The February MADNESS Round of The Change One Letter Game!

[The Charlton Guy]

You've all heard of FEBRUARY MADNESS! Right?

Good, then I need explain no further and we can get right on with this Round.

Rules as usual, ask if you don't know, watch those Proper Nouns and Cancer-Web entries, and try to nab those obscure avian variant wurds!

For the FEBRUARY MADNESS ROUND you are playing for a very special comic direct from the Charlton Guy Archives. This mystery book will possibly be revealed as you play.

This FEBRUARY MADNESS ROUND of the COLG begins following the first word in my next post.

Good luck!

[The Charlton Guy]

sight

[jaeldubyoo]

sighs

[rowand]

HIGHS -- the sequel to "Reefer Madness!"

Exhale, find your center, there is a Change-uh-Letter game ongoing again! Remember to breathe.

[jaeldubyoo]

hoghs

[camper49]

HOGHS???

What is HOGHS?

[The Charlton Guy]

hoghs

I suppose you could argue that this is the plural of:

Hogh \Hogh\ (h[=o]), n. [Icel. haugr hill, mound; akin to E. high. See High (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/high).] A hill; a cliff. [Obs.] --Spenser.

But you would lose the arguement, as this word appears to be a Proper Noun.

I'd dock you $10 in Corral Cash, but nobody HAS any Corral Cash...

HEEEYYYYYY HOSSSSS!!!!!

Current wurd is:

highs

[camper49]

nighs

[rowand]

NIGHT is come, and stillness is upon the land! A small sleigh lands on the roof with chuckles of HOGH, HOGH, HOGH. It's the mound mounter himself, Saint Frickolas, who brings lumps of coal to all goood little gamesters.

Hey The Charlton Guy (http://www.comicscorral.com/forums/member.php?u=4) http://www.comicscorral.com/forums/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif Super Moderator, does this mean that the hits my Corral Cash took in the last game haven't happened yet?? I'll keep room on my invisible totals. Did Hoss sub-contract out the bookkeeping to Sue Storm and not announce it?

[marvelguy]

might

[camper49]

tight

[rowand]

EIGHT dwarfs slept in the house where Snow White took refuge -- but nobody remembers Sleezy! Sleezy sold used cars!

[marvelguy]

light

[Evil Parsnip]

LICHT....

from Dict.com and the Random House Dictionary.... meaning Light...

[rowand]

LICIT entries all! And the game is afoot!

[camper49]

LIMIT your replies to those that are valid

[jaeldubyoo]

limia

[jaeldubyoo]

Limia is a genus of livebearing freshwater fishes belonging to the cyprinodontiform family Poeciliidae, which includes other livebearers such as platys, swordtails (genus Xiphophorous), guppies and mollies (genus Poecilia). Limias are found on the islands of the Greater Antilles, with 22 species on Hispaniola and single endemic species on the Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Jamaica. Limias are popular in aquaria among more advanced hobbyists.

Does this count? Dictionary.com referred to encyclopedia.

[jaeldubyoo]

If not, I'll use DIMIT.

[fulltimer56]

In that case how about DEMIT ~ to resign (a job, public office, etc.); relinquish

[jaeldubyoo]

Until we hear from CG, REMIT.

[rowand]

REMIT your prize money care of me at the Au Cappela Corral

SORRY TOO SLOW a repeat answer affix the penalty to your to-do list when I once more have something to delete.

REMIX my last answer then and we approach a win!

[jaeldubyoo]

remex

[rowand]

REMET

My bad! I looked up all the words starting with re- and remeet was the valid one.

[jaeldubyoo]

REMET

Is there such a word? Not in dictionary.com.

[The Charlton Guy]

REMET

NOT a wurd....disallowed. CG

Current wurd is:

remex

[rowand]

This is a win by me! Congrats again, jaeldubyoo (http://www.comicscorral.com/forums/member.php?u=38) http://www.comicscorral.com/forums/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif
I guess the dubyoo stands for both winner and wise!

[The Charlton Guy]

I wouldn't be so quick to give up yet...#popcorn#

[rowand]

OK I'm shameless! Chaucerian English has a word according to the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

I know that is not necessarily a valid entry since I am not strictly using Dictionary.com but they did provide me with the link to this entry!

Reme (n. Realm. [Obs.] --Chaucer) which should take the plural REMES


CG! Please let me know when I go into vastly negative ranges of Corral Cash and thus need to start sitting by the onramp to the information super highway with a sign reading, "Will make smart a@@ comments for Corral Cash!" No furthur attempt at levity shal be made by me with this word lest I be ...

