Toni Savage
May 3rd, 2009, 07:32 AM
(I hope--- it was all too easy! <g>)
-- Toni Savage
--- On Sat, 5/2/09, Paul Keating <keating (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote:
> From: Paul Keating <keating (AT) acm (DOT) org>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Re: I have Keckle.txt
> To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 9:01 PM
>
> Toni, I was really hoping someone would say something of
> the sort. Won't you
> upload the file?
>
> --
> Paul Keating
> The Hague
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Toni Savage" <tonicsavage (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>
> To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 10:53 PM
> Subject: [Dixonary] Re: I have Keckle.txt
>
>
>
>
> I have it... here is the first page:
>
>
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * September 19, 1989
>
>
> * * * * Once* upon* a*
> time,* there* was* some* gossip going on
> in the
> * * * * TAProom.***This
> may* not seem* terribly unusual,* but
> in* this
> * * * * particular instance one Neil
> Rubenking chanced to use the word
> * * * * *propinquitous* and sparked to
> life the game of FICTIONARY* in
> * * * * the TAPCIS Forum.* (See
> Appendix B).
>
> * * * * Twenty-five rounds* having
> been* completed, this* seems a good
> * * * * time to look back over the
> dealers, the def's, and da woids of
> * * * * the game so* far.*
> What* you'll find here* are the Words* from
> * * * * FICTIONARY Rounds 1 through 25,
> with the *real* definition* of
> * * * * each, and the top scoring
> fictitious definitions.* (Note:* the
> * * * * definitions were selected*
> based on the* number of votes* they
> * * * * received, in some cases
> the* Winnah of the round may* not have
> * * * * had one of the best
> vote-getters.)
>
> * * * * So here they are, from KECKLE
> to ZEUGMA, in:
>
>
> * * * * * * * *
> ***The FICTIONARY Dictionary (Abridged)
>
>
>
> * ***KECKLE* * * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * ***[Theresa Carey -
> Round* 1]
> * ***------
>
> * ***1) v.t. to wrap a cable with rope
> to prevent chafing.
>
> * ***2) n. (Scots.) a measure of grain,
> esp. barley, equal to three
> * * * * gills liquid measure; orig.,
> twice the amount held in two
> * * * * hands cupped together.
>
>
> * ***MISTIGRIS* * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * ***[Anders Sterner -
> Round* 2]
> * ***---------
>
> * ***1) n. a musteline carnivore of
> South and Central America, having
> * * * * the upper surface of the body
> grayish-white and the lower dark
> * * * * brown.
>
> * ***2) n. a joker, or blank card, used
> in a variety of poker.
>
> * ***3) n. an herb found in the Middle
> East, used in cooking.
>
>
> * ***RAMBUTAN* * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * ***[Howard Benner -
> Round* 3]
> * ***--------
>
> * ***1) n. the bright red, oval fruit
> of a Malayan tree, covered with
> * * * * soft spines, or hairs, and
> having a subacid taste.
>
> * ***2) n. (Heraldry) two horizontal
> bands extending three-quarters of
> * * * * the way across an escutcheon.
>
>
> * ***BORELE* * * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * * ***[Toni Savage -
> Round* 4]
> * ***------
>
> * ***1) n. a gas-filled spherical
> cavity found in volcanic rock.
>
> * ***2) n. the smaller of two
> rhinoceroses found in South Africa.
>
> * ***3) n. a slurry mixture of plaster
> and lime in combination with
> * * * * horsehair and other fibrous
> filler to provide a scratch coat
> * * * * for ornamental plasterwork;
> also a term referring to Coves,
> * * * * Crowns, Friezes and decorative
> plaster reliefs of the French
> * * * * plaster lathesmen.
>
> * ***4) n. the plastic or metalic tip
> of a shoestring.
>
>
> * ***THOOID* * * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * * [Neil Rubenking - Round*
> 5]
> * ***------
> -- Toni Savage
>
>
> --- On Fri, 5/1/09, Daniel B. Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Daniel B. Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
> > Subject: [Dixonary] Re: OT: Game archive, rounds
> 49-979
> > To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> > Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 10:03 PM
> >
> > PK> Rounds 1-48 predate proper record-keeping and
> are
> > probably
> > PK> gone forever.
> >
> > Wasn't there a file KECKLE.ZIP or something like that
> in
> > the old TAPCIS
> > forum library? Did that ever get downloaded by any of
> > our players prior to
> > the forum's demise?
