| Author | Message | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2208 Registered: 6-2006 |
Several months ago I saw a front-page newspaper article about something that affected most of the US. I was not surprised to see it as a headline, but my reaction when I first saw it was to scream! However, had the same story been published in almost any other newspaper, I probably would not have reacted this way. Why not? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3071 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did you scream in surprise? Fear? Shock? Joy? Anger? Another emotion? Is the paper local? State? National? Tabloid or other format relevant? Is the headline itself relevant? Is it a pun? Or otherwise unusual? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2209 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you scream in surprise?yesish Fear?no Shock?yesish Joy?no Anger?yeish Another emotion?Something else as well Is the paper local?yes State?no National?no Tabloid or other format relevant? no Is the headline itself relevant? Is it a pun? Or otherwise unusual? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1417 Registered: 4-2010 |
I think you forgot to answer the last 3 questions up there. Is the wording of the headline important? Did you misinterpret the headline? Because of the paper it appeared in? Is it a typical newspaper? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2212 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the headline itself relevant?yes Is it a pun?noish Or otherwise unusual?yesish I think you forgot to answer the last 3 questions up there. It seems I did. Rectified Is the wording of the headline important?yesish Did you misinterpret the headline?no Because of the paper it appeared in?no Is it a typical newspaper? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1426 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the headline include 2 words? 3? 4? 5? 6? 7? Were any place names included? People's names? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2215 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did the headline include 2 words? 3? 4? 5? 6? 7?One word Were any place names included? People's names?neither | ||
| Fermat1601 (Fermat1601)
New member Username: Fermat1601 Post Number: 70 Registered: 6-2010 |
Is the location of the newspaper relevant? the political viewpoint? Was the event that affected most of the U.S. a... political event? economic? environmental? war? natural? plane crash? Would it generally be considered "good news" ? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2218 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the location of the newspaper relevant?yes the political viewpoint?no Was the event that affected most of the U.S. a... political event?no economic?no environmental?no, except for SVV of environmental war?no natural?yes plane crash? no Would it generally be considered "good news" ?noish or yope | ||
| Fermat1601 (Fermat1601)
New member Username: Fermat1601 Post Number: 75 Registered: 6-2010 |
Meteorological event? Flood? Snowstorm? Tornado? Hurricane? Avalanche? Earthquake? Tsunami? Volcano? Did it involve animals? fish? birds? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2207 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you also scream in frustration? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3085 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was the headline facetious? Was your scream justified, or did you decide it wasn't after reading the story? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2220 Registered: 6-2006 |
Meteorological event? Flood? Snowstorm?this Tornado? Hurricane? Avalanche? Earthquake? Tsunami? Volcano? Did it involve animals? fish? birds? no to the rest Did you also scream in frustration?yesish Was the headline facetious? no Was your scream justified, or did you decide it wasn't after reading the story?it was justified | ||
| Fermat1601 (Fermat1601)
New member Username: Fermat1601 Post Number: 79 Registered: 6-2010 |
Would your reaction be the same if it had been published in another local newspaper? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2221 Registered: 6-2006 |
Would your reaction be the same if it had been published in another local newspaper?yope | ||
| Fermat1601 (Fermat1601)
New member Username: Fermat1601 Post Number: 82 Registered: 6-2010 |
Do you live in a place where it doesn't normally snow at that time of year? And you were surprised because the headline was "SNOW!" ? Were you frustrated because snow would interfere with your plans/transportation? Or because you wanted it to snow and it didn't? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2223 Registered: 6-2006 |
Do you live in a place where it doesn't normally snow at that time of year?yes, actually I live in a place where it doesn't normally snow, period. And you were surprised because the headline was "SNOW!" ?noish Were you frustrated because snow would interfere with your plans/transportation?no Or because you wanted it to snow and it didn't?no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2249 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the word "snow"? Does it contain the word "snow"? Is the newspaper local to your area? Do you think you will get snow? Did you get snow? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2229 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the word "snow"?yope Does it contain the word "snow"?yope Is the newspaper local to your area?yes Do you think you will get snow?yes...it had already happened Did you get snow?yes, the night before | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 686 Registered: 6-2009 |
