| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7513 Registered: 8-2001 |
Political considerations have changed the way Minerva signs her name. How come? Feminism is not relevant. | ||
| Jerrynsteph4eva (Jerrynsteph4eva)
New member Username: Jerrynsteph4eva Post Number: 5 Registered: 3-2010 |
Is Minerva HAF? Age relevant? Location? If so, [LTPF list of countries]? Is era important? Does she write using standard utensils i.e. Pen, Paper? If not, does she use a quill? Parchment? Ink wells? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 626 Registered: 7-2011 |
Is it the first name or last name that is relevant? or the combination? She used to sign herself Minnie but now uses the full given name, or vice versa? (BTW, where do you get the names for your puzzle characters? From your students? or from a 'what to name the baby' book?) | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1404 Registered: 4-2007 |
Middle names relevant? Abbreviation of names, eg to a single letter, relevant? Would it help to find out Minerva's political views? Is a particular political figure relevant? A political issue? A political event (eg an election?) Are US politics particularly relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7517 Registered: 8-2001 |
Jerrynsteph4eva (Jerrynsteph4eva) New member Username: Jerrynsteph4eva Post Number: 5 Registered: 3-2010 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 2:45 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is Minerva H yes. How many non-humans sign their names?A not necessarilyF? yes but irrel Age relevant? no Location?noIf so, [LTPF list of countries]? Is era important? yes Does she write using standard utensils i.e. Pen yes, Paper? yes If not, does she use a quill? no Parchment? noInk wells? no Solitiare (Solitiare) New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 626 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 3:59 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it the first name or last name that is relevant? neither!! or the combination? She used to sign herself Minnie but now uses the full given name, or vice versa? no (BTW, where do you get the names for your puzzle characters? It varies, but usually just from general knowledge about names}From your students? Never--that would be unfair to them or from a 'what to name the baby' book? rarely) Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1404 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 10:30 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Middle names relevant? no more than any other part of her nameAbbreviation of names, eg to a single letter, relevant? no Would it help to find out Minerva's political views? yes Is a particular political figure relevant? noA political issue? yesA political event (eg an election? no) Are US politics particularly relevant? noish | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2523 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she sign with her job title? her intitials? her husband's name? (in my own lifetime women were still calling themselves Mrs John Smith - well, only if they were married to someone called John Smith, otherwise that would be bizarre!) | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1405 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is the handwriting relevant? Would she also have changed the way she typed her name at the end of a letter, for example? Did she deliberately change the way she signs her name? By changing it, does she imply support for a particular political standpoint? Would she have done so had she not changed the way she signed it? Is she making a point? Would she sign her name in the different way any time she signed it? Only in particular circumstances? Is she left-wing? Right-wing? Is the political issue a social one? Economic? Environmental? Moral? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7522 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1405 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 7:32 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the handwriting relevant?noish Would she also have changed the way she typed her name at the end of a letter, for example? yes Did she deliberately change the way she signs her name? yes By changing it, does she imply support for a particular political standpoint? noWould she have done so had she not changed the way she signed it? yope Is she making a point? noish Would she sign her name in the different way any time she signed it? yesOnly in particular circumstances? no Is she left-wing? possibly Right-wing? possiblyIs the political issue a social one? see next answer Economic? see next answerEnvironmental? yes Moral? see previous answer | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7523 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2523 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 6:37 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did she sign with her job title? irrel her intitials? irrel her husband's name? irrel(in my own lifetime women were still calling themselves Mrs John Smith - well, only if they were married to someone called John Smith, otherwise that would be bizarre!) | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2526 Registered: 2-2011 |
left- or right-handedness relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7525 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2526 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 8:09 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) left- or right-handedness relevant? no | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1406 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does she change what she actually writes? Make it shorter? Longer? Change how much space it takes up? Does she change the way she writes anything else? Does she change the medium in which she signs her name? Is she trying to be more eco-friendly? Trying to make a stand against 'eco-warriors'? Is wasting paper relevant? Recycling? Is it at all relevant what her name actually is? Is her job relevant? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1638 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the name Minerva relevant in any way? Would this work if she were named Matilda? Nirvana? Minnesota? Montana? Moron? (sorry, it's the first word I thought of that had an M, R, and N). Is her last name/initial relevant? Middle initial/name? Initials as a whole? Is Minerva in [LTPF List of political parties]? Is she an Independent? Or does it not matter specifically which party she's in, but only what her views are on a certain issue(s)? (I.e. if fiscal conservatism is relevant, then Republicans, some independents, and Libertarians would all work, but she likely would not be a Democrat). | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7531 Registered: 8-2001 |
Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1638 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 9:44 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the name Minerva relevant in any way? no Would this work if she were named Matilda? Nirvana? Minnesota? Montana? Moron? (sorry, it's the first word I thought of that had an M, R, and N How about Marnie?). Yes to all Is her last name/initial relevant? no Middle initial/name? no Initials as a whole? no Is Minerva in [LTPF List of political parties]? Please supply the listIs she an Independent? possibly Or does it not matter specifically which party she's in, but only what her views are on a certain issue(s)?Only environmentalism is relevant(I.e. if fiscal conservatism is relevant, then Republicans, some independents, and Libertarians would all work, but she likely would not be a Democrat). The real Minerva is a Democrat, but she could be a Republican, independent, or Libertarian & the puzzle would still work. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1408 Registered: 4-2007 |
Think you missed my questions just above Gregory's :-) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7532 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1406 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 9:19 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does she change what she actually writes? no Make it shorter? no Longer? noChange how much space it takes up? no Does she change the way she writes anything else? yesDoes she change the medium in which she signs her name? yes Is she trying to be more eco-friendly? no Trying to make a stand against 'eco-warriors'? yope -- you're ORTIs wasting paper relevant? noRecycling? no Is it at all relevant what her name actually is? no Is her job relevant? no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3824 Registered: 1-2007 |
Does she use a specific colour of ink when signing her name? Is Minerva Nimue? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7534 Registered: 8-2001 |
Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3824 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Friday, December 23, 2011 - 10:58 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does she use a specific colour of ink when signing her name? yesish Is Minerva Nimue? You bet! | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2427 Registered: 12-2010 |
Does she use her own pen rather than one provided by someone else? Academic titles relevant? Relevant when she changed her habits? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7536 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2427 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 12:35 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does she use her own pen rather than one provided by someone else?possibly Academic titles relevant? no Relevant when she changed her habits? yes | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2431 Registered: 12-2010 |
You said "yesish" to a specific colour of ink... does she avoid a specific colour? Does she use two colours? Did she change it after an election? If so, the 2008 presidential election? After a specific bill was passed? rejected? Fukushima relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7538 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2431 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 3:31 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) You said "yesish" to a specific colour of ink... does she avoid a specific colour? yesDoes she use two colours? irrel Did she change it after an election?b{ no} If so, the 2008 presidential election? After a specific bill was passed? norejected? no Fukushima relevant? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2432 Registered: 12-2010 |
You didn't answer my question about Fukushima. Did she change her habits this year? last year? during the last 5? 10? 15? 20? years? Does she avoid green ink? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7541 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2432 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 4:25 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) You didn't answer my question about Fukushima. Sorry--the answer is no Did she change her habits this year? no last year? noduring the last 5? yes10? 15? 20? years? Does she avoid green ink? yes ********** SPOILER ************** Minerva likes to use 4-color bik pens, & she used to sign her name in green, because it was pretty & unusual. But she doesn't go for environmental self-righteousness, so once 'green' acquired that secondary meaning, she started using other colors, usually red. Of course, red used to be associated with communism, but it would not be seen that way now, at least not in the US. Sorry the puzzle was so easy. Please check out my new one!! | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2433 Registered: 12-2010 |
Nice puzzle! Some years ago, I learnt that in German schools and universities only the highest official (usually the principal) is allowed to use green ink. How I found out about it? Well, I used green ink to write an exam and was told off by my teacher. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7543 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2433 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 7:47 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Nice puzzle! Some years ago, I learnt that in German schools and universities only the highest official (usually the principal) is allowed to use green ink. How I found out about it? Well, I used green ink to write an exam and was told off by my teacher.This funny story could have been the basis for a good puzzle! |
