Quoting Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > >> Who knows? > >> > >> But let her not be otiose (or nivose, pluviose or ventose!) > >> > > > I, of course, made up my words. I've the feeling you didn't. Off to > > the dictionary I go... (hang on, I'll be back in a second). > > > Well, my dictionary is not a very good one. It has neither nivose nor > > ventose. I actually guessed pluviose, and I'm wondering if ventose > > has anything to do with the wind? > > Yes, it has. They are the names that the French revolutionaries gave to > the winter months in their reformed calendar. > > > With your large vocabulary, Bob, you'd likely be pretty good at > Scrabble. > > Nivose (Snowious), Pluviose (Rainious) and Ventose (Windious) are no > good in English Scrabble. Perhaps in Quebec, though. But Scrabble is > at least as much to do with strategy as vocabulary. Perhaps more. > > I've never played anyone who takes the game seriously. People I play > against get upset when I use everyday words like kine, qi, xi, zo, dzo > and zho. To a real Scrabble player this is probably beginner's stuff.
Hope someone remembers to email AnnSan about this thread, so she can check it in the archives when she returns. ERNR
