Author Topic: Another "Pyramid" judging question (Read 6550 times)

gameshowcrazy · « **Reply #15 on:** June 19, 2012, 04:22:25 PM »

Quote from: clemon79 on June 18, 2012, 04:49:55 PM

Quote from: Kevin Prather on June 18, 2012, 04:35:33 PM
Goes good with gazpacho, I bet.
Requires no adornments. Rye bread. Mustard. Ship it. At MOST a pickle in there somewhere.

gotta have provolone in there

Jay Temple · « **Reply #16 on:** June 19, 2012, 05:24:16 PM »

Today one of the items in the main game was "wharf". 1986 was a year too soon, but I briefly of Lt. Worf from ST:TNG, which brings to mind some potentially difficult decisions for the judge. I know they've cuckoo'd people for saying "whether" in describing "weather," but the one time I can remember it, the person clearly pronounced it as "we-th'r". I can't recall an instance where someone went for a different word that began with "hw" instead of "w" or vice versa. Does anyone recall seeing a case like that?

TLEberle · « **Reply #17 on:** June 19, 2012, 05:39:40 PM »

Quote from: Jay Temple on June 19, 2012, 05:24:16 PM

the person clearly pronounced it as "we-th'r".

There's two pronunciations for that?

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #18 on:** June 19, 2012, 05:55:25 PM »

Pyramid deals in sounds. If you say "It's that great big thing in the street" when describing a "grate", you get the bird. Same here. That's not to say you couldn't describe Lt. Worf instead of describing a wharf.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #19 on:** June 19, 2012, 06:06:41 PM »

Quote from: Kevin Prather on June 19, 2012, 05:55:25 PM

Pyramid deals in sounds. If you say "It's that great big thing in the street" when describing a "grate", you get the bird. Same here. That's not to say you couldn't describe Lt. Worf instead of describing a wharf.

If you are a receiver those clever tricks don't help because the word you're describing doesn't fit the category. "Fisherman's"...."Wharf" fits, "The guy on Star Trek" does not. I think this has been discussed here before, but those tricks are detrimental when taken in context of the overall category. Hairy/harry, ant/aunt, right/write, may sound the same, but they are not the same word.

clemon79 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 19, 2012, 07:38:25 PM »

Quote from: TLEberle on June 19, 2012, 05:39:40 PM

There's two pronunciations for that?

TLEberle · « **Reply #21 on:** June 19, 2012, 07:49:17 PM »

I don't think I've ever been told quite so succinctly and quite so hilariously.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 19, 2012, 08:01:45 PM »

Quote from: Jimmy Owen on June 19, 2012, 06:06:41 PM

If you are a receiver those clever tricks don't help because the word you're describing doesn't fit the category. "Fisherman's"...."Wharf" fits, "The guy on Star Trek" does not. I think this has been discussed here before, but those tricks are detrimental when taken in context of the overall category.

There are several examples of somebody getting stuck and recovering by using that very strategy.

-Jason

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #23 on:** June 19, 2012, 08:03:17 PM »

Quote from: Jimmy Owen on June 19, 2012, 06:06:41 PM

If you are a receiver those clever tricks don't help because the word you're describing doesn't fit the category. "Fisherman's"...."Wharf" fits, "The guy on Star Trek" does not. I think this has been discussed here before, but those tricks are detrimental when taken in context of the overall category. Hairy/harry, ant/aunt, right/write, may sound the same, but they are not the same word.

Uh...no.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #24 on:** June 19, 2012, 08:20:49 PM »

Quote from: Kevin Prather on June 19, 2012, 08:03:17 PM

Quote from: Jimmy Owen on June 19, 2012, 06:06:41 PM
If you are a receiver those clever tricks don't help because the word you're describing doesn't fit the category. "Fisherman's"...."Wharf" fits, "The guy on Star Trek" does not. I think this has been discussed here before, but those tricks are detrimental when taken in context of the overall category. Hairy/harry, ant/aunt, right/write, may sound the same, but they are not the same word.
Uh...no.

Don't ewe mean "Uh...know"

chad1m · « **Reply #25 on:** June 19, 2012, 08:26:30 PM »

Quote from: JasonA1 on June 19, 2012, 08:01:45 PM

There are several examples of somebody getting stuck and recovering by using that very strategy.

I was getting ready to start a response like this, but then I considered the source and decided not to waste the finger energy.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #26 on:** June 20, 2012, 02:41:28 AM »

Quote from: chad1m on June 19, 2012, 08:26:30 PM

Quote from: JasonA1 on June 19, 2012, 08:01:45 PM
There are several examples of somebody getting stuck and recovering by using that very strategy.
I was getting ready to start a response like this, but then I considered the source and decided not to waste the finger energy.

Chad, be nice.

chad1m · « **Reply #27 on:** June 20, 2012, 02:58:56 AM »

Quote from: Jimmy Owen on June 20, 2012, 02:41:28 AM

Chad, be nice.

I would, Jimmy. I try to like you and what you might be able to bring to the table. But your constructive posts are far outweighed by your attempts at outlandish topics or eventual discussion derailers, so I never know if you're tro-lo-lollin' or actually trying to add something.

Otm Shank · « **Reply #28 on:** June 21, 2012, 01:33:06 AM »

There was one instant of TORTE, with TART given as a response and it was not accepted. Dick even looked back at the producer's table to say to burn it from future use because it was so close. The game was a runaway, and to ease the pangs of guilt (and to head off a protest), the other team played for a 2-point win.

clemon79 · « **Reply #29 on:** June 21, 2012, 01:36:12 AM »

Quote from: Otm Shank on June 21, 2012, 01:33:06 AM

There was one instant of TORTE, with TART given as a response and it was not accepted.

Correctly. The pronunciations aren't even close and the etymologies aren't even in the same neighborhood. Honestly I can't believe there was even a question.