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[Dixonary] Round 1617 HAKSPEK - Results
Hi all,
It's half an hour past the deadline, so I'll stop waiting for the votes of Russ and Paul. Dave will be out next dealer - no less than 6 people were fooled by his Norwegian official statement. The real winner is Russ, with 5 natural points for the South African land measure. And in all honesty - I feel like a winner too, since nobody guessed that hakspek is actually hakspek for hack-speak - the shorthand spelling found on British bulletin board systems, and remarkably like contemporary SMS shorthand spelling of words. As an FYI, here's the complete definition, from www.foldoc.org: <jargon> /hak'speek/ A shorthand method of spelling found on many British academic bulletin boards and chat systems. Syllables and whole words in a sentence are replaced by single ASCII characters the names of which are phonetically similar or equivalent, while multiple letters are usually dropped. Hence, "for" becomes "4"; "two", "too", and "to" become "2"; "ck" becomes "k". "Before I see you tomorrow" becomes "b4 i c u 2moro". First appeared in London about 1986, and was probably caused by the slowness of available talk systems, which operated on archaic machines with outdated operating systems and no standard methods of communication. Has become rarer since. I guess I was lucky that Dan *insisted* that I kept his virtually illegible definition exactly as submitted, as that saved me the headache of deciding wether or not to combine it with the real def. The two Dutch dialects were just different enough to warrant not to combine them. The full list follows. Thanks, all, for making this a fun round. And good luck with your deal, Dave! Best, Hugo 1: A curse. Voted for by: Wetzstein, Crom FROM Schultz who voted 3 and 7, and scores 2 + 0 = 2 2: Dried eel (Norse). Voted for by: Carson FROM Shepherdson who voted 3 and 8, and scores 1 + 0 = 1 3: Defensive port in a castlement. Voted for by: Goran, Schultz, Shepherdson FROM Scott who voted 7 and 11, and scores 3 + 0 = 3 4: Specialized tool for micro-surgery, Voted for by nobody FROM Toll who voted 8 and 11, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 5: A circle of stones used in witchcraft. Voted for by: Madnick, Hirst FROM Wetzstein who voted 1 and 10, and scores 2 + 0 = 2 6: [obs.] Pitch used to attach heels to shoes. Voted for by: Carson FROM Gans, van who DQ'ed, and scores 1 + 0 = 1 7: Mediaeval low german slangword for high german. Voted for by: Scott, Cunningham, Schultz, Crom FROM Barrs who DQ'ed, and scores 4 + 0 = 4 8: A land measure in S. Africa, 1/3 to 2/3 of an acre. Voted for by: Hirst, Lodge, Toll, Shepherdson, Savage FROM Heimerson who didn't vote, and scores 5 + 0 = 5 9: Fine powder spread on writing paper to keep ink from running. Voted for by: Kryvko FROM Madnick who voted 5 and 20, and scores 1 + 0 = 1 10: A spiced drink of hot sweetened milk curdled with wine or ale. Voted for by: Abell, Wetzstein, Kryvko FROM Goran who voted 3 and 11, and scores 3 + 0 = 3 11: [Norw.] An official announcement, especially one issued by a court. Voted for by: Scott, Goran, Lodge, Toll, Stevens, Savage FROM Cunningham who voted 7 and 20, and scores 6 + 0 = 6 12: Traditional Turkish unleavened bread made from wheat and sesame seed. Voted for by nobody FROM Abell who voted 10 and 17, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 13: A Middle Eastern dish made of bulgur, parsley, garlic, currants, nuts, and lemon. Voted for by nobody FROM Stevens who voted 11 and 14, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 14: A _lingua franca_ of Scandinavia, understood by most speakers of Nordic languages. Voted for by: Stevens FROM Lodge who voted 8 and 11, and scores 1 + 0 = 1 15: A mountaineer's hammer used for setting pitons, chipping handholds, and defacing trail signs. Voted for by nobody FROM Hirst who voted 5 and 8, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 16: A shorthand method of spelling found on many British academic bulletin boards and chat systems. Voted for by nobody FROM Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (foldoc.org) which can't vote, and scores D0 17: _EME rare._ The mark of Cain (Gen 4:15) [Northumb. gloss, fm OE _hæc_ grating + _specca_ speck, spot] Voted for by: Abell, Widdis FROM Keating who didn't vote, and scores 2 + 0 = 2 18: A regional dialect of Dutch which sounds to a foreigner as though the speaker is constantly clearing his throat. Voted for by: Widdis FROM Crom who voted 1 and 7, and scores 1 + 0 = 1 19: O|\|L!|\|3 5l@|\|g |\| wh!ch w0rd5 R $h0r+3|\|D & ch@r@c+3r5 r3pL@c3D w!th |\|u|V|b3r5 & pu|\|c+ua+!0|\|, c0|V||V|0|\| |\| H@K3R ch@t r0O|V|$. Voted for by nobody FROM Widdis who voted 17 and 18, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 20: A dialect of Dutch French characterized by nonstandard pronunciations and grammar, and the presence of English loanwords and syntactic patterns. Voted for by: Cunningham, Madnick FROM Kryvko who voted 9 and 10, and scores 2 + 0 = 2 21: [Swedish] An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout. Voted for by nobody FROM Carson who voted 2 and 6, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 No def FROM Savage who voted 8 and 11, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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