Is the word "snow" misspelled? Or a form of the word? Snowy? Snowed? Snowing? Snows? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2233 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the word "snow" misspelled?yesish Or a form of the word? noish Snowy? Snowed? Snowing? Snows? none of these | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 687 Registered: 6-2009 |
Is it a terrible pun like sn-oh? An unintional anagram like snwo? A letter added like snoow? More than one letter added? One or more letters missing? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2234 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it a terrible pun like sn-oh?not this, but i consider it a terrible pun An unintional anagram like snwo?no A letter added like snoow?not like this More than one letter added?4 letters added One or more letters missing?2 letters missing | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 690 Registered: 6-2009 |
Okay, was it missing the S? N? O? W? Of the four letters added, were any of them an S? N? O? W? Did the four added letters make a word? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2236 Registered: 6-2006 |
Okay, was it missing the S? N? O?this W?and this Of the four letters added, were any of them an S? N? O? W?no Did the four added letters make a word?yope | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2287 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does the terrible pun indicate that the snow is bad? Such as sn-eeew, sn-uugh, sn-aagh? Or good? Or neutral? Is the headline trying to be funny? And failing hard? Do you know people working for the newspaper? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2238 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does the terrible pun indicate that the snow is bad?no Such as sn-eeew, sn-uugh, sn-aagh?nothing like this Or good?{noish} Or neutral?yesish Is the headline trying to be funny?noish And failing hard? Do you know people working for the newspaper?irrel | ||
| Fermat1601 (Fermat1601)
New member Username: Fermat1601 Post Number: 86 Registered: 6-2010 |
Is it some strange compound like "snow and rain" > "snain" ? Was the newspaper delivered before it snowed, such that the snow covered the newspaper? Relevant? | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 709 Registered: 6-2009 |
Did the four added letters make the whole thing into a new word? eg: snough=snow + tough=snuff | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2241 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it some strange compound like "snow and rain" > "snain" ? no Was the newspaper delivered before it snowed, such that the snow covered the newspaper?no Relevant?no Did the four added letters make the whole thing into a new word? eg: snough=snow + tough=snuff nothing like this | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3119 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is the puzzle title relevant? Is a particular time of day relevant? A particular action, such as waking up? Did SN+4 letters make a misspelled punnish word? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2315 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were the four letters added: before SN? After? Both? In between? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2244 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the puzzle title relevant?yes...but probably not helpful for solving Is a particular time of day relevant?no A particular action, such as waking up? no Did SN+4 letters make a misspelled punnish word? yes. emphasis on the ish in punnish | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1475 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the "punnish word" an actual English word? And you missed Galfisk's questions up there. | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2248 Registered: 6-2006 |
Were the four letters added: before SN? After?this Both? In between? Is the "punnish word" an actual English word? no And you missed Galfisk's questions up there. simultaneous posting... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1493 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the four letters a word? A name? Or was it something like "sn-ohhh"? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2251 Registered: 6-2006 |
Are the four letters a word?no A name?no Or was it something like "sn-ohhh"?noish | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1513 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the punnish title, when spoken aloud, sound like "Snow"? Or like some other sound? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1514 Registered: 4-2010 |
Side note: Was this about the massive snowstorm that affected Delaware, Maryland, and pretty much the entire Mid-Atlantic? In the US it was called the "Snowpocalypse." | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2254 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does the punnish title, when spoken aloud, sound like "Snow"?yes. good question Or like some other sound?no Side note: Was this about the massive snowstorm that affected Delaware, Maryland, and pretty much the entire Mid-Atlantic? In the US it was called the "Snowpocalypse." no, not specifically. but it was around the same time. all the US states except hawaii got snow, so this doesn't really narrow it down much! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1529 Registered: 4-2010 |
So the headline was SN-4 letters? Of the 4 letters, is there one vowel? Two? Three? Four? Zero? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2256 Registered: 6-2006 |
