tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post7569726555258935488..comments2024-03-28T18:08:45.225-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 4, 2020): Aye Yai Yai!Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9011861074699935872020-10-17T04:10:57.140-07:002020-10-17T04:10:57.140-07:00Congrats, C a p! Do you think it's easy or har...Congrats, C a p! Do <i>you</i> think it's easy or hard?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-6804275525848180962020-10-17T02:29:41.133-07:002020-10-17T02:29:41.133-07:00Congratulations Clark! Great news! Congratulations Clark! Great news! Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09413159675811227325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-91068502940598410322020-10-16T17:52:46.051-07:002020-10-16T17:52:46.051-07:00Congrats!Congrats!Dr. Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157699599935073938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-91976001215441517032020-10-16T17:24:27.586-07:002020-10-16T17:24:27.586-07:00Just got an email from Will Shortz. They will be u...Just got an email from Will Shortz. They will be using my puzzle this Sunday. Be kind gang...please! Clark a pseudonymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757879715819610091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39113789709680335732020-10-11T05:43:08.401-07:002020-10-11T05:43:08.401-07:00More than 500 correct responses this week.More than 500 correct responses this week.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-62675324757219035822020-10-11T05:28:37.155-07:002020-10-11T05:28:37.155-07:00I do, and I wear them periodically.
I do, and I wear them periodically.<br />SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68656387412961331402020-10-11T05:16:44.049-07:002020-10-11T05:16:44.049-07:00I'll bet you have a large number of them...I'll bet you have a large number of them...janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9566088398563788302020-10-11T05:15:23.196-07:002020-10-11T05:15:23.196-07:00Hie ps aetvj.Hie ps aetvj.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-54375668689709258452020-10-11T05:13:11.454-07:002020-10-11T05:13:11.454-07:00Today's on-air challenge is essentially the sa...Today's on-air challenge is essentially the same as on <a href="https://www.npr.org/transcripts/5344838" rel="nofollow">April 16, 2006</a>.<br /><br />Tyler Lipscomb was from Athens, GA, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/07/02/535224912/sunday-puzzle-follow-my-lead" rel="nofollow">on July 2, 2017</a>, and from Hamden, CT, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/08/18/752091803/sunday-puzzle-the-name-of-the-game" rel="nofollow"> on August 18, 2019</a>.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-66688532660876278752020-10-11T05:13:06.366-07:002020-10-11T05:13:06.366-07:00I have a very geeky tee shirt concerning this frui...I have a very geeky tee shirt concerning this fruit. <br />SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67523747300040958242020-10-11T05:02:25.426-07:002020-10-11T05:02:25.426-07:00... Or one thing to drink?... Or one thing to drink?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-31329516451293232612020-10-11T04:56:52.429-07:002020-10-11T04:56:52.429-07:00This week's challenge: This week's challen...This week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Tyler Lipscomb, of Augusta, Ga. Name certain fruits — in the plural. Change the second letter to an L and read the result backward. You'll name two things to drink. What are they?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-82513248283476502312020-10-11T04:01:31.107-07:002020-10-11T04:01:31.107-07:00Not true. My last name is Italian and contains a s...Not true. My last name is Italian and contains a silent letter. That was my son's nick name in college. Silent G.Plantsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702415046558107399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-48499984893991169872020-10-11T03:50:45.022-07:002020-10-11T03:50:45.022-07:00it is the great linguini controversy.it is the great linguini controversy.Plantsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702415046558107399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-79743528448126979852020-10-10T19:13:36.538-07:002020-10-10T19:13:36.538-07:00i had gone with "Linguini" I guess we...i had gone with "Linguini" I guess we'll have to wait and see. Clark a pseudonymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757879715819610091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-18046184970582965902020-10-10T17:33:11.154-07:002020-10-10T17:33:11.154-07:00Thanks for the 'toons.