> >
> > --
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
>
>
-- Toni Savage
--- On Sat, 5/2/09, Paul Keating <keating (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote:
> From: Paul Keating <keating (AT) acm (DOT) org>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Re: I have Keckle.txt
> To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 9:01 PM
>
> Toni, I was really hoping someone would say something of
> the sort. Won't you
> upload the file?
>
> --
> Paul Keating
> The Hague
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Toni Savage" <tonicsavage (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>
> To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 10:53 PM
> Subject: [Dixonary] Re: I have Keckle.txt
>
>
>
>
> I have it... here is the first page:
>
>
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * September 19, 1989
>
>
> * * * * Once* upon* a*
> time,* there* was* some* gossip going on
> in the
> * * * * TAProom.***This
> may* not seem* terribly unusual,* but
> in* this
> * * * * particular instance one Neil
> Rubenking chanced to use the word
> * * * * *propinquitous* and sparked to
> life the game of FICTIONARY* in
> * * * * the TAPCIS Forum.* (See
> Appendix B).
>
> * * * * Twenty-five rounds* having
> been* completed, this* seems a good
> * * * * time to look back over the
> dealers, the def's, and da woids of
> * * * * the game so* far.*
> What* you'll find here* are the Words* from
> * * * * FICTIONARY Rounds 1 through 25,
> with the *real* definition* of
> * * * * each, and the top scoring
> fictitious definitions.* (Note:* the
> * * * * definitions were selected*
> based on the* number of votes* they
> * * * * received, in some cases
> the* Winnah of the round may* not have
> * * * * had one of the best
> vote-getters.)
>
> * * * * So here they are, from KECKLE
> to ZEUGMA, in:
>
>
> * * * * * * * *
> ***The FICTIONARY Dictionary (Abridged)
>
>
>
> * ***KECKLE* * * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * ***[Theresa Carey -
> Round* 1]
> * ***------
>
> * ***1) v.t. to wrap a cable with rope
> to prevent chafing.
>
> * ***2) n. (Scots.) a measure of grain,
> esp. barley, equal to three
> * * * * gills liquid measure; orig.,
> twice the amount held in two
> * * * * hands cupped together.
>
>
> * ***MISTIGRIS* * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * ***[Anders Sterner -
> Round* 2]
> * ***---------
>
> * ***1) n. a musteline carnivore of
> South and Central America, having
> * * * * the upper surface of the body
> grayish-white and the lower dark
> * * * * brown.
>
> * ***2) n. a joker, or blank card, used
> in a variety of poker.
>
> * ***3) n. an herb found in the Middle
> East, used in cooking.
>
>
> * ***RAMBUTAN* * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * ***[Howard Benner -
> Round* 3]
> * ***--------
>
> * ***1) n. the bright red, oval fruit
> of a Malayan tree, covered with
> * * * * soft spines, or hairs, and
> having a subacid taste.
>
> * ***2) n. (Heraldry) two horizontal
> bands extending three-quarters of
> * * * * the way across an escutcheon.
>
>
> * ***BORELE* * * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * * ***[Toni Savage -
> Round* 4]
> * ***------
>
> * ***1) n. a gas-filled spherical
> cavity found in volcanic rock.
>
> * ***2) n. the smaller of two
> rhinoceroses found in South Africa.
>
> * ***3) n. a slurry mixture of plaster
> and lime in combination with
> * * * * horsehair and other fibrous
> filler to provide a scratch coat
> * * * * for ornamental plasterwork;
> also a term referring to Coves,
> * * * * Crowns, Friezes and decorative
> plaster reliefs of the French
> * * * * plaster lathesmen.
>
> * ***4) n. the plastic or metalic tip
> of a shoestring.
>
>
> * ***THOOID* * * *
> * * * * * * * *
> * * * * [Neil Rubenking - Round*
> 5]
> * ***------
> -- Toni Savage
>
>
> --- On Fri, 5/1/09, Daniel B. Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Daniel B. Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
> > Subject: [Dixonary] Re: OT: Game archive, rounds
> 49-979
> > To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> > Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 10:03 PM
> >
> > PK> Rounds 1-48 predate proper record-keeping and
> are
> > probably
> > PK> gone forever.
> >
> > Wasn't there a file KECKLE.ZIP or something like that
> in
> > the old TAPCIS
> > forum library? Did that ever get downloaded by any of
> > our players prior to
> > the forum's demise?
> >
> > --
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
>
>