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[chumloofah]

C for candle

[A. J. Raffles]

S_ _ R A _ I S T I C

Gallows
Frodo: 6

(E, V, O, N, M, U)

[chumloofah]

Based on the clue, it should really be SPHRAGISTICS with an S on either end.  

[A. J. Raffles]

chumloofah, on Nov 28 2007, 02:29 PM, said:

Based on the clue, it should really be SPHRAGISTICS with an S on either end.  

No, 'sphragistic' is a singular, just like 'rhetoric' or 'logic'.

Anyway, your turn.

[Mighty Midget]

Methinks chumloofah has a point. Without the S it's an adjective, with, it's a noun.

[chumloofah]

"A. J. Raffles" said:

A kind of spin-off discipline of history

This clue is for a noun, says the pedant.  

It's a kind of magic

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[A. J. Raffles]

Mighty Midget, on Nov 28 2007, 04:49 PM, said:

Methinks chumloofah has a point. Without the S it's an adjective, with, it's a noun.

I'm pretty sure I've seen it used as a noun without an S.

Oh well, never mind. We'll just call it 'sealology' instead - no problems there.

[chumloofah]

's like mathematics.
Plural noun.
Unless you're american and abbreviate said plural noun to math instead of maths.
But that doesn't make any sense.

[A. J. Raffles]

chumloofah, on Nov 28 2007, 09:00 PM, said:

's like mathematics.
Plural noun.
Unless you're american and abbreviate said plural noun to math instead of maths.
But that doesn't make any sense.

No, but your explanation doesn't really make sense either, since non-Americans are perfectly happy to use nouns ending in -ic, like 'music', 'rhetoric', 'logic' or 'magic'. So from that point of view, there's no obvious reason why it should be 'sphragistics' rather than 'sphragistic'.

Anyway, back to the game... Could I have a T, please?

[Frodo]

How about an S?  

[Juni Ori]

Q for Queens. (It's a kind of magic...)

PS: Man I love Fordo's siggie.

[Frodo]

Juni Ori, on Nov 30 2007, 05:38 AM, said:

PS: Man I love Fordo's siggie.

Where is it from then?  

[Juni Ori]

Don't you know?

[Frodo]

No idea.     


So, is there a P for Planet in that magic word then?  

[Fruit Pie Jones]

Heh heh, pretty sure I know this one.  Is it prestidigitation?