The gauntlet is once again thrown down!

[Administrator]

The shoutout about "heretofore" was the last straw.

Over the next seven days, starting the instant this posting appears, the Administrator will scan all new messages for the word of the week - the word best demonstrating an evident command of the English language which must be honored, respected, and yes, even envied, while at the same time having at least something to do with the point of the posting. No additional credit will be given for puns. That will be a separate contest.

The following week, we'll do this same thing for our French-speaking forum members, although I'll need some help with the judging part.

At the end of the week, the winner is chosen by me, and there are no appeals or instant replays. Grousing about the inequity of it all will be tolerated, up to a point.

The prize: A new set of spark plugs (your choice of Champion or Autolite).

The clock is running!

Bill

[David Masury]

I am still smiling at this, thanks

David

[Marian Claire]

I hear the lexical wheels turning. Only squeaks and grunts here. Do you think MMO will help? Dan S/V Marian Claire

[ndutton]

Bill,
You're gonna regret this :D

[Baltimore Sailor]

This is nice and all, but I do feel compelled to point out that the OP used the wrong word. He said Marvel Mystery Oil (heretofore known as MMO)
when the proper word would have been "hereafter."

"Heretofore" means "up to this time," while "hereafter" means "from this time on."

[Dave Neptune]

Oh boy, now we need to be selfconsious about grammer:confused:! I will be checking the "Websters" now from time to time.
This could be fun if you can bear the responcibility and carnage you may bring to yourself:p.
Should be fun!
From many of the remarks I've seen on this site I think the best "pun" would be fun as well.

Go Bill!!!

Dave Neptune:eek:

[Baltimore Sailor]

Well, there's grammar, and there's typos, and then there's just plain using the wrong word. :rolleyes:

If I said "there ain't no cunningham cringle on my mainsale" I'd be guilty of the first two, and the forum could decide if they wanted to be grammar/spelling police -- but if I called the bow the stern I think we'd all want that confusion to be cleared up. :D

[CalebD]

This should raise the normally quotidian discourse about our callipygian vessels to lofty heights.
A thoroughly quixotic and wonderful idea.

[ndutton]

See, I told you so . . .

[roadnsky]

Hmmm, I may have opened Pandora's box...:eek:

(But Neil unlocked it)

[ndutton]

Moi??

Jerry,
At least you admit to being a co-conspirator.

[roadnsky]

Ok, after further cogitation...
Neil and I were just stirring the pot.

Bill actually tied the Gordian knot.
(Extra points for rhyming?)


PS - Baltimore, the Original Post of heretofore was on 12/03. (For the record)
http://www.moyermarine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3778

[jhwelch]

I will husband my strength and try to think of something clever. :)

[ndutton]

My Gawd, do y'all realize you're sacrificing your dignity for a chance at a set of spark plugs?:eek:

[Kelly]

J'attends avec impatience la semaine prochaine pour pouvoir participer pleinement à ce défi édifiant!!

Kelly

[sastanley]

This is nice and all, but I do feel compelled to point out that the OP used the wrong word. He said
when the proper word would have been "hereafter."

"Heretofore" means "up to this time," while "hereafter" means "from this time on."

BS, you are right.

My ex-wife and her family were '25 cent word' people, and I couldn't keep up with them, so I usually don't participate in these exercises. :o

Neil, I don't even need the spark plugs..i got a set of Autolite 437's in my stocking for Christmas :D

[Administrator]

J'attends avec impatience la semaine prochaine pour pouvoir participer pleinement à ce défi édifiant!!

Kelly

Ma chère Kelly, j'espérais que vous seriez le juge !

Geez, I hope that online translator knows what it's doing.

Bill

[roadnsky]

Ma chère Kelly, j'espérais que vous seriez le juge !

Geez, I hope that online translator knows what it's doing.


I think you just called Kelly a pickle! :p

[ndutton]

Serait-ce le disqualifier de la concurrence? Il existe une série de bougies d'allumage en cause.

