ah ah ah ah
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
Tough breaks, continued: my opponent and I both got 4 right, but though my defense cost me the match, it wasn't unreasonable or bad, just rotten luck: they had 50% in science but got the Meitner question right (to which I gave 3) but then they got ~olive branch~ wrong.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
Like, I'm on pace to smash my previous best TCA*, but here I am, 4-5-4, and sitting in 16th.
* Yeah, yeah, LL91 is probably due for a course correction sooner or later, but kvetching is part of the fun.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
fuckin 7(5)-8(4) losses
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 December 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
Don’t know how I feel about the Midseason Classic.
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 December 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
In general, or this particular one?
― jaymc, Saturday, 4 December 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link
In general. I understand there is kind of civic duty to participate, but I don’t, not usually.
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 December 2021 21:21 (three years ago) link
I don't really feel any civic duty. I suppose I just treat it as a general knowledge 1DS. I usually participate, but not always.
― jaymc, Sunday, 5 December 2021 02:33 (three years ago) link
Oh wow, I came in second in my Rundle for the Midseason Classic!
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Monday, 6 December 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
I just found this interesting trivia blog. Hasn't been updated since lockdown initiation though.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:23 (three years ago) link
Also, I lost an answered due to one misspelled letter today, ERDLICH instead of ERDRICH. Should I protest or let it go?
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
you deserved that correct answer
but it's just a fun thing, no protesting
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
THere now. Convenience link for Scoring Review: https://www.learnedleague.com/thorsten/review.php
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
I'd let it go.
According to the rules, correct spelling isn't required but "a 'sounds-like' guideline will be used for misspelled answers." "Erdlich" does not sound like "Erdrich."
Granted, Thorsten is sometimes more lenient than the rules, so it wouldn't have surprised me if he *had* accepted "Erdlich." But unless you know that someone else got credit for that spelling, I don't think you have much of a defense.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
I agree that it's a fun thing, but there is a protocol in place, so I am going to practice using it this one time.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
The number one hit if I Google ERDLICH is Louise ERDRICH! And they do sound alike! The R sound gets buried, and R and L are related letters, as we know from Japanese, if not otherwise.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
They are both liquids.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
If I were Thorsten, I think it would be difficult to decide what counts as a "sound-alike" spelling. The line isn't always easily drawn.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
Anyway, I have just submitted. We will see what he says.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
See also how how Algeria is Argelia in Spanish.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_consonant
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:53 (three years ago) link
the erdlich horror
― na (NA), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
the liquid consonant/"r and l sound the same" excuses are a total red herring. what it sounds like doesn't matter. the answer is in writing. all the matters is if he thinks the spelling is close enough. which it might be!
― na (NA), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:01 (three years ago) link
oh i see you're responding to the "sounds like" guideline. that's a silly guideline for a written quiz.
― na (NA), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
Yes. Hoping so, but I found the rule here: https://www.learnedleague.com/thorsten/therules.php#5a
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
But then there is also 5a 1.1.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:03 (three years ago) link
i worked in a minneapolis bookstore in 1995 and when she came in and browsed the 'divorce' section all of us were (very quietly) sad
little did we know
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
In any case, I also found this, from a certain reference workxp!
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link
OMG mookie. I was thinking about that too, although I successfully refrained from putting that in my request for review as part of my bonafides.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
https://www.bainbridgereview.com/life/erdlich-novel-gets-a-look/
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
But it doesn't seem he has a rule about Common MIsspellings.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:21 (three years ago) link
That trivia site is by a well-known though now former-LLer.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
Wait, did she finally leave? I guess maybe it’s dicey even talking about it here.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
I checked her player page and she's not playing in 91.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
Her last post on Facepalm from a few months back is about retiring from LL.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
Anyway I really liked Love Medicine back in the day but never got around to reading anything else, maybe because of what mookie mentioned.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
Seems like the two biggest Louise Erdrich stans round here are aimurchie and mookieproof.
― Raw Like Siouxsie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
Strongly disagree. The fact that the quiz is written should not invalidate knowledge gained from hearing rather than reading.
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 9 December 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
if an answer, when spoken aloud, is the correct answer, then the answer will likely be accepted as correct.
― Raw Like Siouxsie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
i'm definitely down to D this season. rehab has not been good for my average.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 December 2021 05:55 (three years ago) link
*Phew* scraped by another season. Sorry, forks.
― Santa’s Got a Brand New Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 December 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link
A typically average season for me: 10th place with a 12-10-3 record. My long-term LL goal is to even out my career record, which is now 363-374-138.
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 December 2021 13:57 (two years ago) link
finished with 22 CAA in four straight losses, fell from 13th to 24th, just avoiding relegation
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 December 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
i did okay but drew the short straw. i think i can bump back up to c in a season or two.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 December 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
I smashed my previous personal record for TCA by 9 questions (why couldn't this season have happened when I was in B?) and nearly doubled my 9(6)s with two more this season.
But I also had a combination of rotten luck and my worst defense ever (though only by a handful of percentage points) and so I ended under 0.500 though thankfully above relegation. NA also swept me in our two matches.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Thursday, 16 December 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
my tca was above the #9 in our rundle, which is a thing someone who gets relegated says
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 December 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
What’s the etiquette about posting general stuff about other LLamas if you are friends with them on social media, like if I want to compliment someone on a good performance?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 6 January 2022 20:47 (two years ago) link
Subtweet imo.
― Rabbit Pen Warren (Leee), Thursday, 6 January 2022 20:49 (two years ago) link
What about a sideways Subtweet approach, where I praise the person but don't spell out what it is for?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:47 (two years ago) link
you could stright up compliment them to their face(s) like a normal person
or you could make subtweets here and hope that we figure out which names you're dropping so we will be extra impressed with your slyness
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 January 2022 02:51 (two years ago) link