[AccessD] OT: Friday Humor cunning linguists

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Fri Oct 14 19:28:27 CDT 2005


On 14 Oct 2005 at 11:02, Hale, Jim wrote:

> FYI - expanding your data dictionary!
> 
> The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to
> Take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
> Changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
> 
> Here are the 2005 winners:
> 

1. Not Mensa 
2. Not 2005
3. Not just the winners

Apart from that you got it right :-)

It was actually week 278 of the The Style Invitational in July 1998.

This one is no longer online, but the results published in week 281 are 
still there:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/invitational/invit980802.htm

It lists the actual winner, runners up and the honorable mentions.  Some 
good ones there which are not on your list.

-- 
Stuart





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