tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1936047900235279886..comments2024-03-29T03:22:09.826-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Laurence who wrote "Tristram Shandy" / MON 4-2-2018 / Top-notch / Think up / Big name in Russian ballet / Arnaz of "I Love Lucy"Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81815264484850556092018-05-08T00:37:39.951-04:002018-05-08T00:37:39.951-04:00I do not believe you have to have visited Paris fo...I do not believe you have to have visited Paris for this to be an easy puzzle to solve. On to Tuesday. Thanks Anabelle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68190796036789365872018-05-07T19:35:32.407-04:002018-05-07T19:35:32.407-04:00Anonymous 5:49 PM--Confusing, but checking Wikiped...Anonymous 5:49 PM--Confusing, but checking Wikipedia, it seems both Dennis and Genevieve have been, or are, patron saints of Paris. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31305542281419055962018-05-07T17:49:54.782-04:002018-05-07T17:49:54.782-04:00St. Denys is the patron saint of France. My grade ...St. Denys is the patron saint of France. My grade school's name was St. Dennis, and for a very short time was spelled Denis. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91363432993553752352018-05-07T16:54:43.434-04:002018-05-07T16:54:43.434-04:00@Stanley Hudson 8:08 PM:
There is also a Versaill...<br />@Stanley Hudson 8:08 PM:<br /><br />There is also a Versailles, Kentucky. It's about 20 miles west of Paris. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5803764908661849912018-05-07T15:20:32.378-04:002018-05-07T15:20:32.378-04:00Nice TOUR of PARIS with a bonus stop at the Dome D...Nice TOUR of PARIS with a bonus stop at the Dome DES Invalides. FES in Morocco has French and probably Paris connections, too. Further, would need the "Vous etes ici" sign to find my way around the city.<br /><br />STERNE and KIROV were knowns, but had to see them first, and MAINE as part of the Missouri Compromise was something of a surprise to me, sorry to say.<br /><br />Au revoir.<br /><br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89847096343316828902018-05-07T14:57:38.887-04:002018-05-07T14:57:38.887-04:00Well, me liked it, but myself had my FEz on before...Well, me liked it, but myself had my FEz on before I got to SORBONNE. So just the one inky spot for me, myself and I. Started 5a with K_B_BS, since you never know how it might be spelled. <br /><br />OFANAGE – ain’t that where the chillun went after Bubba and Verna died in that accident and there weren’t no KIN?<br /><br />PATRON and ENRON have something in common.<br /><br />Will agree with Deb KERR as you-know-what.<br /><br />SPED through this one. That’s a Monday GOAL.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63895086451911264922018-05-07T14:14:01.016-04:002018-05-07T14:14:01.016-04:00Not a bad Monday as a puzzle, but a great Monday f...Not a bad Monday as a puzzle, but a great Monday for spotlighting my favourite city in the world. <br /><br />Nothing here to cause real problems. FES/z caused a pause, but there's no doubt about the SORBONNE (had a lovely cafe au lait there).<br /><br />Annabel made a grammatical no-no, yes, but the meaning is clear. Does that mean that the language is going to hell in a handbasket? That's a question for others, as we have seen, to wrangle over.<br /><br />No pronouns were harmed in the critique of this puzzle.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87706292826257156122018-05-07T13:24:07.235-04:002018-05-07T13:24:07.235-04:00The same theme as my kitchen calendar this year, s...The same theme as my kitchen calendar this year, so of course I was successful. <br /><br />And I was #1 in yesterday's race in the group of people with my last name. Woot! (I just learned that word. Woot!)<br /><br />Go Paree<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords, eating bread and cakeDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37541073423353400412018-05-07T12:08:53.668-04:002018-05-07T12:08:53.668-04:00MAINE GOAL
