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Paul Keating
September 7th, 2010, 01:42 AM
In round 2137, two players earned top spot with 4 points: they were
Millie Morgan and Dodi Schultz. Millie
Morgan's definition "a state of supreme happiness" earned its author
the deal, and Dodi Schultz can heave a sigh of relief that "1. the
highest note of a singer's range. 2. _var.sp._ of la, the note of the
musical scale
between sol and ti." did not earn one more vote.

There were three players in runner-up position with 3 points each:
Tony Abell, Tim Bourne and Chris Carson.

The true definition was 10: "the highest note in old church music, E,
the fourth space in the treble, sung to the syllable la in the highest
hexachord; the highest pitch of anything" (Chambers 9ed), which was
clearly an easy guess: seven players voted for it. There were 3 DQs:
one from Johnny, as usual, and two because it turned out to be a
crossworders' standard.

I set a long deadline because it is traditional to do that on US
holiday weekends. But as all the submitters have voted, I'm closing
the round early. This tends to confirm my suspicion that the reason
for long deadlines on holiday weekends (apart from the dealer being
otherwise occupied) was to accommodate players who had no online
access at weekends.

1. opulent
Vote from: Morgan
Submitted by: Stevens, who scores natural 1.

2. a succulent desert bloom
Vote from: Hart
Submitted by: Grieco, who scores natural 1.

3. a state of supreme happiness
Votes from: Carson, Emery, Grieco and Shefler
Submitted by: Morgan, who scores natural 4.

4. a nymph of the dragonfly family Gomphidae
Vote from: Hart
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.

5. an exclamation of happiness in Eastern Europe
Votes from: Shefler and Stevens
Submitted by: Savage (DQ), who scores natural 2.

6. in fencing, an announcement of a lunge (interject.)
No votes
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores 0 + 2, total 2.

7. a small coin of Zimbabwe, now rendered worthless due to
inflation
Votes from: Lodge and Madnick
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 2.

8. a kind of danceable music popular among black South
Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
Vote from: Madnick
Submitted by: Carson, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.

9. _Obs._ the right fork in a road; a choice. Often paired
with the word "eda," signifying the left fork or,
_fig._, the road not taken
Votes from: Schultz and Widdis
Submitted by: Shepherdson, who scores natural 2.

10. the highest note in old church music, E, the fourth
space in the treble, sung to the syllable la in the
highest hexachord; the highest pitch of anything
Votes from: Abell, Bourne, Carson, Crom, Cunningham,
Emery and Schultz
Real definition from Chambers 9ed

11. an ELA-box is a box at airport terminals into which
hand-luggage has to fit if it is to be accepted as
carry-on luggage [Estimate Luggage Allowance]
Vote from: Widdis
Submitted by: Barrs (DQ), who scores natural 1.

12. 1. the highest note of a singer's range. 2. _var.sp._
of la, the note of the musical scale between sol and ti.
Votes from: Bourne and Cunningham
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.

13. solar prominences extending more than two degrees from
the sun's limb
Vote from: Shepherdson
Submitted by: Abell, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.

14. _Obs._ go (as a command) [imperative of O.E. _elan_ to
go]
Vote from: Abell
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores natural 1.

15. _aeronaut._ Electronic Landing Assistance [acronym]
No votes
Submitted by: Weltz (DQ).

16. a juvenile crustacean, _esp._ a young shrimp
Votes from: Grieco and Shepherdson
Submitted by: Hart, who scores natural 2.

17. [Fr.] an expression of sadness or regret
No votes
Submitted by: Emery, who scores 0 + 2, total 2.

18. emigrants who leave Israel
Votes from: Crom and Stevens
Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 2.

19. something very different
Votes from: Lodge and Morgan
Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 2.

Player Def Voted for Votes Guess DP Total
------ --- --------- ----- ----- -- -----
Morgan 3 1 & 19 4 4
Schultz 12 9 & *10* 2 2 4
Carson 8 3 & *10* 1 2 3
Abell 13 *10* & 14 1 2 3
Bourne 4 *10* & 12 1 2 3
Widdis 19 9 & 11 2 2
Savage 5 DQ 2 2
Shepherdson 9 13 & 16 2 2
Shefler 7 3 & 5 2 2
Madnick 18 7 & 8 2 2
Hart 16 2 & 4 2 2
Cunningham 6 *10* & 12 0 2 2
Crom *10* & 18 0 2 2
Emery 17 3 & *10* 0 2 2
Barrs 11 DQ 1 1
Lodge 14 7 & 19 1 1
Stevens 1 5 & 18 1 1
Grieco 2 3 & 16 1 1
Weltz 15 DQ 0 0

Dodi Schultz
September 7th, 2010, 08:13 AM
> The true definition was 10: "the highest note in old church music, E,
> the fourth space in the treble, sung to the syllable la in the highest
> hexachord; the highest pitch of anything" (Chambers 9ed), which was
> clearly an easy guess: seven players voted for it. There were 3 DQs:
> one from Johnny, as usual, and two because it turned out to be a
> crossworders' standard.
>

Interesting! I'm a consumed crossworder, both US and UK, but hadn't
encountered that one; the def I concocted, as well as my vote for the
real one, were based solely on /la/ being a note of the scale.

After I voted, I was intensely curious and tried to look it up, but it
was nowhere on my shelf. Or online, either, which of course the latest
Chambers is not. My search did include the online Chambers, which
announced that it had no entry for ELA but perhaps the following might
be helpful? It proceeded to list everything it had beginning with those
letters, from /elaborate/ to /elation/.

After that, I concluded that there was likely some connection with
/elation/, that the author of the church-music def had been inspired by
the same thought I had, and that I should have voted for (Millie's)
"state of supreme happiness"!

