| Author | Message | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 428 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is it Hebrew? I doubt it, but it would give the story an interesting twist. It #2 = #3 = It #1 being Hebrew | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9026 Registered: 4-2010 |
Christmas relevant? A Christmas carol relevant? A Christmas Carol relevant? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 432 Registered: 9-2010 |
Christmas relevant? See next. A Christmas carol relevant? A Christmas Carol relevant? Yes! Christmas is relevant as a peripheral of the story. No actual carols are relevant. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9031 Registered: 4-2010 |
Any Christmas traditions relevant? Christmas stories? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 435 Registered: 9-2010 |
Any Christmas traditions relevant? Christmas stories? Aside from the story A Christmas Carol no traditions/stories are relevant. Some knowledge of the story is relevant, and therefore I will allow you to use any available sources. And I was curious earlier, so I tried to see if there were any places that found the same connection I'm referring to, and there aren't. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9036 Registered: 4-2010 |
Any particular characters in ACC relevant? Events? Quotes? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 441 Registered: 9-2010 |
Any particular characters in ACC relevant? Yes. To spare you the LTPF list Jacob Marley, and to a lesser extent, Scrooge. Events? Only those interactions between Marley and Scrooge. Quotes? No. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9043 Registered: 4-2010 |
Marley's existence as a ghost relevant? His chains? His apparition in the door knocker? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 446 Registered: 9-2010 |
Marley's existence as a ghost relevant? His chains? His apparition in the door knocker? These are all somewhat relevant, at least from my knowledge of the story's plot, which amounts to reading the Wikipedia entry and watching my sister's high school drama club play of it a couple years ago. Although I know enough about it to understand the connection that I am referring to in this puzzle. However, there is another, more important relevant aspect of Marley that connects everything (and then makes the connection to the Hebrew as well). And it's a very basic aspect. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9045 Registered: 4-2010 |
Marley's greed? His job? His name? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 448 Registered: 9-2010 |
Marley's greed? His job? His name? This one. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9050 Registered: 4-2010 |
His first name? Last name? Jacob son of Isaac relevant? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 450 Registered: 9-2010 |
His first name? Last name? This Jacob son of Isaac relevant? So No. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9115 Registered: 4-2010 |
Bob Marley relevant? Some famous person with the last name Marley? Someone Jewish with that last name? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 457 Registered: 9-2010 |
Bob Marley relevant? Some famous person with the last name Marley? Someone Jewish with that last name? No to all. Hint: Some knowledge of the Hebrew language is relevant. Since most people here probably don't have that, I'll just say to think of Marley's relationship with Scrooge throughout the novel. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9163 Registered: 4-2010 |
As business partners? Marley's role as "warning person" to Scrooge? Would any words extrapolated to English from Yiddish be of assistance? Would the Hebrew alphabet help? The Hebrew calendar? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 462 Registered: 9-2010 |
As business partners? no. Marley's role as "warning person" to Scrooge? Be more specific. But his role as "warning person" is definitely relevant. Would any words extrapolated to English from Yiddish be of assistance? Would the Hebrew alphabet help? The Hebrew calendar? None of these, although Hebrew calendar could be laterally helpful if you are quite knowledgeable of it, though most people that knowledgeable wouldn't need the calendar to get the fact they need. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9176 Registered: 4-2010 |
As a prophet of sorts? Announcing the upcoming visions? Are Hebrew holy days relevant? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 467 Registered: 9-2010 |
As a prophet of sorts? Announcing the upcoming visions? No, but you're on the right track. As a hint, try to find out how the Hebrew language is relevant. Even if you don't speak Hebrew, at least now you'll know better what you're looking for. Are Hebrew holy days relevant? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9188 Registered: 4-2010 |
Spoken Hebrew relevant? Written Hebrew? That Hebrew is read from right to left? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 471 Registered: 9-2010 |
Spoken Hebrew relevant? Written Hebrew? The Hebrew language in general. I suppose it would apply just as much whether spoken or written. Though the connection would be somewhat more apparent when spokenl. That Hebrew is read from right to left? No. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9228 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does a certain Hebrew word sound like "Marley"? Could you please recap? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 473 Registered: 9-2010 |
Does a certain Hebrew word sound like "Marley"? Yope to Yesish, you're on the right track Could you please recap? There is something relevant (actually this may not be the best way to describe it, but I won't say more because that would give something away that you haven't established yet) of the A Christmas Carol character Jacob Marley, which relates to Marley's surname (Marley) and the Hebrew meaning of "Marley" is relevant, though to describe it as a "word" is only partially correct. The relevant meaning (once again, "meaning" may not be entirely correct, but you'll need to establish something else to figure out why) of "Marley" relates to the character's role ("role" isn't the best way to describe it easier, for the same reason that "meaning" isn't entirely correct) and specifically his relationship with Scrooge. I think we've covered just about everything. You might want to address the confusion regarding "role", "meaning", etc. This will also mostly (but not entirely) clear up the yesish/yope to the above question. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9249 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is "Marley" a Hebrew name? Relevant that Marley is a ghost? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 476 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is "Marley" a Hebrew name? Not that I know of... Relevant that Marley is a ghost? Only indirectly. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9265 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a certain Hebrew name relevant? A certain physical (DOYD of "physical") characteristic of Marley's? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 478 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is a certain Hebrew name relevant? No. "Meaning" was closer to the Hebrew relevance. Much closer. A certain physical (DOYD of "physical") characteristic of Marley's? No. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 479 Registered: 9-2010 |
Actually, physical characteristics of Marley are perpihperally relevant. But it's all part of something larger. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9270 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a Hebrew word similar to "Marley" relevant? In pronunciation? Spelling? Is the English meaning of "Marley" relevant? Hebrew meaning? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 481 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is a Hebrew word similar to "Marley" relevant? In pronunciation? Spelling? Is the English meaning of "Marley" relevant? Hebrew meaning? There is a Hebrew word pronounced "Marley" only with the accent on the second syllable. There is also a Hebrew phrase "Mar Lee" (two words). They would both be pronounced like "Marley" except for the accent. Their spellings are not relevant, but their meanings are. And I'm not sure if we're going to be playing random guess game at this point so I'll see how it goes. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9276 Registered: 4-2010 |
Let's see if Google has been nice today... "Pleasant wood"? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 483 Registered: 9-2010 |
Let's see if Google has been nice today... "Pleasant wood"? Not even close. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9309 Registered: 4-2010 |
Not very nice, then... | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 488 Registered: 9-2010 |
Not very nice, then... Indeed. I may $poyle this in a few days if nobody gets it because it's going to turn into 20 Questions of sorts. As a note, the "Marley" with one word would really not be used in Modern Hebrew as it uses a Biblical Hebrew grammatical convention. However, keep in mind that Modern Hebrew as spoken in Israel today didn't exist until settlers began to resettle the area, which was after the story was written. The two word "Mar Lee" could be used in either Biblical or Modern Hebrew, if I remember correctly. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 494 Registered: 9-2010 |
Ok, this is futile. Unless anybody speaks Hebrew, you're not getting it. So I guess it's time for the ****SPOILER**** Hebrew phrase "Marley" written as one word is Biblical Hebrew for "my teacher", as in Marley teaching Scrooge the err of his ways. But as two words, it means "Bitter to me", which definitely also applies in this case. Good job everyone. I have a new puzzle coming out now. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9469 Registered: 4-2010 |
Interesting - that is an interesting connection. I wonder if Dickens knew... Fun puzzle! |
