| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8174 Registered: 8-2001 |
When I heard Brisen say that Elaine was so sensitive about being Jewish that you had to be careful not to glerk in her presence, I knew that Brisen was wrong, even though I knew nothing about Elaine and little about Judaism (since, as old forum hands may recall, I opted out of Judaism when I was 12). How come? (In case this puzzle sounds familiar, it's a revised version of one I posed recently but had removed because it was poorly formulated.) | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 5082 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did Brisen have a scrund? About Jews? About glerking? Is glerking something Brisen expected Jews to dislike? Disapprove? Remind them of something? Fear? Become embarrassed? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8178 Registered: 8-2001 |
Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 5082 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 - 7:50 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did Brisen have a scrund? yes. GOOOOOO question!!! About Jews? no About glerking? yes Is glerking something Brisen expected Jews to dislike? yopeDisapprove? yopeRemind them of something? yesish Fear? no Become embarrassed?yope | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 5088 Registered: 5-2003 |
Does glerking (as Brisen envisioned it) have to do with something stereotypically Jewish? Or something associated with Jews (such as the Holocaust)? Is glerking really something to do with something stereotypically Jewish? Or something associated with Jews? Was Brisen wrong about glerking in Elaine's presence (ie, was Elaine not so sensitive)? Or was Brisen wrong about what glerking would mean to Elaine? Does glerking involve talking about something? Politics relevant? History? Economics? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8182 Registered: 8-2001 |
Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 5088 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Monday, July 09, 2012 - 7:43 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does glerking (as Brisen envisioned it) have to do with something stereotypically Jewish? Or something associated with Jews (such as the Holocaust)? Is glerking really something to do with something stereotypically Jewish? no Or something associated with Jews? no Was Brisen wrong about glerking in Elaine's presence (ie, was Elaine not so sensitive)?no Or was Brisen wrong about what glerking would mean to Elaine? no Does glerking involve talking about something?no Politics relevant? no History? no Economics? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3181 Registered: 2-2011 |
does glerking involve wearing something? a crucifix? hijab? eating something? pork? shellfish? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8186 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3181 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 7:27 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) does glerking involve wearing something? no a crucifix?no hijab? no eating something? no pork? no shellfish? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8197 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: No aspect of Judaism is relevant here!! | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1555 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did you know he was wrong because it would be impossible to glerk in front of Elaine? Because nobody could possibly be offended by glerking? Because he believed glerking to have some significance that it does not actually have? To be offensive in a way that it is not? Did he not know what glerking really meant? Is the actual word that glerking has replaced here relevant? (eg the real word for the action of glerking might sound like something else) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8204 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1555 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012 - 8:37 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did you know he was wrong because it would be impossible to glerk in front of Elaine? yes Because nobody could possibly be offended by glerking? noBecause he believed glerking to have some significance that it does not actually have? To be offensive in a way that it is not? noDid he not know what glerking really meant? yope, but you're ORT Is the actual word that glerking has replaced here relevant? (eg the real word for the action of glerking might sound like something else) no | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1560 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is glerking impossible full stop? Is it a made-up word? Did he use the wrong word? Would it be impossible for Brisen in particular to do? Would it be impossible to do in front of someone? In front of Elaine specifically? Would Elaine not be aware that someone was glerking in her presence? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8206 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1560 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012 - 9:22 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is glerking impossible full stop? yes Is it a made-up word?yes, but of course I could describe glerking in words that already existDid he use the wrong word? yope Would it be impossible for Brisen in particular to do? no one can glerkWould it be impossible to do in front of someone? see previous answerIn front of Elaine specifically? dittoWould Elaine not be aware that someone was glerking in her presence? ditto | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1562 Registered: 4-2007 |
Sorry, I wasn't at all clear! What I was trying to ask was whether the word Brisen used to describe glerking was in fact not a real word, ie he had misremembered or mispronounced a word. Is glerking expressed in a figurative way, but would be impossible literally? Does Brisen actually believe that people can glerk? Is he being careless with his speech? Exaggerating for effect? Using figurative language? If you were to correct Brisen, would he believe you were being overly pedantic? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8209 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1562 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012 - 11:18 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Sorry, I wasn't at all clear! What I was trying to ask was whether the word Brisen used to describe glerking was in fact not a real word, ie he had misremembered or mispronounced a word. No, she didn't.( 'Brisen' is as woman's name -- from Malory.) Is glerking expressed in a figurative way, no but would be impossible literally? yes Does Brisen actually believe that people can glerk? Is he being careless with his speech? yes Exaggerating for effect? noUsing figurative language? noIf you were to correct Brisen, would he believe you were being overly pedantic? As opposed to just pedantic enough? No. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8220 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: You can try to glerk only as part of a certain activity. Find out what the activity is. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8228 Registered: 8-2001 |
