Fruit Machine Chat

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Nicely done - although I would have preferred to see how you actually went about setting up the word, rather than watching a minute of (intentionally?) shoddy camerawork.

Also, I now have a headache

The crazy camerawork and editing connects with the yoof in an Olympics 2012 logo kindaway.

That continuous drumloop just reminded me of cartoon characters running past the same bit of scenery over and over again :P

Why have you removed it? Cos Its a good idea I think

New, improved, 'tutorial edition' released; old edition deleted.

Cinematography, editing and soundtrack by Steven Spielbob.

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

LOL

nice editing work and a very good score but you missed out [sic]

no dictionary lists quizzicality as a countable noun

unknownpseudonym wrote: no dictionary lists quizzicality as a countable noun

You must be wrong, as the then SOWPODS list used in Grandmasters consists only of words taken from reputable dictionaries, none of which were compiled with word games in mind.

Quizzicalities is also used tens of times on the 'net (and by extension, hundreds of times beyond it), so if a dictionary is to reflect usage, it would be in.

Frederic Jameson has used it:

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0093-1 ... 0.CO%3B2-X

roberto la vigna wrote: Frederic Jameson has used it:

fredric jameson has misused it.

as you know, i've had groinwagon in print but it doesn't make it a word.

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

What is the matter with you?

unknownpseudonym wrote: as you know, i've had groinwagon in print but it doesn't make it a word.

Too late, groinwagon is already a word, you fudgebucket - be it nonsensical or not (just like fudgebucket). It's just a word that hasn't been used by many people.

roberto la vigna wrote:Quizzicalities is also used tens of times on the 'net

How many of those are on my website?

Look, this is getting far too pedantic and irrelevant. Obviously, I don't care whether QUIZZICALITIES is a 'legitimate' word (let's face it, our civilisation would hardly be in peril if it weren't) - I'm only interested in its being the highest-scoring play in the game.

If we had found that, by some glitch, ZQQQXXZZQQXXX is accepted by the game, we would have made a video about ZQQQXXZZQQXXX.

If you're interested in using language in the way it was 'intended' to be used, then don't waste your time playing word games; write, read or say something instead. ;-)

[quote="roberto la vigna"]Look, this is getting far too pedantic and irrelevant. Obviously, I don't care whether QUIZZICALITIES is a 'legitimate' word (let's face it, our civilisation would hardly be in peril if it weren't) - I'm only interested in its being the highest-scoring play in the game.

If we had found that, by some glitch, ZQQQXXZZQQXXX is accepted by the game, we would have made a video about ZQQQXXZZQQXXX.

If you're interested in using language in the way it was 'intended' to be used, then don't waste your time playing word games]

i find it hard to understand why people get worked up about words. Surely languages are all evolving day by day?