[roadnsky]

Serait-ce le disqualifier de la concurrence? Il existe une série de bougies d'allumage en cause.

¡por supuesto!;)

[Kelly]

I don't mind being called a pickle...but I think Ndutton is correct: judges should receive a complementary set of spark plugs- and they should spark in French!

Kelly

[67c&ccorv]

I am afraid that this will call for something "super-Canadian"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwzRkjn86w

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!:D

[Jesse Delanoy]

I'm stickin' my neck out here, but I'm going to guess that CalebD is a devotee of the Bob & Tom radio show.

Am I right?

[msmith10]

Too many big words. I'm going to start an alternative A-4 site "The Atomic 4 for Dummies"

[CalebD]

I'm stickin' my neck out here, but I'm going to guess that CalebD is a devotee of the Bob & Tom radio show.

Am I right?

If you are talking about these guys then yes! http://www.cartalk.com/ct/review/index.jsp
One of the most intellectual and insightful radio shows ever! It airs on the NPR network so it must be 'high brow', right?

[Dave Neptune]

Perhaps a new group would be nice like "A-4 for Dummies" for those that have have the proverbial "Atomic Bomb" ideaollogy regarding the A-4. Then they could graduate to the MM forum when the actual durabillity and reliability of the A-4 is a realization they have achieved.
Perhaps the "Lack-o-maintenance Brotherhood of the A-4" would be more appropriate.

Happy New Year:D
Dave Neptune:cool:

[BillH]

I noted there has been some reference to MMO.
Personally , when flush with cash after searching under all the couch cushions at home , I tend to ' eschew' the MMO and go with synthetic which creates such a 'synergy' between pistons and block that the entire engine is 'empowered' to make a mechanical 'paradigm shift ' leading to the A4 becoming the 'benchmark' for perfection and success in modern day sailing.

Bill

ps. kind of disgraceful the lengths some people will go for a set of plugs.......

[Administrator]

Well, this ill-conceived contest has mercifully come to an end. I know what I was drinkin', but Lord, what was I thinkin'?

For much of the contest, the betting money was on Neil's "ubiquitous", which spawned one of the longer and more interesting threads seen on the forum lately. Then, BillH came along with "eschew", which he shamelessly admitted was mere pandering for the sake of a few bucks worth of hardware.

In the end, we chickened out and asked Google for help. A simple search for the two words produced almost 10 times as many hits for "ubiquitous" as "eschew". Plus, I can vaguely remember having used the former in casual conversation (I think it was an argument about global warming, but that's way off-topic), but not the latter.

Anyway, I declare the winner to be "eschew". BillH, if you'll send me shipping and your brand preference info via a private message, we'll get the plugs off to you.

As promised, the French-speaking version of the contest begins at once. Anyone using the word "pickle" will be summarily dismissed from the competition.

Bill

[ndutton]

Retiring in defeat, I would like to offer BillH my congratulations and leave the thread watchers with two thoughts that made this very self-satisfying:

1. I warned Administrator Bill early on that he would regret this exercise. There were times this was clairvoyant.

and most importantly,

2. By his own admission, my "Ubiquitos" left Roadnsky Jerry speechless!! As he was the Genesis of the concept, I impressed myself.

[roadnsky]

By his own admission, my "Ubiquitos" left Roadnsky Jerry speechless!! As he was the Genesis of the concept, I impressed myself.

For the record, Neil was very impressive with his wordsmithing in many posts and I was indeed speechless.
AND his final use of the Greek form ("Ubiquitos") during his concession speech was pure genius!
(Bill, if nothing else we've raised the bar for a few weeks)

PS - Maybe I should have had a "tie-breaker" vote... :rolleyes:

[rpowers]

Honorificabilitudinitatibus, 27 letters long, is the longest English word consisting strictly of alterating consonants and vowels. An eighteen letter word with this property is epicoracohumeraler. A seventeen letter word with this property is hypovitaminosises. Sixteen letter words with this property include aluminosilicates, depolarizability, and supererogatorily. Fifteen letter words with this property include cytomegalovirus, heterozygosises, hexosaminidases, paramyxoviruses, pararosanilines, parasitological, tenosynovitides, tenosynovitises, unimaginatively, and verisimilitudes.