IAM OFANAGE that while in PARIS,FRANCE...MAINE GOAL<br /><br />IAM OFANAGE that while in PARIS,FRANCE,<br />NOTREDAME and THELOUVRE make me dour,<br />but if you ASKME, I’LL not SAYNOTO dance<br />NAKED INFRONT of THE EIFFELTOWER.<br /><br />--- DESI “DES” SORBONNE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55250074216766512562018-05-07T10:40:25.282-04:002018-05-07T10:40:25.282-04:0050-50 shot on square 44. Was it Z to satisfy the d...50-50 shot on square 44. Was it Z to satisfy the down, or S for the across? I finally decided on Z because FES just didn't look possible. (Cue the game-show trombones)<br /><br />So a one-square DNF, but I liked it anyway. Good theme and execution save for that fatal flaw, and not too much junk in the fill--outside a couple of AP's. Another oldie but goodie for DOD: Deborah KERR.<br /><br />How about those Golden Knights?!!!spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53781794049319636362018-04-04T04:22:58.736-04:002018-04-04T04:22:58.736-04:00Instead of Minos, I entered Midas! Didn't see ...Instead of Minos, I entered Midas! Didn't see my error until the very last few words but will never mistake these two characters again. One is from Turkey and one from Crete. Martin A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12011282149911042882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66980240623404177622018-04-03T10:52:01.416-04:002018-04-03T10:52:01.416-04:00PONTNEUF-FES-SORBONNE on a Monday… uhhh, yeah, no....PONTNEUF-FES-SORBONNE on a Monday… uhhh, yeah, no. Otherwise quite liked the puzzle.SJ Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10091353484812479314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41918501642021136332018-04-03T10:51:29.626-04:002018-04-03T10:51:29.626-04:00@LMS:
This blog is a casual site for casual observ...@LMS:<br />This blog is a casual site for casual observations<br /><br />no debate on that. OTOH, sometimes discussions range far and wide into serious topics worthy of discourse. whether the crudest amongst us should determine the future of anything, including the semantics and syntax of our language, is such a topic. make America white again, damn it!!!!!Banana Diaquirinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75637744376460942752018-04-03T09:07:56.638-04:002018-04-03T09:07:56.638-04:00So, yeah, while me and my husband were driving bac...So, yeah, while me and my husband were driving back from Raleigh yesterday, I was reading the ridiculousness. I bet half of you learned pedants mess up pronoun case in stuff like <i> He asked John and I if we would help edit the piece.</i> or <i> Give the money to whomever needs it.</i> Pronoun case is a veritable free-for-all right now. All over the English-speaking planet.<br /><br />As regards our language “going down the tubes” -<br /><br />1. <i>It is sad that misuse over time becomes accepted as standard usage</i>. I shall try to remember that little gem; thou art on to something, methinks.<br /><br />2. <i>…get the attention of the crossworld crowd…You don't have to be a Grammar Nazi to know "my friend and I". </i> – That period outside of the quotation mark probably got the attention of some Grammar Nazi. Glass houses and all that. Unless, of course, you're British.<br /><br />3. <i>…Many of us are merely advocates of clear and honest communication.</i> Please explain to me how <br /><br /><i><b>Me and my friend went to the mall.</b></i><br /><br /> is less “clear and honest” than <br /><br /><i><b>My friend and I went to the mall.</b></i> <br /><br />I want to know <b>how that one example</b> is less clear.<br /><br />4. …<i>important ... to the future of the English language</i> how mystifying to assume that all of the sudden the natural evolution of language – the process that took Proto Indo-European into Hindi, English, Russian, French is suddenly going to result in our language’s demise. What has happened that that language change has switched from an evolution to an annihilation?<br /><br />5. @David Stone – loved your pilkunnussija! The Burmese have a word for Grammar Nazi – သေနာကောင် - supercilious snobs who shame others en route to their quest for superiority.<br /><br />I’m with @Pete, @K Swayze, @sanfranman59, @Frank Stein, @mathgent, and anyone else who defended Annabel. Shame on the rest of you. This blog is a casual site for casual observations. People should be able to post stuff without fear of being slapped on the wrist for grammar, misspellings, or typos.Loren Muse Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308030011870397977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59677851628357385822018-04-03T08:39:06.554-04:002018-04-03T08:39:06.554-04:00@K Swayze:
