[Whirligig] Worse words

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Author Message Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1150 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 4:45 pm:        For quite some time, I had an active scrund about the spelling and origin of a word. According to dictionary.com, the misspelling is rather common, but I'm not sure if anyone else has been confused about the origin. Liquizt (Liquizt) New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 789 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 9:57 pm:        May we refer to the spelling and origin you believed it to be as scrundword (i.e. we can pretend it exists and has that origin)? and refer to the correct spelling and origin as trueword? Presumably, scrundword and trueword are then homophones? and you did not mistake the meaning? Is scrundword an acceptable variant spelling? a real English word, perhaps with a different meaning (to the best of your knowledge), British or American? Is trueword spelt the same in both British and American English? does it have any accepted variants? other than, potentially, scrundword? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1151 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 2:16 am:        May we refer to the spelling and origin you believed it to be as scrundword (i.e. we can pretend it exists and has that origin)? and refer to the correct spelling and origin as trueword? fine by me Presumably, scrundword and trueword are then homophones? yes and you did not mistake the meaning? correct Is scrundword an acceptable variant spelling? no a real English word, perhaps with a different meaning (to the best of your knowledge), British or American? yope Is trueword spelt the same in both British and American English? yes does it have any accepted variants? no other than, potentially, scrundword? so no Liquizt (Liquizt) New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 791 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 1:40 pm:        Does scrundword have origins in latin? trueword? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1152 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 8:36 pm:        Does scrundword have origins in latin? I didn't think about its etymology enough to know trueword? yes, but not immediately Liquizt (Liquizt) New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 799 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 10:38 pm:        Can scrundword be split into two real words? or more? Can trueword be split into two real words? or more? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1153 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 3:10 am:        Can scrundword be split into two real words? noish or more? no Can trueword be split into two real words? no or more? no Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3771 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 4:08 pm:        is trueword a noun? a proper noun? an adjective? verb? adverb? pronoun? is it a word that English speaking people might use? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1155 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 12:01 am:        is trueword a noun? this a proper noun? an adjective? verb? and this adverb? pronoun? is it a word that English speaking people might use? yes Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3367 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 5:23 pm:        Is the trueword something that is exactly the same in its noun and verb form? Such as "rank" or "drive"? Did your scrund apply to both noun and verb forms? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1158 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 10:41 pm:        Is the trueword something that is exactly the same in its noun and verb form? Such as "rank" or "drive"? not sure what you mean, but I believe so—they are spelled and pronounced the same Did your scrund apply to both noun and verb forms? yes Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3781 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 8:15 pm:        does the noun describe an object? a feeling? a concept? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1161 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 10:57 pm:        does the noun describe an object? a feeling? a concept? this more than the others Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3811 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 9:56 pm:        does the verb require an object? is it something you do with your body? is swearing relevant Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1162 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 10:16 pm:        does the verb require an object? no, in fact ... is it something you do with your body? no is swearing relevant no Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 2146 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Friday, February 08, 2013 - 7:12 am:        Clarification: "does the verb require an object"--were you interpreting that as the action referred to BY the verb not requiring a material object? or did you understand it in the linguistic sense (i.e., whether the verb is transitive or intransitive)? Does the scrundword contain another word within it? that you thought was related? As an example, many people think that the word "sacrilegious" is actually "sacreligious" and comes from the word "religious". Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1164 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Saturday, February 09, 2013 - 3:50 am:        Clarification: "does the verb require an object"--were you interpreting that as the action referred to BY the verb not requiring a material object? or did you understand it in the linguistic sense (i.e., whether the verb is transitive or intransitive)? the verb requires no material possessions to accomplish and is also intransitive Does the scrundword contain another word within it? yes that you thought was related? yope As an example, many people think that the word "sacrilegious" is actually "sacreligious" and comes from the word "religious". Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 5575 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Friday, March 15, 2013 - 7:58 am:        Dye/dyes/die/dies/dice relevant? Is the verb something a person can do? An object can do? An animal can do? Something that can be done by accident? On purpose? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1165 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 8:58 pm:        Dye/dyes/die/dies/dice relevant? no Is the verb something a person can do? yes An object can do? no An animal can do? not under normal circumstances Something that can be done by accident? yes On purpose? yes Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 5589 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 9:05 am:        Can it be done: anywhere? At any time? By anyone? If not: By babies? Children? Teens? Adults? Seniors? Is age relevant at all? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1166 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 - 4:54 am:        Can it be done: anywhere? yope At any time? yope By anyone? see following If not: By babies? no, yes to rest Children? Teens? Adults? Seniors? Is age relevant at all? LAEFTR Age is an implication, but there's one other requirement. Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 5618 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 - 10:38 am:        Does it involve: speech? Thought? Seeing? Hearing? Walking? Some other mode of transportation? Does it require that something is missing? Peter365 (Peter365) Moderator Username: Peter365 Post Number: 149 Registered: 1-2011 Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 - 3:45 pm:        Whirligig A bit off topic but something weird happened when I was archiving one of your solved puzzles and the puzzle name seems to have vanished. It was the long running one about the composer Gounod and is in the Feb 2013 solved puzzles. Can you let me know the puzzle title and I'll add it in. Thanks Peter Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1167 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 10:49 pm:        Does it involve: speech? YES Thought? yes Seeing? Hearing? this, to an extent Walking? no, but ... Some other mode of transportation? no, but ... Does it require that something is missing? no Peter365: the puzzle in question is "Let it be?" It seems the puzzle has actually been split into two threads, one with the messages but no title and the other with the title but no messages. Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3978 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 8:31 pm:        running? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1168 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 2:30 am:        running? no, OTWT entirely Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 5640 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 8:13 am:        Lay/lye/lie relevant? Is in the verb "lying"? Speaking to: one person? Many? Oneself? Speaking in general? Sayign something specific? Does it involve movement of other body parts than the mouth? If so: arms? Hands? Legs? Feet? Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3979 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 10:49 am:        limping? tripping up? kicking? dancing? Peter365 (Peter365) Moderator Username: Peter365 Post Number: 150 Registered: 1-2011 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 10:58 am:        I've corrected that now Whirligig. Not sure what i did there Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1169 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 4:49 pm:        Lay/lye/lie relevant? Is in the verb "lying"? no Speaking to: one person? possibly Many? possibly Oneself? usually not Speaking in general? yes, see previous Sayign something specific? yope Does it involve movement of other body parts than the mouth? If so: arms? Hands? Legs? Feet? no to all limping? tripping up? kicking? dancing? no to all Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 5653 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 8:23 am:        Saying a specific sort of thing? If so: a question? an opinion? A fact? Speaking in a certain manner? Such as whispering? Shouting? Yelling? Singing relevant? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1170 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 6:29 pm:        Saying a specific sort of thing? very vague question? If so: a question? possibly but probably not an opinion? possibly A fact? possibly Speaking in a certain manner? based on following, no Such as whispering? Shouting? Yelling? Singing relevant? no Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 5667 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 1:35 pm:        Greeting? Saying goodbye? Mood of speaker relevant? Emotions conveyed in the speech relevant? Religion? Pray/prey? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1171 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 11:50 pm:        Greeting? Saying goodbye? Mood of speaker relevant? Emotions conveyed in the speech relevant? Religion? Pray/prey? no to all Cryptic (Cryptic) New member Username: Cryptic Post Number: 2 Registered: 4-2013 Posted on Thursday, April 04, 2013 - 11:01 pm:        Are you referring to the fact that many people misspell the word misspell? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1172 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, April 05, 2013 - 2:07 am:        Are you referring to the fact that many people misspell the word misspell? nice guess, but no Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 4000 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 10:49 pm:        using actual words? are the words relevant? hiccoughing? coughing? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1177 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 10:58 pm:        using actual words? yes are the words relevant? vague question, but if I get what you mean, no hiccoughing? coughing? not relevant Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 5733 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Monday, April 15, 2013 - 3:04 pm:        Teaching? Having a conversation? Debate? Argument? Other two-way communication? Preaching? Making a speech? Protesting? Proclaiming? Broadcasting? Other one-way communication? Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 4013 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, April 15, 2013 - 8:39 pm:        stuttering? speaking in a foreign language? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1179 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 2:58 am:        Teaching? Having a conversation? this, no to others Debate? Argument? Other two-way communication? Preaching? Making a speech? Protesting? Proclaiming? Broadcasting? Other one-way communication? stuttering? speaking in a foreign language? no to both Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 5773 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 9:14 am:        Having a conversation: about any subject? Is the word a synonym of "conversation"? Discussion? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1180 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 7:56 pm:        Having a conversation: about any subject? yope, explore Is the word a synonym of "conversation"? no Discussion? no Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 4032 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, May 20, 2013 - 8:19 pm:        gossip(p)ing? debating? arguing? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 1181 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Monday, May 20, 2013 - 9:46 pm:        gossip(p)ing? debating? arguing? no to all it has to do with the subjects ... Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 4038 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 7:38 pm:        subjects as in royal subjects? or topics?