WSO CCC OTD 2015-08-05: I win ...
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... sort of the chance of writing a CCC that will actually be solved by somebody. I do think it was actually solved, but these non-cooperative helioradiators wouldn't comply! Todays solution: euphemism And I thought that first hint was a dead giveaway. Neither did anybody hear the ewe errhhmm eu. :sigh: Anybody up for the derivation? Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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... sort of the chance of writing a CCC that will actually be solved by somebody. I do think it was actually solved, but these non-cooperative helioradiators wouldn't comply! Todays solution: euphemism And I thought that first hint was a dead giveaway. Neither did anybody hear the ewe errhhmm eu. :sigh: Anybody up for the derivation? Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
Er ... really? Apart from the homophone for 'eu' and the definition I can make neither head nor tail of it ... and I'm a professional clue writer and occasional clue writing competition judge! I can only gape in awe if you have a rational explanation for ... Greek! I prophesy = PHEMISM
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Er ... really? Apart from the homophone for 'eu' and the definition I can make neither head nor tail of it ... and I'm a professional clue writer and occasional clue writing competition judge! I can only gape in awe if you have a rational explanation for ... Greek! I prophesy = PHEMISM
Member 9082365 wrote:
and I'm a professional clue writer and occasional clue writing competition judge
Well good on you, but I'm not, as you have properly observed with your skills as a cunning linguist. :-O If you'll just hop a long to the etymology of that word you might find the bits and pieces to string this together. I'll make an easier one tomorrow if only to evade further complaints from some helioradiator hiding behind a number. Good nicht!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Member 9082365 wrote:
and I'm a professional clue writer and occasional clue writing competition judge
Well good on you, but I'm not, as you have properly observed with your skills as a cunning linguist. :-O If you'll just hop a long to the etymology of that word you might find the bits and pieces to string this together. I'll make an easier one tomorrow if only to evade further complaints from some helioradiator hiding behind a number. Good nicht!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
Manfred R. Bihy wrote:
Good nicht!
In case it escaped you this can be interpreted as good night, or "good, not!" Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Member 9082365 wrote:
and I'm a professional clue writer and occasional clue writing competition judge
Well good on you, but I'm not, as you have properly observed with your skills as a cunning linguist. :-O If you'll just hop a long to the etymology of that word you might find the bits and pieces to string this together. I'll make an easier one tomorrow if only to evade further complaints from some helioradiator hiding behind a number. Good nicht!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
Ah, did I forget to mention that I'm also a koine Greek scholar and therefore know that PHEME (transliterated cos I can't be bothered to get my Greek alphabet out) is not a verb used of prophecy? My bad. Even if it were I'm really not sure why you thought anyone else would know that! It's hardly the stuff of everyday conversation in coding circles and certainly not sufficiently so to start throwing insults around because nobody got it!
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Ah, did I forget to mention that I'm also a koine Greek scholar and therefore know that PHEME (transliterated cos I can't be bothered to get my Greek alphabet out) is not a verb used of prophecy? My bad. Even if it were I'm really not sure why you thought anyone else would know that! It's hardly the stuff of everyday conversation in coding circles and certainly not sufficiently so to start throwing insults around because nobody got it!
Yes! Come back tomorrow for the next tear down. Love and kisses, or something! :rolleyes:
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Ah, did I forget to mention that I'm also a koine Greek scholar and therefore know that PHEME (transliterated cos I can't be bothered to get my Greek alphabet out) is not a verb used of prophecy? My bad. Even if it were I'm really not sure why you thought anyone else would know that! It's hardly the stuff of everyday conversation in coding circles and certainly not sufficiently so to start throwing insults around because nobody got it!
Member 9082365 wrote:
certainly not sufficiently so to start throwing insults around because nobody got it!
Oh wow, I missed that part somehow! Insults, I hope you're not referring to the euphemistic clue? :doh: That indeed would be truly sad! :( (At least for a ehhhrmmm(räusper) true professional like you!) De nada! Mange tak for ingenting! :rolleyes:
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian