tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post3704882373809810971..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Sunday, January 10, 2021, Alex BajczHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-61704157603302248052021-01-10T14:28:48.717-05:002021-01-10T14:28:48.717-05:00FWOE
Liked it fine, but I think I'm signing o...FWOE<br /><br />Liked it fine, but I think I'm signing off on trying to "speed solve" themed NYT puzzles. Why? Because in my haste, I completely missed the theme until after I filled in all the spaces! Plus my error was -- of all things -- misspelling ERMA way up there in the NW because I didn't bother to read the clue! After finishing it, I stared at it for awhile, read the title, and got some delayed appreciation. No, I don't think speed solving is for me unless I learn how to do it properly.<br /><br />8:58<br /><br />Oh, here's what I found in the dictionary under BIDET:<br /><br />ORIGIN<br />mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘horse’): from French, literally ‘pony,’ from bider ‘to trot,’ of unknown origin.Kelly Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-83897092839532580642021-01-10T13:00:58.286-05:002021-01-10T13:00:58.286-05:00I think I read that the name for BIDET came from t...I think I read that the name for BIDET came from the impression that you were sitting astride a pony when you were on one of the traditional European models.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-79602260069589694002021-01-10T08:35:50.100-05:002021-01-10T08:35:50.100-05:00I enjoyed it just fine, although with this type of...I enjoyed it just fine, although with this type of puzzle, once one gets the first bunch of circled letters, one can more easily fill in the other sets. This can make the solve a bit faster than it would otherwise be. I never heard of this Joel MCHALE fellow, nor do I know ARTURO Schomburg, but the other names were more familiar to me, even KINGKAMEHAMEHA, although for the proper spelling of that one I relied on the circled letters. Nice to see ELISE in there, but don't we know that she was his physician's daughter? I thought I'd read that somewhere, perhaps on my copy of the sheet music. But maybe recent scholarship REVERSES that conclusion. I wonder why a BIDET means "small horse," though. Seems strange. 24:13Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com