--Dodi

EnDash@aol.com
September 7th, 2010, 09:29 AM
I wound up as a DQ because, by happenstance, ELA was the answer to the clue
"Guido's Note" in a puzzle game I was playing online; so I looked it up
out of curiosity and saw a definition similar to the one posted on Dixonary.


In a message dated 9/7/2010 9:12:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org writes:



The true definition was 10: "the highest note in old church music, E,

the fourth space in the treble, sung to the syllable la in the highest

hexachord; the highest pitch of anything" (Chambers 9ed), which was

clearly an easy guess: seven players voted for it. There were 3 DQs:

one from Johnny, as usual, and two because it turned out to be a

crossworders' standard.




Interesting! I'm a consumed crossworder, both US and UK, but hadn't
encountered that one; the def I concocted, as well as my vote for the real one,
were based solely on la being a note of the scale.

After I voted, I was intensely curious and tried to look it up, but it was
nowhere on my shelf. Or online, either, which of course the latest
Chambers is not. My search did include the online Chambers, which announced that
it had no entry for ELA but perhaps the following might be helpful? It
proceeded to list everything it had beginning with those letters, from elaborate
to elation.

After that, I concluded that there was likely some connection with
elation, that the author of the church-music def had been inspired by the same
thought I had, and that I should have voted for (Millie's) "state of supreme
happiness"!

--Dodi

Dodi Schultz
September 7th, 2010, 10:30 AM
Dick Weltz wrote:

> I wound up as a DQ because, by happenstance, ELA was the answer to the
> clue "Guido's Note" in a puzzle game I was playing online; so I looked
> it up out of curiosity and saw a definition similar to the one posted
> on Dixonary.

Who's Guido?

--Dodi

France International
September 7th, 2010, 11:01 AM
http://members.cox.net/chuxwords/music.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Dodi Schultz
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2137: ELA [Results]


Dick Weltz wrote:


I wound up as a DQ because, by happenstance, ELA was the answer to the clue "Guido's Note" in a puzzle game I was playing online; so I looked it up out of curiosity and saw a definition similar to the one posted on Dixonary.

Who's Guido?

--Dodi





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Dodi Schultz
September 7th, 2010, 11:11 AM
Mike Shefler wrote, in reply to my "Who's Guido?":

> http://members.cox.net/chuxwords/music.html

Thanks, Mike!

--Dodi

Christopher Carson
September 7th, 2010, 12:20 PM
I didn't recognize it either until I found an online def that referenced "Guido's high note". That rings a crossword bell where Paul's def as written didn't.

CC



From: Dodi Schultz
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 9:13 AM
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2137: ELA [Results]




The true definition was 10: "the highest note in old church music, E,
the fourth space in the treble, sung to the syllable la in the highest
hexachord; the highest pitch of anything" (Chambers 9ed), which was
clearly an easy guess: seven players voted for it. There were 3 DQs:
one from Johnny, as usual, and two because it turned out to be a
crossworders' standard.

Interesting! I'm a consumed crossworder, both US and UK, but hadn't encountered that one; the def I concocted, as well as my vote for the real one, were based solely on la being a note of the scale.

After I voted, I was intensely curious and tried to look it up, but it was nowhere on my shelf. Or online, either, which of course the latest Chambers is not. My search did include the online Chambers, which announced that it had no entry for ELA but perhaps the following might be helpful? It proceeded to list everything it had beginning with those letters, from elaborate to elation.

After that, I concluded that there was likely some connection with elation, that the author of the church-music def had been inspired by the same thought I had, and that I should have voted for (Millie's) "state of supreme happiness"!

--Dodi

Dave Cunningham
September 7th, 2010, 01:00 PM
I remember Guido <g> in crosswords, but did not associate it with much
about church music. Indeed, I figured it was about a mobster in pain
<g>.

Dave


On Sep 7, 1:20*pm, "Christopher Carson" <clcar... (AT) live (DOT) com> wrote:
> I didn't recognize it either until I found an online def that referenced "Guido's high note". *That rings a crossword bell where Paul's def as written didn't.
>
> CC
>
> From: Dodi Schultz
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 9:13 AM
> To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2137: ELA [Results]
>
> The true definition was 10: "the highest note in old church music, E,
> the fourth space in the treble, sung to the syllable la in the highest
> hexachord; the highest pitch of anything" (Chambers 9ed), which was
> clearly an easy guess: seven players voted for it. There were 3 DQs:
> one from Johnny, as usual, and two because it turned out to be a
> crossworders' standard.
>
> Interesting! I'm a consumed crossworder, both US and UK, but hadn't encountered that one; the def I concocted, as well as my vote for the real one, were based solely on la being a note of the scale.
>
> After I voted, I was intensely curious and tried to look it up, but it was nowhere on my shelf. Or online, either, which of course the latest Chambers is not. My search did include the online Chambers, which announced that it had no entry for ELA but perhaps the following might be helpful? It proceeded to list everything it had beginning with those letters, from elaborate to elation.
>
> After that, I concluded that there was likely some connection with elation, that the author of the church-music def had been inspired by the same thought I had, and that I should have voted for (Millie's) "state of supreme happiness"!
>
> --Dodi

Toni Savage
September 7th, 2010, 07:30 PM
Interesting!* I had seen it a lot in crosswords, (though not much lately, now
that you mention it) but never in connection with "Guido"....)
*-- Toni Savage




________________________________
From: Dodi Schultz <DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org>
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Sent: Tue, September 7, 2010 12:11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2137: ELA [Results]


Mike Shefler wrote, in reply to my "Who's Guido?":


http://members.cox.net/chuxwords/music.html
Thanks, Mike!

--Dodi