BIG HINT: The reason you can't glerk is that it's against the rules of the activity during which you might try to glerk. Now find out what that activity is!! | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1580 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is the activity connected to: Sport? Work? Socalising? Are the rules forbidding glerking laws? Etiquette rules? Social norms? The rules of a game? A sport? Would breaking them result in punishment? Expulsion from some group? Disqualification from something? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8231 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1580 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Friday, July 27, 2012 - 6:19 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the activity connected to: Sport? no but you're ORT (on the right track) Work? no Socalising? possibly Are the rules forbidding glerking laws? noEtiquette rules? no Social norms? see next answer The rules of a game? yes A sport? no Would breaking them result in punishment?very unlikely Expulsion from some group? ditto Disqualification from something? yesish | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1583 Registered: 4-2007 |
So is glerking something that would be done as part of a game? But in fact is against the rules of that game? Is the game one played in teams? One on one? Several individuals against each other? Is it a board game? A card game? A game of skill? Luck? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8235 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1583 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Sunday, July 29, 2012 - 4:48 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) So is glerking something that would be done as part of a game? yes But in fact is against the rules of that game? yesIs the game one played in teams? no One on one? sometimes Several individuals against each other? sometimesIs it a board game? yes A card game? noA game of skill? mostly Luck? mostly skill but luck is also involved | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1584 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does the game involve dice? Moving counters around a board? A word game? Scrabble? A strategy game? A game requiring general knowledge, like Trivial Pursuit? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8236 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1584 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Sunday, July 29, 2012 - 10:16 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the game involve dice? Moving counters around a board? A word game? Scrabble? A strategy game? A game requiring general knowledge, like Trivial Pursuit? It's Scrabble!! | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1585 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is glerking playing a particular word? Which is actually invalid, because it isn't in the dictionary? Because it is a proper noun? Does Brisen claim that Elaine would get offended if you played the word 'Jew'? 'Jewish'? Another word connected to Judaism? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8237 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1585 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 12:15 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is glerking playing a particular word? yes Which is actually invalid no, because it isn't in the dictionary that's not the reason? Because it is a proper noun? yes Does Brisen claim that Elaine would get offended if you played the word 'Jew'? yes see previous answer'Jewish'? see earlierAnother word connected to Judaism? ditto ********* SPOIILER ************** I once heard an anecdote about the American journalist Walter Lippmann who was supposedly so sensitive about being Jewish that you couldn't use the word 'Jew' when playing Scrabble with him. Well you can't use it when playing Scrabble with me, either. You can't use any proper noun. Thanks for solving it, Enjay, & please see my new puzzle at the bottom of the page. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1586 Registered: 4-2007 |
I checked out of curiosity when I posted my question, and according to an online scrabble dictionary it is allowed but with the meaning 'obsolete offensive word for haggle/ a haggler'. So depending on his knowledge of obsolete insults, maybe that's why he got offended :p | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8241 Registered: 8-2001 |
Do you mean as in the disgusting expression,'jew him down'? Thanks, that's a good objection. But the book that reported this (Mixed Blessings by Paul Cowan) did capitalize the word 'Jew" when saying what you couldn't use when playing Scrabble with Lippmann. Besides, you don't have to be sensitive about being Jewish to be offended by 'jew' in the haggle sense; like the "n word" it would offend any decent person. | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 139 Registered: 5-2012 |
Could you use "jewish" which is an adjective, not a noun? Theoretical, of course, since I never get 5 letters at a time that spell any word. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 2097 Registered: 6-2008 |
But the adjective form is derived from a proper noun and should be capitalized ("Jewish"), right--in the same way that English is just as "proper" as England is? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 144 Registered: 5-2012 |
But what about putting 'english' on a ball - would that be capitalized? Good thing Scrabble is usually played by at least semi-intellectual types, or it would result in fistfights much more often! | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8245 Registered: 8-2001 |
As far as I now, the adjectives "Jewish' and "English' are always capitalized. The adjective 'Catholic' isn't always capitalized, but when it isn't, it has a different meaning (not pertaining specifically to the religion or its followers). | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17329 Registered: 4-2010 |
So is "glerking" "playing a proper noun" or "playing the word JEW"? Also, according to Dictionary.com, putting English on a ball is "sometimes lowercase." Not sure how the Scrabble dictionary addresses that. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2952 Registered: 7-2009 |
Scrabble lets you use "english" but not, for example, "Spanish" (at least, the dictionary on the Scrabble FB app does). I'm not sure if "english" is allowed because of the ball thing or because of things like english muffins. Although everything I can find capitalizes the "E" in English muffins, too. So who knows. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8254 Registered: 8-2001 |
'Glerking' is using "Jew' as a word in Scrabble. |
