tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post2864467433003064027..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Sunday, May 7, 2017, Natan Last, Finn Vigeland, and the J.A.S.A. Crossword ClassHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-64211086217397992272017-05-10T19:34:07.430-04:002017-05-10T19:34:07.430-04:00I've always called them "sight rhymes,&qu...I've always called them "sight rhymes," but either way, I loved it. The clues were definitely more entertaining than the answers, and with each one I marveled anew at the pronunciation variation in English. <br /><br />One cool thing I saw in the Wikipedia is that the rhymes in many old poems, that now just seem like sight rhymes (like "enemies" and "flies") were once true rhymes, but because of the Great Vowel Shift (and other phenomena), they have since changed.<br /><br />Language is fun.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-18420710586090789592017-05-07T18:59:46.496-04:002017-05-07T18:59:46.496-04:0024:13 (FWOE)
Hmmm, I'd never heard of SWOLE, a...24:13 (FWOE)<br />Hmmm, I'd never heard of SWOLE, and it was the source of my error as I picked an "a" as a guess for the across (OTRO), another unknown. I enjoyed the theme, but this puzzle was too easy for a Sunday. Even the ACLS didn't slow me down. I guess the one place that I had to rework was the Uncle Sam clue, where beardED also fit in the allotted space (GOATEED).Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-62002946293405900052017-05-07T18:44:10.180-04:002017-05-07T18:44:10.180-04:0025:01
Fortunately, I have taken a few MOOCs, so d...25:01<br /><br />Fortunately, I have taken a few MOOCs, so did not get stuck on that one.<br /><br />My favorite was SWOLE. Heard this word a few weeks ago when going through the lyrics of "God" by Kendrick Lamar. Never though in a million years that I'd see this in a crossword. And yet here we are.<br /><br />I got stuck by POEHLER (44D: Funny Amy) as I had SCHUMER filled in. I also got stuck by filling in Amherst for Emerson. On this latter note, I am quite accustomed to getting stiffed by New England / New York clues in this daily puzzle, which probably costs me 20 seconds a pop against the field that has this safely in their wheelhouse. In retrospect, I should have known Funny Amy was not Schumer, as that would more likely be clued as "Our favorite local Senator Chuck".<br /><br />I have enjoyed Natan Last ever since my son bought one of his kid-themed crossword books ("Word: 144 Crossword Puzzles That Prove It's Hip to be Square"). Nice to see him in the times once again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com