Learned League

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_consonant

the erdlich horror

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!

oh i see you're responding to the "sounds like" guideline. that's a silly guideline for a written quiz.

Yes. Hoping so, but I found the rule here: https://www.learnedleague.com/thorsten/therules.php#5a

But then there is also 5a 1.1.

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

In any case, I also found this, from a certain reference work
xp!

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.

https://www.bainbridgereview.com/life/erdlich-novel-gets-a-look/

But it doesn't seem he has a rule about Common MIsspellings.

That trivia site is by a well-known though now former-LLer.

Wait, did she finally leave? I guess maybe it’s dicey even talking about it here.

I checked her player page and she's not playing in 91.

Her last post on Facepalm from a few months back is about retiring from LL.

Anyway I really liked Love Medicine back in the day but never got around to reading anything else, maybe because of what mookie mentioned.

Seems like the two biggest Louise Erdrich stans round here are aimurchie and mookieproof.

oh i see you're responding to the "sounds like" guideline. that's a silly guideline for a written quiz.

Strongly disagree. The fact that the quiz is written should not invalidate knowledge gained from hearing rather than reading.

if an answer, when spoken aloud, is the correct answer, then the answer will likely be accepted as correct.

i'm definitely down to D this season. rehab has not been good for my average.

*Phew* scraped by another season. Sorry, forks.

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.

finished with 22 CAA in four straight losses, fell from 13th to 24th, just avoiding relegation

i did okay but drew the short straw. i think i can bump back up to c in a season or two.

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.

my tca was above the #9 in our rundle, which is a thing someone who gets relegated says

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?

Subtweet imo.

What about a sideways Subtweet approach, where I praise the person but don't spell out what it is for?

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

What is this "to their face" you speak of, Lieutenant Mookieproof?

Is there anyone else who had never heard of the word "rundle" in their life before joining LL?

only at the doctor's office

Anyone doing the Italy ML? I forgot to sign up. Just submitted answers on two 1DSs though.

I'm doing it. I have a weirdly hard time reintegrating the LL habit after a long break, though. Haven't really looked at any of the 1DSes from the past few days.

I hear you.

My first three Italy ML matches have all been ties, and my first Women's Sports ML match was a tie, too.

I guess the latter isn't surprising since the leaguewide get rates for that first set of questions was: 93%, 92%, 84%, 74%, 17%, 6%. I'm guessing a lot of people, like me and my opponent, went 4(4). We knew the easy questions and defended them appropriately.

That's exactly what happened in my match too.

Astronomy ML2 starts tomorrow. Ready, Silby? Ready, Greg?

Also here to street team for my friend's Aimee Mann 1DS.

Astronomy's not a strength of mine, so I don't anticipate doing particularly well in that ML, but I view it as a learning experience.

Same here.

Greg, you did the best of anyone I track in Just Audio Choral Music 2, just a hair out of Top 20%, kudos!

Not sure how I feel about Astronomy 2 yet. So far it's been reasonably interesting but can only imagine what will happen with it actually starts to get difficult according to the Smiths. (Style question: should Smith be capitalized or not?)

Been making unforced errors and now have two ties and a loss in Astronomy but still it’s an interesting topic and the ML seems okay.

Oh balls, I moneyed the wrong question in the Pynchon 1DS.

IHeh, sorry. I playtested that one so I avoided any situation like that.

Yup, exactly how I thought it'd play out: 72th %ile, could've gotten into the top 10% if I'd moneyed the Wittgenstein question (which I'd made a mental note to money).

Sorry. Funny how that happens.

Wow, some people doing really well in Worldwide History. I see at least two familiar names at first place in their respective groups.

i'm pissed at myself for slipping on one name on the comics in the 80's poll... woulda been my first 100%!