Whew!

[sastanley]

Rick,
Now you need to post the definitions of those words! :D :p

[roadnsky]

Careful!
Bill may get ideas...:eek:

[rigspelt]

Elizabeth: Captain Barbossa, I am here to negotiate the cessation of hostilities against Port Royal .
Barbossa: There are a lot of long words in there, Miss; we're naught but humble pirates. What is it that you want?
Elizabeth: I want you to leave and never come back.
Barbossa: I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request. Means "no".

(Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)

[High Hopes]

Simple words are the best. Eschew obfuscation!

Trip to boat link . . .

http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperSteveFiftySeven#p/a/u/2/N3So3sBpe7E

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Cheers to All - Steve

[67c&ccorv]

Oh, I think you are all a bunch of "scurvies" on the good ship "Venus";:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPGLNYAgL-8

Happy New Year and fair winds to all!:)

[Kelly]

In reference to Shawn's post: from the "Christmas Gift" thread:

My wife also got me a new DeLorme PH-40, so we have a nice new handheld GPS for backup too...sometimes it is just too much hassle to have a big laptop out, & I can return the Garmin I've been borrowing from my step-father for the last 5 years

And in hopes of not attracting too much ridicule for my use of an adopted tongue...it's just that the temptation of those shiny new spark plugs has got my competitive spirit up!

A mon avis, la question ne demeure pas dans la commodité d’un tel récepteur GPS ou d’un tel portable…mais plutôt dans l’affectation secondaire que l’objet peut en jouir. L’antenne a t’elle la forme d’un palet de hockey sur glace ? Elle pourrait servir donc comme applicateur de cire sur votre bois exotique du cockpit ou comme fer à repasser pour vos voiles froissées par les intempéries. Un portable qui se plie grâce à ses charnières en plastique ? Parfait pour protéger votre précieux navire aux agressions du ponton lors des atterrissages hâtifs.

So, Bill?

Kelly

[sastanley]

Kelly,

En fait, l'antenne est de forme plus comme un cookie carré avec des coins arrondis. Amusant, il ressemble à un fer à repasser plus d'une rondelle!

:D :rolleyes:

I actually took French as a foreign language way back in high school. I needed help with the above though, I haven't used it at all in almost 20 years. As it turns out by chance, I spent one week in the late 90's working in France with the French Navy...I spent a couple days in Lorient, about 2 blocks from the water & a couple days in Paris. That 3 years paid off in my ability to read signs and navigate, but my spoken language was terrible..I could order dinner at a restaurant and a beer at the pub next to the hotel though! ;)

Here is a link to the product I purchased I think I paid about $30 for it - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RPM3IK/ref=oss_T15_product

[Administrator]

Let's see... How do I judge the French, given that I know nothing of the language. Perhaps I should simply count the number of letters with those little "thingies" above them?

Oh, I have purchased several of the hockey puck GPS's from these folks (http://www.gpscity.com).

Bill

[charles@pricefarrington.c]

Try this one:

Atomic 4, my belle.
These are words that go together well,
my Atomic 4.

Atomic 4, my belle.
Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble,
tres bien ensemble.

I love you, I love you, I love you.
That's all I want to say.
Until I find a way
I will say the only words I know that
you'll understand.


Sounds better with the music in the background....

[Kelly]

Excellent! I could even picture you with the appropriate haircut while singing!

Kelly

[sastanley]

bravo Charles!! nice work :)

[charles@pricefarrington.c]

It's interesting, I just had a client come in yesterday that saw the Beatles in Seattle in the 60's.

[lat 64]

Au secours pardon c'est moi, Atomique Andre.

Je veux ces bougie certainement.

Merci,

Russ