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Help[Facts] Cool challenge! :)
in reply to a message by Mike C
It's almost like working up from your white belt, to your yellow belt, all the way up to your black belt. :)
HAAAAIIII! How many honorable onomomasters will emerge from the challenge, one wonders? You can't have THAT many errors on the site, can you, Mike? :)
Regardless, your challenge sounds like just the cool thing we all needed right now. :)
-- Nanaea
HAAAAIIII! How many honorable onomomasters will emerge from the challenge, one wonders? You can't have THAT many errors on the site, can you, Mike? :)
Regardless, your challenge sounds like just the cool thing we all needed right now. :)
-- Nanaea
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Hey Nan,
Whaddaya think? Can we find 15 apiece? I've submitted 6 so far, but I'm not sure Mike'll buy 'em all. But forget grammar -- except for the occasional cloudy antecedent reference which is technically correct anyway, this guy Campbell is one literate dude!
How bad is Pav gonna kick our arses on the Greek names?
Dave
Whaddaya think? Can we find 15 apiece? I've submitted 6 so far, but I'm not sure Mike'll buy 'em all. But forget grammar -- except for the occasional cloudy antecedent reference which is technically correct anyway, this guy Campbell is one literate dude!
How bad is Pav gonna kick our arses on the Greek names?
Dave
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Great stuff Daividh - exactly what I'm looking for. I'm not entirely sold on the Emmet = "an ant" meaning, but the 5 other corrections plus the other notes give you a total of 6 points. At this rate I'll have to add another tier at 30 points...
Nan, I'm afraid the judges can only give you 1/2 a point for your Oberon note (which wasn't technically a correction), giving you a total of 1.5 points, good for second place.
I'll post all of the corrections to the message board once the challenge ends.
Nan, I'm afraid the judges can only give you 1/2 a point for your Oberon note (which wasn't technically a correction), giving you a total of 1.5 points, good for second place.
I'll post all of the corrections to the message board once the challenge ends.
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That's okay about the half-point, I told you I was nitpickin'. :)
I've just submitted 6 more this morning. Can't let Daividh whup me. :)
And Daividh? Pavlos may kick our butts with the Greek names, but I have a strong suspicion that you'll be cleaning up the joint with the Celtic names. :)
-- Nanaea
I've just submitted 6 more this morning. Can't let Daividh whup me. :)
And Daividh? Pavlos may kick our butts with the Greek names, but I have a strong suspicion that you'll be cleaning up the joint with the Celtic names. :)
-- Nanaea
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Nice job Nan! You get credit for all 6 of those, bringing you to a total of 7.5.
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Woo-hoo! :)
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Here We Go A-Viking...
Hey Nan,
Five more wingin their way to Tofutti, B.C...
Dave : )
Hey Nan,
Five more wingin their way to Tofutti, B.C...
Dave : )
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Swede Jay-sus, some newbies need a clue
I sent two yesterday morning and two again this morning. I think I'll make two my daily quota -- unless you up the ante. ;) Am also including reference sources where I can.
Wonder how Pavlos is doing?
Mike needs to give us a daily score! LOL!
-- Nanaea
I sent two yesterday morning and two again this morning. I think I'll make two my daily quota -- unless you up the ante. ;) Am also including reference sources where I can.
Wonder how Pavlos is doing?
Mike needs to give us a daily score! LOL!
-- Nanaea
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...hope to send my 2-drachma worth of advice too once the poussiere settles :P
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P.S.: Hey, remember Eagle Beak?
http://www.behindthename.com/messages/6112.html
Does he get a point? ;)
-- Nanaea
http://www.behindthename.com/messages/6112.html
Does he get a point? ;)
-- Nanaea
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> You can't have THAT many errors on the site, can you, Mike? :)
Heh, you'd be surprised. The entries were written anywhere from 1 week ago to 5 years ago, often in the dead of night. So it shouldn't be too hard for some searchers to find many errors, especially since multiple people can point out the same error.
And I'll give bonus points for any really obscure errors found.
Heh, you'd be surprised. The entries were written anywhere from 1 week ago to 5 years ago, often in the dead of night. So it shouldn't be too hard for some searchers to find many errors, especially since multiple people can point out the same error.
And I'll give bonus points for any really obscure errors found.
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