[marvelguy]

What about MEMES?

[fulltimer56]

I don't think that remes is a legel word?? #professor#

What say you, CG??

Linda

[The Charlton Guy]

OK I'm shameless! Chaucerian English has a word according to the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

I know that is not necessarily a valid entry since I am not strictly using Dictionary.com but they did provide me with the link to this entry!

Reme (n. Realm. [Obs.] --Chaucer) which should take the plural REMES


CG! Please let me know when I go into vastly negative ranges of Corral Cash and thus need to start sitting by the onramp to the information super highway with a sign reading, "Will make smart a@@ comments for Corral Cash!" No furthur attempt at levity shal be made by me with this word lest I be ...

LOL! You're killin' me Rowand...just KILLIN' ME!

Sorry, but "REMES" is not an acceptable pluralization (with "reme" being so obscure to begin with that only the syphilis-ridden Chaucer could come up with it).

"Memes" is an acceptable pluralization (a meme being a "unit" of sorts), but cannot be used as a follow-up to REMEX (two letter change), but may be used again.

Current wurd is still:

Remex

[Evil Parsnip]

how about a little REMIX? I didn't see that being used...

[fulltimer56]

Sorry, Doc but remix has already been used!!

I believe by rowand?

Linda

[fulltimer56]

RUMEX ~ docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions

[jaeldubyoo]

Good one, Linda!

RUMEN

[rowand]

LUMEN -- just to shine a bright note on my heretofore miserable performance!

Fulltimer Rocks!! Very nice wurd -- and legal, too!

[jaeldubyoo]

numen

[rowand]

The Society for the Prevention of Accurate Statements about Syphilitics was going to hold a meeting to form protests over the statement Charlton Guy made about Chaucer. Sadly, most of the members couldn't remember the existence of the meetings and ALL of the meeting's possible venues have been shut down for their weekly, week-long boiling of any door handles or handrails that members might have ever touched.

[rowand]

NOMEN - clature

Definitions of nomen
p. p. - of Nim
Definitions of nim
n. - Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them 3
v. t. - To take; to steal; to filch.

[jaeldubyoo]

women

[rowand]

WOMAN needs man and man must have his mate -- on this you can rely!

Except in San Francisco and parts of North Hollywood then all bets are off.

[marvelguy]

WOMAN needs man and man must have his mate -- on this you can rely!

Except in San Francisco and parts of North Hollywood then all bets are off.

Yikes! I'm sure there's no GOMAN in this mess.

[rowand]

ROMAN archetecture -- like Sophia Loren!

[jaeldubyoo]

soman

[rowand]

SOMAS the plural of SOMA and the name of my favorite beach.

[jaeldubyoo]

sodas

[The Charlton Guy]

Uhhhmmm! The obvious choice am I!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/the-charlton-guy/yodas.jpg

[rowand]

CODAS the plural of CODA and the name of my favorite book.

[marvelguy]

The plural of cola is COLAS.

[rowand]

COLTS by a touchdown in fantasy football tonight.

[fulltimer56]

BOLTS

[marvelguy]

BELTS

[rowand]

MELTS Iron Man in 30 seconds or less #woohoo#

[marvelguy]

PELTS

[jaeldubyoo]

delts

[marvelguy]

DELIS

[jaeldubyoo]

deles

[marvelguy]

dekes

[jaeldubyoo]

dukes

[rowand]

DUPES us all again with a brilliant entry!

[jaeldubyoo]

dudes

[marvelguy]

dunes

[jaeldubyoo]

dynes

[marvelguy]

dynel

Hmm......this should be a noun based on the 2nd definition.

1.a brand of modacrylic fiber used in textiles, characterized chiefly by its strength, rapid drying rate, and noncombustibility.
2.yarn or fabric made of this fiber.

[rowand]

This is a win by me.

I won't even try CG's patience with a try at placing the prefix a- (meaning not) in front of ynel the old Chaucerian term for middle and generating the word aynel meaning not in the middle of Chaucer! Denel is a South Africian state-owned company so that should be a proper noun.

Just to nitpick being the nitwit that I am:

From Dictionary.com

Dy·nel Trademark. 1.a brand of modacrylic fiber used in textiles, characterized chiefly by its strength, rapid drying rate, and noncombustibility. 2.yarn or fabric made of this fiber.

Dy·nel
A trademark used for a copolymer of vinyl chloride and acrylonitrile employed in making fire-resistant, insect-resistant, easily dyed textile fiber.

