A Lexicon Game (Ghost) - Game 2 started

Aimless · Post by **Aimless** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:31 pm

Pr0n? Word!

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:57 pm

Pront

pancakemix · Post by **pancakemix** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:11 pm

Challenge.

I think one could make a valid case that pronto is slang.

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:40 pm

I think one could make the case that 'pronto' is a valid part of the daily lexicon. And it's not slang, it's a word from another language that has firmly established its place in the english-speaking world.

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:12 pm

I have a feeling that we might need to get a ruling on this one.

Aimless · Post by **Aimless** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:34 pm

From dictionary.com :

pron·to /ˈprɒntoʊ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pron-toh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adverb Informal.
promptly; quickly.
[Origin: 1840–50, Americanism; < Sp (adj. and adv.) quick, quickly < L promptus prompt (adj.)]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Note the word "informal." I think I'm going to have to say that it's a slang term, not formal English.

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Letter to Incan, new word to Incan.

Game 2 - Order of Play / Score :
pancakemix - Ghos
Incandenza - Gh

Eliminated :
spinwizard - Ghost
Colaalone - Gho
freezie - Ghost
The1exile - Ghost
Anarkistsdream - Ghost
Fircoal - Ghost
LSU Tiger Josh - Ghost
Aimless - Ghost
Skoffin - Ghost

pancakemix · Post by **pancakemix** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:35 pm

Fircoal · Post by **Fircoal** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:41 pm

Just finish it up, so I can get my rightful last place instead of 6th place.

Aim, can I just use this thread for the game?

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:56 pm

dominationnation · Post by **dominationnation** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:57 pm

Fircoal wrote:Just finish it up, so I can get my rightful last place instead of 6th place.

Aim, can I just use this thread for the game?

Can I sign up now? If not pm me when I can.

pancakemix · Post by **pancakemix** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:59 pm

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:08 pm

pancakemix · Post by **pancakemix** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:25 pm

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:57 pm

Um, yeah, I'm gonna have to go ahead and challenge that.

pancakemix · Post by **pancakemix** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:38 am

zor·il /ˈzɔrɪl, ˈzɒr-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[zawr-il, zor-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
a weasellike African animal, Ictonyx striatus, resembling a skunk in coloration and habits.

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:21 pm

Yeah, nice try. The wikipedia entry on the animal doesn't even use the word zoril, which means that it's a regional term for the striped polecat, and thus not a valid word. If nothing else, its validity in the lexicon is somewhat less than that of 'pronto.'

pancakemix · Post by **pancakemix** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:21 pm

wikipedia wrote:The Striped Polecat (Ictonyx striatus, also called the African Polecat, Zoril, Zorille or Zorilla)

O RLY?

Syzygy · Post by **Syzygy** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:48 pm

pancakemix wrote:
wikipedia wrote:The Striped Polecat (Ictonyx striatus, also called the African Polecat, Zoril, Zorille or Zorilla)

O RLY?

He edited it!

J/K

The1exile · Post by **The1exile** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:50 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoril

(and that's been there since 2005).

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:02 pm

First off, you'll note that the wiki entry for zoril redirects to the striped polecat, so 'zoril' could definitely be considered a regional designation (more to the point, let's not pretend that the word 'zoril' has its own wikipedia entry). Second, like I said before, you can't in one breath say that 'pronto' shouldn't count because it's slang (widely used slang, at that), then in the next say that the regional name for an obscure animal in africa should count. Third, if the regional name for an obscure animal in africa does count, well then, shit, I'd say that throws open the doors to at least words from ancient history and quantum field theory. They're in the dictionary, right? They have wikipedia pages, right? And if that's the case, then Skoffin would've knocked you out with whatever hellenistic name she threw out there.

Given how this game has gone, I would say that the rules of precedent are against you.

pancakemix · Post by **pancakemix** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:13 pm

Bah. I would totally argue against that, but other people want to play, nor to I wish to get into an argument that could last a long time, as I am plagued with lack of time, lack of energy, and apathy.

If the mod were to lay down the law, that's a different case entirely.

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:24 pm

A stirring rebuttal, sir.

Fircoal · Post by **Fircoal** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:22 pm

Incandenza wrote:Third, if the regional name for an obscure animal in africa does count, well then, shit, I'd say that throws open the doors to at least words from ancient history and quantum field theory.

WHAT ABOUT NAMES OF POKEMON? :evil:

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:01 pm

Fircoal wrote:
Incandenza wrote:Third, if the regional name for an obscure animal in africa does count, well then, shit, I'd say that throws open the doors to at least words from ancient history and quantum field theory.

WHAT ABOUT NAMES OF POKEMON?

I wouldn't be surprised if 'zoril' was the name of a pokemon. :lol: