Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
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You women, you're all alike ....
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I was waiting for somebody to pipe up. I didn't want to be the one to have to say it.econgator wrote:You women, you're all alike ....
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...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.
If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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Hey now, don't be jealous, haha.
Lately, though, I've been rooting for the people I think I would enjoy meeting the most at the ToC-- hence I get super excited when cute people I like do well... so self-serving, I know :/ but yeah.
Lately, though, I've been rooting for the people I think I would enjoy meeting the most at the ToC-- hence I get super excited when cute people I like do well... so self-serving, I know :/ but yeah.
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We (at least I think I speak for econgator) are just being funny because we always get called names when we gush over beautiful female contestants, as we're wont to do.emtwo wrote:Hey now, don't be jealous, haha.
Lately, though, I've been rooting for the people I think I would enjoy meeting the most at the ToC-- hence I get super excited when cute people I like do well... so self-serving, I know :/ but yeah.
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...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.
If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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True statementbpmod wrote:We (at least I think I speak for econgator) are just being funny because we always get called names when we gush over beautiful female contestants, as we're wont to do.emtwo wrote:Hey now, don't be jealous, haha.
Lately, though, I've been rooting for the people I think I would enjoy meeting the most at the ToC-- hence I get super excited when cute people I like do well... so self-serving, I know :/ but yeah.
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...because I'm sure many people would've been thinking:Volante wrote:I was hoping that would've been the answer given.CyrusChan wrote:As for the "mm", no applause? I vied for inflammable.
"Inflammable means flammable?! What a country!"
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Yeah, I expected a call on that. But maybe it's a technical difference that commercialism is more about selling (or trading), as the question asked, and consumerism is buying.Spaceman Spiff wrote:And count me as confused as why "consumerism" didn't count.
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I learned that from an episode of Clarissa Explains it All...hehnightscrabbler wrote:...because I'm sure many people would've been thinking:Volante wrote:I was hoping that would've been the answer given.CyrusChan wrote:As for the "mm", no applause? I vied for inflammable.
"Inflammable means flammable?! What a country!"
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The category was "5 syllable words". con-su-mer-ism = 4, com-mer-ci-a-lism =5nightscrabbler wrote:Yeah, I expected a call on that. But maybe it's a technical difference that commercialism is more about selling (or trading), as the question asked, and consumerism is buying.Spaceman Spiff wrote:And count me as confused as why "consumerism" didn't count.
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con-su-mer-iz-zum; com-mer-sha-lism
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com-mer-shal-iz-zum
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Merriam-Webster:boson wrote:The category was "5 syllable words". con-su-mer-ism = 4, com-mer-ci-a-lism =5nightscrabbler wrote:Yeah, I expected a call on that. But maybe it's a technical difference that commercialism is more about selling (or trading), as the question asked, and consumerism is buying.Spaceman Spiff wrote:And count me as confused as why "consumerism" didn't count.
con·sum·er·ism - noun \kən-ˈsü-mə-ˌri-zəm, -mər-ˌi-\
com·mer·cial·ism - noun \kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌli-zəm\
Both 5 syllables.
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I know we pronounce the "sm" as "zəm", but I wasn't sure it would count as a syllable.Volante wrote:Merriam-Webster:boson wrote:The category was "5 syllable words". con-su-mer-ism = 4, com-mer-ci-a-lism =5Spaceman Spiff wrote:And count me as confused as why "consumerism" didn't count.
con·sum·er·ism - noun \kən-ˈsü-mə-ˌri-zəm, -mər-ˌi-\
com·mer·cial·ism - noun \kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌli-zəm\
Both 5 syllables.
According to Wikipedia:
"Syllabification is the separation of a word into syllables, whether spoken or written. In most languages, the actually spoken syllables are the basis of syllabification in writing too. Due to the very weak correspondence between sounds and letters in the spelling of modern English, for example, written syllabification in English has to be based mostly on etymological i.e. morphological instead of phonetic principles. English "written" syllables therefore do not correspond to the actually spoken syllables of the living language."
Maybe J! judges are morphological rather than just illogical in their syllable counting?
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But we don't say the "-cia-" in commercialism as separate syllables, do we? I've never heard it, and the pronunciations above don't show it. Either they are both 5 syllables or both 4 (personally I go with 5, but I can see your point for 4). I think the distinction is (as mentioned already) that consumerism is about buying, and commercialism is about selling. Silly distinction since they are opposite sides of the same transaction, but technically clear.boson wrote:I know we pronounce the "sm" as "zəm", but I wasn't sure it would count as a syllable.Volante wrote:Merriam-Webster:boson wrote:The category was "5 syllable words". con-su-mer-ism = 4, com-mer-ci-a-lism =5
con·sum·er·ism - noun \kən-ˈsü-mə-ˌri-zəm, -mər-ˌi-\
com·mer·cial·ism - noun \kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌli-zəm\
Both 5 syllables.
According to Wikipedia:
"Syllabification is the separation of a word into syllables, whether spoken or written. In most languages, the actually spoken syllables are the basis of syllabification in writing too. Due to the very weak correspondence between sounds and letters in the spelling of modern English, for example, written syllabification in English has to be based mostly on etymological i.e. morphological instead of phonetic principles. English "written" syllables therefore do not correspond to the actually spoken syllables of the living language."
Maybe J! judges are morphological rather than just illogical in their syllable counting?
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Re: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
"Wordgirl" reference ftw! (I have little siblings, which is how I got introduced to it, but at this point I'd probably watch the show on my own, too. One of PBS' best kids' shows in recent years. )Rafferty Barnes wrote:Peggles wrote:I concur.emtwo wrote:If there's a no-fangirling rule on the board then I am about to break it because...
GOSH Beau is cute(!!!).
I keep hearing his name as "Beau Handsome", the game show host from the PBS cartoon Wordgirl. He has a better haircut than the cartoon guy, though.