The “English Language” is not deteriora...@K Swayze:<br />The “English Language” is not deteriorating: it’s evolving, as all matural languages do over time. <br /><br />there's the problem: if you let the low information cabal control anything, including language, you get devolution. just look at the retrograde rightwing, trying to bring back the 19th century and make America white again. some folks are pleased.Banana Diaquirinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64117811471304678502018-04-03T03:29:34.404-04:002018-04-03T03:29:34.404-04:00Easiest puzzle ever
Easiest puzzle ever<br /><br /><br />Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86376925538918396252018-04-03T03:17:26.157-04:002018-04-03T03:17:26.157-04:00@FLAC 10:50am: Orwell’s essay has entertainment va...@FLAC 10:50am: Orwell’s essay has entertainment value, but it is also elitist and paranoid. The “English Language” is not deteriorating: it’s evolving, as all matural languages do over time. So what is “proper grammar” and who gets to decide? Snotty old white people? Nisiquierahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04390221967417826887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54410149307197032272018-04-03T03:06:54.337-04:002018-04-03T03:06:54.337-04:00@Anon 7:58am: you wrote, “‘me and a friend of mine...@Anon 7:58am: you wrote, “‘me and a friend of mine’ Linguistically, it’s a generational anomaly. It is sad that misuse over time becomes accepted as standard usage.”<br />This is a bit of ignorant pedantry that I just cannot allow to stand unchallenged. First, linguists engage in descriptive grammar (observing & analyzing the ways in which people use language), not prescriptive grammar (setting themselves up as snobby mavens and attempting to criticize or control other people’s usage). Secondly, what generation are you referring to? People have been employing the “me and ___” construction in the subject position since Chaucer’s time...,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26022163577054953802018-04-02T23:04:08.602-04:002018-04-02T23:04:08.602-04:00*nonstandard 😜*nonstandard 😜a.cornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03235810940721348751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49004286132202037432018-04-02T22:56:08.239-04:002018-04-02T22:56:08.239-04:00@All whom I may have offended with the language in...@All whom I may have offended with the language in my prior post, you have my sincerest possible apology. If any of you broke your string of pearls while collapsing from the vapors, please have them repaired at your jeweler of choice and send me the bill. To the rest, not one of you has offered an explanation of why the second, third or twentieth "correction" of Annabel's usage was merited. I can only assume that no one piped up because there are no valid reasons. Annabel made a mistake, or not, and it was pointed out once. All the rest is petty cruelty. Petty, but cruel.Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14587943570438058192018-04-02T21:05:01.602-04:002018-04-02T21:05:01.602-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.BobLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614228671316214824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18794694367656645042018-04-02T21:04:40.286-04:002018-04-02T21:04:40.286-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.BobLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614228671316214824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45338737127900529302018-04-02T20:53:59.841-04:002018-04-02T20:53:59.841-04:00@BarbieBarbie and @Z, do you really have nothing b...@BarbieBarbie and @Z, do you really have nothing better than do than to argue over grammar usage on a crossword puzzle blog?<br /><br />Go for a walk. Start a stamp collection. Volunteer for a non-profit. Take up ham radio. Sign up for a night class in cake decorating. But for god's sake spare us your tedious colloquys over meaningless ephemera.<br /><br />Barry Frain<br />East Biggs, CABarry Frainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43339904299336736952018-04-02T20:51:40.371-04:002018-04-02T20:51:40.371-04:00Ah, f@#& IAh, f@#& IBobLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614228671316214824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25484559111214012412018-04-02T20:10:56.858-04:002018-04-02T20:10:56.858-04:00Love, love, love the cafe negra they serve in Pari...Love, love, love the cafe negra they serve in Paris!Uncle Alvareznoreply@blogger.com