They are brutal, funny ...Thanks for the 'toons.<br />They are brutal, funny (at times) and very necessary.Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-92123011109377556012020-10-10T14:54:14.926-07:002020-10-10T14:54:14.926-07:00Yes, they do, but it is incorrect and only reflect...Yes, they do, but it is incorrect and only reflecting the rampant misspelling and mispronunciation of LINGUINE. In fact if you go to their online website, they themselves mispronounce it with the long E ending. Anyone who knows anything about Italian knows that they pronounce E with the A sound and I with an E sound, same as with Spanish.<br /><br />Another thing about Italian is that they pronounce each and every letter in their words. Dr. Anthony Fauci is always pronounced incorrectly on the news here. They fail to include the U in the pronunciation. I have not heard his name pronounced even once correctly. It is properly pronounced Fa-ew-chi, but it is kinda run together in the way Italians speak their language.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-17037102882597524322020-10-10T14:52:48.536-07:002020-10-10T14:52:48.536-07:00Extra clip: Apple's Repair & Replace Scams...Extra clip: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XneTBhRPYk&feature=emb_logo" rel="nofollow"><b><b><b><b>Apple's Repair & Replace Scams</b></b></b></b></a>. Be sure to watch the full 18 minutes....ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-76042324693299184922020-10-10T14:27:02.210-07:002020-10-10T14:27:02.210-07:00Last week's debate cartoons.<a href="https://blogforarizona.net/cartoon-of-the-week-348/" rel="nofollow"><b><b><b>Last week's debate cartoons</b></b></b></a>.ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-23413488795271911762020-10-10T14:23:07.294-07:002020-10-10T14:23:07.294-07:00Umm. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,...Umm. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition, has an entry on page 724, column 2:<br /><br />lin·gui·ne or lin·gui·ni [...] narrow flat pasta.<br /><br />I too pronounce roof like foot and not like loot. MW gives the loot sound as first pronunciation for roof and foot sound as second pronunciation.<br /><br />PellGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313494428213371983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29514387807132842762020-10-10T13:21:50.094-07:002020-10-10T13:21:50.094-07:00Not ron.
ron, BTW, where are our cartoons?Not ron.<br />ron, BTW, where are our cartoons?Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-16677560567064624232020-10-10T09:51:59.042-07:002020-10-10T09:51:59.042-07:00Yeah, exactly the same as the Italian pronunciatio...Yeah, exactly the same as the Italian pronunciation. Duh!skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-73260135203835067392020-10-10T07:22:03.315-07:002020-10-10T07:22:03.315-07:00I also like the French pronounciation linguinay.I also like the French pronounciation linguinay.Plantsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702415046558107399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-63643452782318559052020-10-09T22:27:12.906-07:002020-10-09T22:27:12.906-07:00The puzzles this week has got me thinking of how I...The puzzles this week has got me thinking of how I pronounce some words, and that is because of ron's post about -ing. The guy in the video link above says that there are 3 ways of pronouncing -ing, but there are actually 4 ways. I, and most hear where I grew up, do not pronounce the g at all in most words ending in ing. We do however pronounce it in BING, but I doubt even ron would pronounce that word with a short i sound. No, we tend to pronounce it beeng. Bing cherry and Bing Crosby. Now this got me to thinking about BEEN. I am sure some pronounce it bean, but most of us, I think, pronounce it BIN. Kinda like I've bin there. <br /><br />Another troublesome word is ROOF. Some pronounce it rewf, like poof, but many of us pronounce it like you would imitate a dog sound. I don't know how to describe it better than that, sorry. <br /><br />We ain't gonna change how we learned these dialects either, so get over it. But it is quite a different matter when someone insists LINGUINE is spelled LINGUINI. Any idiot can look it up in a reputable source such as Merriam/Webster's, and not some online recipe site. skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-32061023234619237992020-10-09T17:59:10.233-07:002020-10-09T17:59:10.233-07:00Lancek, I too reaaly like Lorenzo's "frui...Lancek, I too reaaly like Lorenzo's "fruitini" alternative answer. From his post, I knew he was hinting at some kind of cocktail, and I knew I had heard of it... but I just could not pull it outta my gray matter! (I recalled it only after you revealed "fruitini" in your post above.) After your and Lancek's earlier posts, I tried to jog my memory by browsing this <a href="https://www.thespruceeats.com/a-to-z-cocktail-recipes-3962886" rel="nofollow">rather exhaustive cocktail site</a>, but it wasn't there!<br />Will Shortz, alas, will likely not mention it as an alternative because it lurks only on the fringes of "real-wordom" (although "fruitini" <em>does</em> appear in the Urban Dictionary).<br /><br />LegoWhoSays"WhySettleForAMereThreeSyllablesWhenYouCanHave<a href="https://perfectpuree.com/recipe/kiwi-fruitini/" rel="nofollow">Five</a>! legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.com