So the headline was SN-4 letters?yes Of the 4 letters, is there one vowel? Two? Three?this Four? Zero? This is as much as you're gonna get from me just narrowing down the letters....no LTPF list of letters or anything allowed. There is another approach that will prove more fruitful, namely, finding out where this paper was published, and why I would not have screamed had the article been published in another city | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1535 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the title pun at the name of the city? Is the paper from the state where you live? Whether yes or no, was the paper from [LTPF list of states]? Was it from the city where you live? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2258 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did the title pun at the name of the city?no Is the paper from the state where you live?yes Whether yes or no, was the paper from [LTPF list of states]?Louisiana Was it from the city where you live?yes, and to save the trouble of looking at my profile, that would be Baton Rouge | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1544 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the name of the newspaper relevant (i.e. The Baton Rouge Ledger)? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2260 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the name of the newspaper relevant (i.e. The Baton Rouge Ledger)?not really. It's the Daily Reveille, published by Louisiana State University. Hence the title. | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 391 Registered: 5-2010 |
uh..."Snouge"? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2262 Registered: 6-2006 |
uh..."Snouge"?no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1550 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the headline pun at the state name? At the university name? Its mascot? Abbreviation (LSU)? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2264 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did the headline pun at the state name?no At the university name?no Its mascot?no, but closer Abbreviation (LSU)?no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1554 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the pun involving the university in some way? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2265 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was the pun involving the university in some way?yope | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1560 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the pun allude to some aspect of the university? The team name? A person? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2267 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did the pun allude to some aspect of the university?yope The team name?no A person?no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1570 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is there some part of Louisiana culture that's relevant? Of LSU culture (does that make sense)? Something other students do? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2272 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is there some part of Louisiana culture that's relevant?yes Of LSU culture (does that make sense)?yes Something other students do?yope | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1580 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do all students do this? Some? Do teachers? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2274 Registered: 6-2006 |
Do all students do this?no Some?yes Do teachers?some | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1583 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a specific group of students? A sports team? Graduate students? Undergrads? Is the relevant factor age? Religion? Sexual orientation? Major? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2276 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it a specific group of students?noish A sports team?yope Graduate students?no Undergrads?no Is the relevant factor age? Religion? Sexual orientation? Major?none of this | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1592 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a team of some sort? Teams? A band? Drama? Any clubs relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2280 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it a team of some sort?yope Teams?yope A band?yope Drama?no Any clubs relevant?yope | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1597 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it students who decide to do something? Some activity? Is it planned? Spontaneous? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2281 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it students who decide to do something?yesish Some activity? yesish Is it planned? Spontaneous?could be either I'm wondering if this is perhaps leading in the wrong direction....hm | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1614 Registered: 4-2010 |
Could this have happened in any other state? Only Louisiana? Only at LSU? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2285 Registered: 6-2006 |
Could this have happened in any other state?i seriously doubt it Only Louisiana?so yes Only at LSU?much more likely at LSU than anywhere else. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1618 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the headline allude to some other part of the college newspaper? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2289 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did the headline allude to some other part of the college newspaper?no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1647 Registered: 4-2010 |
All right, I have successfully confused myself. Again. Recap please? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2291 Registered: 6-2006 |
All right, I have successfully confused myself. Again. haha Recap please?certainly RECAP: I saw a headline in the Louisiana State University newspaper, the Daily Reveille. The headline was one word, SN_ _ _ _. The article was about snow, and the headline sounds like "snow." The four letters are vowel-vowel-vowel-consonant, and none of the letters are O or W. If this same story were in any other newspaper, it is unlikely that I would have reacted the same way (that way being a frustrated, annoyed scream) because the pun being made in the headline is so specific to Southern Louisiana, specifically LSU. This pun is related to Louisiana culture, and LSU student culture in some way, but is not confined to any specific group of students. It is yope-ishly related to a sports team. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1653 Registered: 4-2010 |
Ah, that makes sense. Thank you. Is the particular sports team relevant? Is a Louisiana accent relevant? Anything Cajun relevant? Any wide-reported event relevant (i.e. Hurricane Katrina, BP oil spill)? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2293 Registered: 6-2006 |
Ah, that makes sense. Thank you. you're welcome Is the particular sports team relevant?no Is a Louisiana accent relevant?yope? Anything Cajun relevant?yes Any wide-reported event relevant (i.e. Hurricane Katrina, BP oil spill)?no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1661 Registered: 4-2010 |
Would one have to say it with a Louisiana accent in order to get it to pronounce like "SNOW"? Or could anyone say it and get the pronunciation? Cajun food relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2296 Registered: 6-2006 |
Would one have to say it with a Louisiana accent in order to get it to pronounce like "SNOW"?no, but you would not pronounce it with strict american english phonetics, either... Or could anyone say it and get the pronunciation?yes, for svv of "anyone" Cajun food relevant? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1664 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do you have to pronounce it in a certain accent to get the "snow" effect? One that is typically found in Louisiana? On the LSU campus? Is "Talk Like a Pirate Day" or one of those other silly holidays relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2297 Registered: 6-2006 |
Do you have to pronounce it in a certain accent to get the "snow" effect?no One that is typically found in Louisiana? On the LSU campus?so no to these Is "Talk Like a Pirate Day" or one of those other silly holidays relevant?Hey, Talk Like a Pirate Day is a very, very impaaarrrrrrtant holiday. But no. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1675 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it Cajun culture that's relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2300 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it Cajun culture that's relevant?yope | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1768 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the Cajun relevant thing something that would be considered stereotypical? An action? Activity? Profession? Is alcohol involved? Seafood? Spicy food? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2305 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the Cajun relevant thing something that would be considered stereotypical? An action? Activity? Profession? Is alcohol involved? Seafood? Spicy food? no to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1774 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is sports involved? Would this be mostly relevant to men? Women? Either? Sorry, I don't know much about Cajun culture - just trying to guess here. | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2308 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is sports involved?yope. The LSU-culture bit of it is closely related to sports Would this be mostly relevant to men? Women? Either?either Sorry, I don't know much about Cajun culture - just trying to guess hereThe only relevant bit about Cajun culture is something that is pretty well known to anyone, and remember its only yopishly Cajun culture | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 860 Registered: 6-2008 |
Oh, now that I think of it I might have seen an ad for Cajun food at a train station that made a pun like this, and thought it was awful--except the pun was on the word "go". I'm not sure if it was based on the same word, as I didn't understand it, and don't even remember what the spelling was. But just as a guess, were the letters "eaux"? I know this is a common ending for French words, and since Cajuns descended from the French, I would guess this. | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2313 Registered: 6-2006 |
Oh, now that I think of it I might have seen an ad for Cajun food at a train station that made a pun like this, and thought it was awful--except the pun was on the word "go". I'm not sure if it was based on the same word, as I didn't understand it, and don't even remember what the spelling was. But just as a guess, were the letters "eaux"? I know this is a common ending for French words, and since Cajuns descended from the French, I would guess this. And you would be correct! ******* SPOILER ********** I saw the headline "SNEAUX!" Something unfortunate that has arisen from LSU's being situated in Cajun country... the use of the suffix "eaux" in the most irritating ways. It's a common suffix for Cajun surnames, like Boudreaux or Thibodeaux. Notably annoying, the common spelling of cheers for LSU's sports teams is "Geaux Tigers!" This has always driven me nuts, but I've gradually come to accept it. Kind of a weird perversion of the french-derived Cajun culture, but whatever. When I went to school the morning after a rare Louisiana snow, though, to see the headline "SNEAUX" on the LSU paper, the irritation at the pun was too much to suppress, and I had to let out a scream. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1810 Registered: 4-2010 |
Nice one! I've seen those "Geaux Tigers" signs when watching LSU football games on TV, and I can see how constantly seeing it can be a pain. But "SNEAUX"...I want to scream now too. |