Both entries into the Dictionary.com list it as a Trademarked proper name which should make it an illegal entry and at best in need of a ruling by CG! I guess the term xerox for photocopy verses the trademarked company name Xerox for the guys who developed the process is a parallel case.

[fulltimer56]

But rowand,

the 2nd meaning for dynel is: 2.yarn or fabric made of this fiber.
Which would not make it a proper name, would it?

Linda

[The Charlton Guy]

dynel

Hmm......this should be a noun based on the 2nd definition.

1.a brand of modacrylic fiber used in textiles, characterized chiefly by its strength, rapid drying rate, and noncombustibility.
2.yarn or fabric made of this fiber.

Hmmmm...

This took some research, which I will share below, but after some preliminary web-browsing, the bottom line is that I have found that a "Trademark" can only be used grammatically as an adjective, not as a noun, let alone a proper noun.

An interesting concept.

Here's a few of the examples cited:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000943.html

Quote (from above site): NEVER use a trademark as a noun. Always use a trademark as an adjective modifying a noun.

Next, from the horses mouth, the 3M Company:

http://www.3com.com/corpinfo/en_US/legal/trademark/prop_usage_tmb.html#1

And lastly (and similarly), from TheTrademarkFirm.com:

http://www.trademark-search-attorney.com/Proper_Trademark_Use.html

Quote (from above site): The most important rule of grammar regarding proper trademark use is that a trademark should be used as an adjective, not a noun or verb. Using the mark as an adjective helps distinguish the mark from the generic term it modifies.

Well...you learn something new every day...

BUT!

What an enormous, slimy, dirt-eating can of worms we would open ourselves to if we open the door to the use of Trademark names in the sacrosanct realm of The Change One Letter Game! Can you imagine? Walmart, Oreo, Zantex, Viagra, Cheesewhiz becoming acceptible wurds?

Sorry Marvelguy, but it ain't gonna happen. We gotta stick ta proper usages around these here parts!.

From this moment on (and I think we covered this in one of the very early Rounds at The O'l Corral), Trademark names are disallowed.

As such, Dynel (notice the caps and check out the definition again) is also disallowed.

Current wurd is:

dynes

[rowand]

DINES on crow, picks nits, and is sorrowful -- me.

No squawking or points for YNEL as middle to Chaucer? What does one have to do to be a recognized pain-in-the-tush around here anyway?

[Evil Parsnip]

Diner

[marvelguy]

That's cool, it's just that when I tried to find a word. Dynel and dynel did come up, both upper and lower case. But both had the same definition. Ah, well, you do learn something new everyday.

[marvelguy]

FINER

[rowand]

LINER notes on the record of bad guesses -- I did 5 at a time, and got fined!

[marvelguy]

How did you like the LIGER at the zoo?

[jaeldubyoo]

leger

[rowand]

LAGER -- sorry I had to, I couldn't help meself!

And a tall one for all of us who imbibe!

[marvelguy]

laser

[rowand]

TASER like stunning brightness flooded my brain -- an epiphony! The game is afoot and the foot is gamey

OK My Bad TASER is listed either as a Trademarked word or as an abreviation!

MASER however is not!

ma·ser [mey-zer]–noun a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.

[marvelguy]

mazer

[rowand]

GAZER, the brother of Gozer, the Gozarian, the one who only liked to watch!

[jaeldubyoo]

hazer

[rowand]

HATER, the Mad, longtime villain and sometimes companion of the Bateman!

[jaeldubyoo]

later

[rowand]

OATER be a way to get a Western Comic published again!

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) (http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna.html)
oat·er [oh-ter] –noun Slang. a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.

[marvelguy]

tater

[jaeldubyoo]

tatar

4. (often lowercase) a savage, intractable person.
5. (often lowercase) an ill-tempered person.

[rowand]

This is a win by me! Well done, jaeldubyoo (http://www.comicscorral.com/forums/member.php?u=38)

I refuse to get shot down with the plural of TATA again! Once was more than enough! TTFN

[fulltimer56]

TAMAR ~ palm; palm-tree

[fulltimer56]

And if TAMAR isn't legel we can use TATAS ~ a woman's breasts :p

[jaeldubyoo]

TAMAR ~ palm; palm-tree

Tamar

Tamar, palm; palm-tree

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Is this acceptable?

