Which may explain why a NYT puzzle setter would think that’s well known. I’m in Minnesota and have never heard it.
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 13:52 (two weeks ago) link
There are definitely regionalisms in terms of words and associations in Connections! Idk I consider both to be part of the assumed cultural capital… as in, even if you don’t live in/near NYC, you should know these NYC-isms… the “purple” ones also assumed certain cultural capital
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 14:42 (two weeks ago) link
The descriptions for the connections are often not how I would articulate the connection…
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 14:44 (two weeks ago) link
my american colleague says "an american regionalism... very New York. “Would you like that on a hero or a roll?”"
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 14:48 (two weeks ago) link
idk, what about a sub or a hoagy?
jfc it was bad enough having to know about american sports!
― ledge, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 15:07 (two weeks ago) link
i get it, it's basically revenge on all those cricketing terms in uk cryptic crosswords.
― ledge, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 15:08 (two weeks ago) link
Xp … yes a sub and a hoagy and a hero and a grinder… I see as different names for the same thing?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 15:12 (two weeks ago) link
Xp ledge … it took me way too long to figure out what a “spag bol” was … i thought it referred to a bowl of spaghetti
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 15:14 (two weeks ago) link
See I would consider the hero bread to be a kind of roll!
That’s my issue with this. It’s a hero roll, some people are just skipping the “roll” part. “Do you want that sandwich made as a roll or a hero?” The bread itself is not a hero. But whatever. Sandwiches, that’s where I’m a Viking!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoagie_roll
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 15:31 (two weeks ago) link
But it’s the description of the connection that is the problem, as opposed to being able to identify a hero as a type of sandwich that is connected to the other three terms as “sandwich related “
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 18:06 (two weeks ago) link
At least that’s my issue
I love all of the fronting as if the UK doesn't pack five different bread-roll-based shibboleths in an area the size of NYC.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 19:00 (two weeks ago) link
yeah exactly; meanwhile the UK has more words for "bread roll" than any other word in the English language and this didn't have any of them
― kinder, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 19:49 (two weeks ago) link
How many ilxors playing connections got the purple one first today? I am guessing a lot of you did too
― sarahell, Friday, 10 May 2024 16:42 (two weeks ago) link
yes
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Friday, 10 May 2024 16:58 (two weeks ago) link
Yes
― Alba, Friday, 10 May 2024 20:14 (two weeks ago) link
yep
― ledge, Friday, 10 May 2024 20:50 (two weeks ago) link
Haha, yes!
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Friday, 10 May 2024 20:56 (two weeks ago) link
I got the green and yellow no problem but couldn't get the blue and purple! I swore loudly when I rushed into getting it wrong so I could see the solution. I'm almost ashamed to show my face around here tbh.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Friday, 10 May 2024 21:31 (two weeks ago) link
I didn’t believe purple was what it was and did yellow first
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Friday, 10 May 2024 21:53 (two weeks ago) link
yes, I got purple first as well
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2024 22:36 (two weeks ago) link
For me the tipoff was seeing Nicks and Mercury. I always see if I can figure out what to do with the oddball words.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 11 May 2024 00:11 (one week ago) link
yup
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 11 May 2024 00:29 (one week ago) link
I did wonder if GALL was also part of the group though
― Alba, Saturday, 11 May 2024 05:47 (one week ago) link
pretty straight forward one today (though I’m kicking myself I subbed in an option from the yellow line to the blue line)https://i.postimg.cc/Ghv92JqL/IMG-0602.jpg
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 11 May 2024 15:29 (one week ago) link
today's is ridiculous...got in 6 and guess-learned a whole new word en route
― nashwan, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:59 (one week ago) link
Wait did we have the same puzzle? Because I thought it was average
― sarahell, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 00:47 (one week ago) link
Yeah I got it in 4, was pretty straightforward once I had 4 letters
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 01:24 (one week ago) link
I had a lucky combination of things in the second word and got it in 3. Hitting the right consonant early makes such a huge difference.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 01:32 (one week ago) link
are we talking about today's wordle? they told me I had higher skill level but worse luck, like often, and that I didn't even solve it as well as the NYT average person, which is insulting.
these wordlebot comments and NYT averages are depressing and I'm coming think are meant to intimidate
if we are talking about today's connections, I only got the blue tier because it was the only category left
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 01:38 (one week ago) link
lol wordlebot can be so enraging but I can't help myself.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 01:55 (one week ago) link
I got today's in 4. Might've been able to get it in 3 if I hadn't spaced and played that move as if my last two letters were yellow instead of green.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 02:13 (one week ago) link
I got it in 4 -- might have gotten it in 3 but I perversely tried PUBIC for that guess.
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 02:44 (one week ago) link
Xp DanS … that was me except the green tier … I had 3 of the 4 at first and then moved on to a different connection because I didn’t want to waste guesses on figuring out the fourth… my initial 4th included “duck (duck goose)”
― sarahell, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 03:41 (one week ago) link
spoiler for today's...never had this happen before
https://i.imgur.com/13pA9t1.png
― frogbs, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:02 (one week ago) link
Nice!
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 22:00 (one week ago) link
7 words to find on WordAll today! luckily I got the main format quickly.
― kinder, Thursday, 16 May 2024 10:11 (one week ago) link
xpost was that word association football, there?
― Mark G, Thursday, 16 May 2024 10:22 (one week ago) link
"leachy" = "lychee"? fuck off.
― ledge, Monday, 20 May 2024 07:42 (four days ago) link
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31+479fhOqL._AC_.jpg
― Alba, Monday, 20 May 2024 08:34 (four days ago) link
is leachy pronounced lie or lychee prounced lee? google tells me the fruit is lie in both uk & us english.
― ledge, Monday, 20 May 2024 08:35 (four days ago) link
also who has ever in their lives used the word leachy?
― ledge, Monday, 20 May 2024 08:36 (four days ago) link
Leechy is a word I have used… Leachy sounds like a person’s name
― sarahell, Monday, 20 May 2024 12:31 (four days ago) link
I pronounce lychee "lee-chee."
― jaymc, Monday, 20 May 2024 12:54 (four days ago) link
ok that's last time i take pronunciation advice from google.
https://www.pronounceitright.com/pronunciation/lychee-15199
i'd like to see a US map of lie vs lee.
still mad at the puzzle though.
― ledge, Monday, 20 May 2024 13:00 (four days ago) link
Yeah that was dumb
― kinder, Monday, 20 May 2024 19:48 (four days ago) link
I mean why didn’t they just go with plumb
― sarahell, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 05:16 (three days ago) link
rip my babby
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 07:29 (three days ago) link
Lol mookie otm
― sarahell, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:22 (three days ago) link
Connections today: fucken "buzzy things" now, is it?
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 09:46 (two days ago) link