properties.

8: a large scale pottery figure found in some Chinese funerary sites.

9: in the Mediterranean area, a hot, dry southerly wind, especially one
moving towards a low pressure center.

10: in southern India, the ceremonial painting of the bride's toenails
before a marriage ceremony; the elaborate design thus produced.

11: [Japan] tree with red-streaked, scented timber valued for inlaying and
religious buildings - Cryptomeria japonica.

12: a wasp of central Africa whose larvae are parasitic on other insect
larvae.

13: a wild dance of the Romany or the music to which it is performed.

14: a shrunken head made by the Shuar people of South America.

15: (Pinyin _zanza_) a short form of Chinese poetry.

16: a Slavic dance that increases in speed.

17: [!Kung] a celebration or feast.

18: [Pidgin] aunt and/or uncle.

19: candied gooseberries.

--
Dan

France International
December 11th, 2008, 05:38 PM
I'll try 3 and 16.

Toni Savage
December 11th, 2008, 05:39 PM
9 and 18, please (I'm a sucker for a wind...)

-- Toni Savage


--- On Thu, 12/11/08, Daniel B. Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> From: Daniel B. Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 1960: Vote for TSANTSA
> To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 5:51 PM
> Below you will find nineteen definitions for TSANTSA,
> eighteen of which are
> utterly false. If you don't actually know the
> definition, you may vote for
> two of the below definitions by public reply to this
> message in the next 33
> hours. That is, prior to Midnight PST Friday December 12
> (3am EST, 08:00
> UTC Saturday.)
>
> *** TSANTSA ***
>
> 1: a low, eroded mesa.
>
> 2: a Zulu wedding dance.
>
> 3: a kind of backpack in Africa.
>
> 4: _Informal_ trouble; aggravation.
>
> 5: a type of rope made from plaited tree bark.
>
> 6: Chilean dance where partners move around each other.
>
> 7: a hot, herbal beverage believed to have healing
> properties.
>
> 8: a large scale pottery figure found in some Chinese
> funerary sites.
>
> 9: in the Mediterranean area, a hot, dry southerly wind,
> especially one
> moving towards a low pressure center.
>
> 10: in southern India, the ceremonial painting of the
> bride's toenails
> before a marriage ceremony; the elaborate design thus
> produced.
>
> 11: [Japan] tree with red-streaked, scented timber valued
> for inlaying and
> religious buildings - Cryptomeria japonica.
>
> 12: a wasp of central Africa whose larvae are parasitic on
> other insect
> larvae.
>
> 13: a wild dance of the Romany or the music to which it is
> performed.
>
> 14: a shrunken head made by the Shuar people of South
> America.
>
> 15: (Pinyin _zanza_) a short form of Chinese poetry.
>
> 16: a Slavic dance that increases in speed.
>
> 17: [!Kung] a celebration or feast.
>
> 18: [Pidgin] aunt and/or uncle.
>
> 19: candied gooseberries.
>
> --
> Dan

EnDash@aol.com
December 11th, 2008, 06:44 PM
I'll go for numbers 4 and 5.

Dick Weltz


In a message dated 12/11/2008 5:51:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com writes:


Below you will find nineteen definitions for TSANTSA, eighteen of which are
utterly false. If you don't actually know the definition, you may vote for
two of the below definitions by public reply to this message in the next 33
hours. That is, prior to Midnight PST Friday December 12 (3am EST, 08:00
UTC Saturday.)

*** TSANTSA ***



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Dodi Schultz
December 11th, 2008, 06:57 PM
Nice list pattern. Nice list, too--more entertaining than most. I think
I'll try the wind and the wasp; that's #9 and #12.

--Dodi

Judy Madnick
December 11th, 2008, 07:51 PM
Too many dances for me. Let's see...I think I'll go with the first and the last:

<< 1: a low, eroded mesa.

<< 19: candied gooseberries.

Judy Madnick

Guerri Stevens
December 11th, 2008, 08:25 PM
I vote for 9 and 18.

Guerri

Dave Cunningham
December 11th, 2008, 09:04 PM
13 and 16 as being very similar. Wrong though.

Dave
On Dec 11, 5:51*pm, "Daniel B. Widdis" <wid... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Below you will find nineteen definitions for TSANTSA, eighteen of which are
> utterly false. *If you don't actually know the definition, you may vote for
> two of the below definitions by public reply to this message in the next 33
> hours. *That is, prior to Midnight PST Friday December 12 (3am EST, 08:00
> UTC Saturday.)
>
> **** TSANTSA ***
>
> *1: a low, eroded mesa.
>
> *2: a Zulu wedding dance.
>
> *3: a kind of backpack in Africa.
>
> *4: _Informal_ trouble; aggravation.
>
> *5: a type of rope made from plaited tree bark.
>
> *6: Chilean dance where partners move around each other.
>
> *7: a hot, herbal beverage believed to have healing properties.
>
> *8: a large scale pottery figure found in some Chinese funerary sites.
>
> *9: in the Mediterranean area, a hot, dry southerly wind, especially one
> moving towards a low pressure center.
>
> 10: in southern India, the ceremonial painting of the bride's toenails
> before a marriage ceremony; the elaborate design thus produced.
>
> 11: [Japan] tree with red-streaked, scented timber valued for inlaying and
> religious buildings - Cryptomeria japonica.
>
> 12: a wasp of central Africa whose larvae are parasitic on other insect
> larvae.
>
> 13: a wild dance of the Romany or the music to which it is performed.
>
> 14: a shrunken head made by the Shuar people of South America.
>
> 15: (Pinyin _zanza_) a short form of Chinese poetry.
>
> 16: a Slavic dance that increases in speed.
>
> 17: [!Kung] a celebration or feast.
>
> 18: [Pidgin] aunt and/or uncle.
>
> 19: candied gooseberries.
>
> --
> Dan

Bill Hirst
December 11th, 2008, 10:35 PM
I like the mesa, backpack and rope--but I think the real definition is
longer and more reddish like a toenail or tree. I vote for 10 and 11.

-Bill

Nancy Shepherdson
December 12th, 2008, 05:08 AM
I'll take 3 and 12.

Nancy

Paul Keating
December 12th, 2008, 05:44 AM
It's the wrong shape to be Japanese or Tamil, and I don't think it's Zulu
(or !kung, Sotho or Swahili).

I vote for 7 and 19.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

Christopher Carson
December 12th, 2008, 07:20 AM
I'll go for 5 and 19.

Chris

Tim B
December 12th, 2008, 08:00 AM
2 and 5, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Paul Keating
December 12th, 2008, 04:12 PM
I'm off to the Red Sea tomorrow to try and soak up enough sunshine in a week
to see me through the Dutch winter, which is already looking fair to be
quite miserable. See you all on the 21st.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

Scott Crom
December 12th, 2008, 05:06 PM
I'll go for 5 and 19, please.

Scott

Wayne Scott, MD
December 12th, 2008, 06:23 PM
Bon Voyage!

Wayne