Tim Lodge
October 9th, 2010, 12:39 PM
As Paul commented, the spread of votes was pretty even in this round,
due I think in equal measure to the fact that HAUCEPY doesn't appear
to come from any obvious English words and that the quality of the
defs you all submitted was very high. In fact, HAUCEPY comes from the
French _hausser_ to raise or lift and _pied_ foot. It's a kind of
animal trap, and, from the derivation, I can imagine it might be the
sort of loop snare attached to a sprung branch that I was taught to
make on survival courses when I was in the Air Force. (I don't think
anyone ever caught anything, animal lovers will be relieved to
hear!)
Toni Savage, Johnny Barrs, and Scott Crom head the results with 3
points each. Johnny was the only one to vote for the true def, so his
points are unnatural. Scott is ahead of Toni in the rolling scores,
so he takes the next deal.
Over to you, Scott!
-- Tim L
*** HAUCEPY ***
1: dishonesty.
Voted for by nobody
FROM Guerri Stevens who voted 11 and 15, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
2: woolly rhinoceros.
Voted for by: Matthew Grieco
FROM Judy Madnick who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
3: _obs._ frangipane.
Voted for by: Dan Widdis, Matthew Grieco
FROM Paul Keating who voted 4 and 11, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
4: impertinent; insolent.
Voted for by: Paul Keating, Tim Bourne
FROM Matthew Grieco who voted 2 and 3, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
5: a disease of the muscles.
Voted for by: Mike Shefler, Dodi Schultz, Tim Bourne
FROM Toni Savage who didn't vote, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
6: thick mushroom soup [Alsace]
Voted for by: Dan Widdis
FROM Johnny Barrs who voted 8 and *10*, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
7: [Hung.] Austrian (pejorative)
Voted for by: Dick Weltz, Scott Crom
FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 11 and 12, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
8: inability to pronounce the letter "L".
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Scott Crom
FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 5 and 9, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
9: [of cattle] afflicted with the wheeze.
Voted for by: Dodi Schultz
FROM Tony Abell who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
10: a kind of trap for wolves and other wild beasts.
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs
FROM Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Ed 1989 which can't vote, and
scores D1
11: a crested metal helmet with a curved peak in front and back.
Voted for by: Paul Keating, Dave Cunningham, Guerri Stevens
FROM Scott Crom who voted 7 and 8, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
12: a Magyar dance in 6/8 time with a leap or hop on the 5th beat.
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham, Dick Weltz
FROM Mike Shefler who voted 5 and 15, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
13: the study of the effects of high altitude on human physiology.
Voted for by nobody
FROM Chris Carson who didn't vote, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
14: the growth of beard by a woman. Also: excessive facial hairiness.
Voted for by nobody
FROM Millie Morgan who didn't vote, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
15: a state of indecision caused by two equally undesirable
alternatives.
Voted for by: Mike Shefler, Guerri Stevens
FROM Dick Weltz who voted 7 and 12, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
16: linkage of the price of a raw asset, such as crude oil, to the
market price of products refined from it.
Voted for by nobody
FROM Dan Widdis who voted 3 and 6, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
No def
FROM Tim Bourne who voted 4 and 5, and scores 2dp + 0 + 0 = 2
due I think in equal measure to the fact that HAUCEPY doesn't appear
to come from any obvious English words and that the quality of the
defs you all submitted was very high. In fact, HAUCEPY comes from the
French _hausser_ to raise or lift and _pied_ foot. It's a kind of
animal trap, and, from the derivation, I can imagine it might be the
sort of loop snare attached to a sprung branch that I was taught to
make on survival courses when I was in the Air Force. (I don't think
anyone ever caught anything, animal lovers will be relieved to
hear!)
Toni Savage, Johnny Barrs, and Scott Crom head the results with 3
points each. Johnny was the only one to vote for the true def, so his
points are unnatural. Scott is ahead of Toni in the rolling scores,
so he takes the next deal.
Over to you, Scott!
-- Tim L
*** HAUCEPY ***
1: dishonesty.
Voted for by nobody
FROM Guerri Stevens who voted 11 and 15, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
2: woolly rhinoceros.
Voted for by: Matthew Grieco
FROM Judy Madnick who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
3: _obs._ frangipane.
Voted for by: Dan Widdis, Matthew Grieco
FROM Paul Keating who voted 4 and 11, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
4: impertinent; insolent.
Voted for by: Paul Keating, Tim Bourne
FROM Matthew Grieco who voted 2 and 3, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
5: a disease of the muscles.
Voted for by: Mike Shefler, Dodi Schultz, Tim Bourne
FROM Toni Savage who didn't vote, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
6: thick mushroom soup [Alsace]
Voted for by: Dan Widdis
FROM Johnny Barrs who voted 8 and *10*, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
7: [Hung.] Austrian (pejorative)
Voted for by: Dick Weltz, Scott Crom
FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 11 and 12, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
8: inability to pronounce the letter "L".
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Scott Crom
FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 5 and 9, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
9: [of cattle] afflicted with the wheeze.
Voted for by: Dodi Schultz
FROM Tony Abell who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
10: a kind of trap for wolves and other wild beasts.
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs
FROM Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Ed 1989 which can't vote, and
scores D1
11: a crested metal helmet with a curved peak in front and back.
Voted for by: Paul Keating, Dave Cunningham, Guerri Stevens
FROM Scott Crom who voted 7 and 8, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
12: a Magyar dance in 6/8 time with a leap or hop on the 5th beat.
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham, Dick Weltz
FROM Mike Shefler who voted 5 and 15, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
13: the study of the effects of high altitude on human physiology.
Voted for by nobody
FROM Chris Carson who didn't vote, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
14: the growth of beard by a woman. Also: excessive facial hairiness.
Voted for by nobody
FROM Millie Morgan who didn't vote, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
15: a state of indecision caused by two equally undesirable
alternatives.
Voted for by: Mike Shefler, Guerri Stevens
FROM Dick Weltz who voted 7 and 12, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
16: linkage of the price of a raw asset, such as crude oil, to the
market price of products refined from it.
Voted for by nobody
FROM Dan Widdis who voted 3 and 6, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
No def
FROM Tim Bourne who voted 4 and 5, and scores 2dp + 0 + 0 = 2