[jaeldubyoo]

And if TAMAR isn't legel we can use TATAS ~ a woman's breasts :p

Main Entry: tatas
Part of Speech: n pl
Definition: a woman's breasts
Example: bodacious tatas
Usage: vulgar slang

Linda!:shock:

[rowand]

Main Entry: tatas
Part of Speech: noun plural
Linda!:shock:

Noun Plural, well DUH!#bump#

If the above entry Tamar is valid

TAMAL tamal
e \Ta*ma"le\, n. [Written also tamal, tomale.] [Amer. Sp. tamal, of Mex. origin.] A Mexican dish made of crushed maize mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed.

if Tatas is the valid entry then

tatu pluralized into TATUS
noun
about three feet long exclusive of tail [syn: giant armadillo] Dictionary.com was unclear on what it was that was about 3 feet long

[marvelguy]

If TATUS is the legal word after the other legal word passed, then I declare to use TALUS.

[rowand]

TABUS the plural of the variant spelling of Taboo. Love those Polynesians!

[marvelguy]

Even so, if these words follows legally down to this word "TABUN", I'll use that instead.

[The Charlton Guy]

Tamar

Tamar, palm; palm-tree

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Is this acceptable?

No...disallowed.

Let's stick with TATAS why don't we? #woohoo#

Current word is:

#woohoo# TATAS #woohoo#

I just love saying that word, don't you?

#woohoo# TATAS#woohoo#

[The Charlton Guy]

Noun Plural, well DUH!#bump#

tatu pluralized into TATUS
noun
about three feet long exclusive of tail [syn: giant armadillo] Dictionary.com was unclear on what it was that was about 3 feet long

Sorry, I got so excited over Linda's TATAS that I missed this entry.

TATUS is just so bizare that it simply must be acceptable, plural or not.

Current wurd is:

TATUS

[The Charlton Guy]

Cripes!

Those TATAS are simply too distracting!

TALUS is a valid entry.

TABUS is pushing it, but is also a valid entry.

Current wurd is:

TABUS







Ahhhhh.....TATAS!!!#woohoo#

[rowand]

From Tabus to TATAS on the same page! How fitting!

Fulltimer -- way to set comment to "STUN"


Even so, if these words follows legally down to this word "TABUN", I'll use that instead.

Tabun is the first nerve gas and if that doesn't make it a proper noun then I think it is a win! Dictionary.com lists it as a noun and uses the lower case for this German ester. (I once dated a German girl named Ester, small world)

However, a final nitpick, D.com lists it as [German, originally a code name.] and should make it a furren word!

[fulltimer56]

But I am a little confused :? !

After my word TATAS (Arthur does say that I have nice ones!) #angelic# I'm showing TATUS
TALUS
TABUS
TABUN

Am I missing something? :?:

Linda

P.S. I put Arthur on the plane Tuesday afternoon for him to go back overseas! :-( :cry:

[fulltimer56]

Looks to me that marvelguy is the winner of this round!

Linda

[The Charlton Guy]

Even so, if these words follows legally down to this word "TABUN", I'll use that instead.

Yet another forgotten wurd due to my TATAS obsession.

Current wurd is:

TABUN

[rowand]

Even so, if these words follows legally down to this word "TABUN", I'll use that instead.

That entry was posted back on 02-27-2007 at 05:41 PM! Well more than 24 hours by now! Looks mighty like a win to me! How nice to have the February Madness Round finish well before March started! Congradulations to Marvelguy! #rockon# #clap# :grin:

[The Charlton Guy]

Even so, if these words follows legally down to this word "TABUN", I'll use that instead.

CONGRATULATIONS MARVELGUY!!!

A great Round this time, very go-for-the-throat and inventive!

And a well deserved win!

Wow! Good thing I haven't finished putting together your books from your last win, I can COMBINE SHIPPING!!! :?

Seriously, I have a very sweet lot shipping out to you this Saturday (a great book for you too Jaeldubyoo, from last Round).

Stay tuned for a new Round of The World-Famous Change One Letter Game coming soon to a Corral near YOU!

[marvelguy]

Thanks everyone!! This was a fast and furious game. What is this prize you speak of at the first post? Come on....tell me.....

[marvelguy]

CONGRATULATIONS MARVELGUY!!!

A great Round this time, very go-for-the-throat and inventive!

And a well deserved win!

Wow! Good thing I haven't finished putting together your books from your last win, I can COMBINE SHIPPING!!! :?

Seriously, I have a very sweet lot shipping out to you this Saturday (a great book for you too Jaeldubyoo, from last Round).

Stay tuned for a new Round of The World-Famous Change One Letter Game coming soon to a Corral near YOU!

Yeah, how about it, CG? Where's the prizes at? :D