tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post8835851964277079560..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 06.10 FriOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-88807173747354673292011-06-13T08:55:32.050-07:002011-06-13T08:55:32.050-07:00I was pretty frustrated with this puzzle. I had TE...I was pretty frustrated with this puzzle. I had TENET instead of DOGMA for a long time in the NW and could only try to guess how EPIC UNIVERSE would work on the first pun clue. Finally got DOGMA but couldn't get MYTH until I looked up RORY Calhoun. Too many personal names in this one overall for my taste.<br /><br />I was puzzled by so many objections to LORE STUDENT. In addition to the Brits, many of whom soften the R in LORE so it sounds like LOW, there are lots of US accents that add R's. In addition to many New Yorkers, people in Rhode Island use a lot of "wicked" Rs at the end of words that end with vowel sounds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-46917816048146033732011-06-11T20:24:06.832-07:002011-06-11T20:24:06.832-07:00Brits abhor a word ending in a vowel followed by a...Brits abhor a word ending in a vowel followed by a word starting with a vowel so theyoften insert an "r" sound.<br /><br />Famously "The lawr is an ass!" PP<br />Thus law and lore have the same sound.<br />We suffer "Canader is" from Brits.<br />McBealAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-81566936627276439692011-06-11T06:04:15.095-07:002011-06-11T06:04:15.095-07:00I have read this blog for the last year or two and...I have read this blog for the last year or two and never commented. I am trying to see if I am doing it correctly.genienananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-83610215529093447432011-06-10T21:01:19.226-07:002011-06-10T21:01:19.226-07:00Wasabi!
(Please forgive me. My brother was at Pen...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td_-syaHl2M" rel="nofollow">Wasabi!</a><br /><br />(Please forgive me. My brother was at Penn then.)Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893157908004486201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-13598700334112041362011-06-10T19:19:36.836-07:002011-06-10T19:19:36.836-07:00@CrazyCatLady: I can't remember when I L-ed so...@CrazyCatLady: I can't remember when I L-ed so L!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-59755622050049434202011-06-10T19:11:40.065-07:002011-06-10T19:11:40.065-07:00Those freaking escargots!Those freaking escargots!CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-36029498409998914092011-06-10T18:40:30.525-07:002011-06-10T18:40:30.525-07:00@Anonymous 6:26, it is you who are wrong. This is ...@Anonymous 6:26, it is you who are wrong. This is one of those oddball clues where you have to step outside the usual way you read. Forget you know that there are "transitive and intransitive verbs." The word "transitive" DESCRIBES a verb, but it IS an adjective. You see what PuzzleGirl was saying now? This isn't a fill-in-the-blank clue where you need a word that follows "Trans. and intrans."<br /><br />It's akin to a clue like [Big and fat] asking for the answer SYNONYMS rather than OBESE.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-92015829092139325782011-06-10T18:37:27.373-07:002011-06-10T18:37:27.373-07:00Gosh! Are we being crossword SNOBS today : )
My w...Gosh! Are we being crossword SNOBS today : )<br /><br />My words OTD were NARA and JUNGA - both new to me. Sauvignon GRIS is a pretty unusual wine, apparently only from France and Chile. I know no one who goes wine tasting in LODI. If you want a good zin I'd recommend Paso Robles. <br /><br />Other than that, it was fine with me, though not that crazy about LORE STUDENT. Loved seeing good old Bella ABZUG. So about now this Yanni loving, NEW AGER (not) is going to ROAM out to the back yard to hit the BEER KEG. And, please pass a little AIOLI for my SNAIL. <br /><br />Actually, I'm going out to throw some Sluggo on my vegetable garden and have a glass of Sauvignon BLANC while admiring my eggplants and tomatoes.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-50389748234501002082011-06-10T18:12:27.438-07:002011-06-10T18:12:27.438-07:00I also didn't understand the LORE STUDENT pun ...I also didn't understand the LORE STUDENT pun until I came here, and I agree that cluing ADJ as "trans or intrans" is strange. <br /><br />The Tony Sarg clue also seemed ridiculous. There's interestingly obscure, and then there's ridiculously obscure. Oona Chaplin the Spanish actress also falls into the ridiculously obscure -- has she actually appeared in a movie outside Spain in more than a cameo role? Why not use Oona O'Neill Chaplin (her grandmother and Charlie Chaplin's widow) instead?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-17455029032781397992011-06-10T18:05:36.943-07:002011-06-10T18:05:36.943-07:00I've actually gotten a couple private emails a...I've actually gotten a couple private emails about this today too, so allow me to explain. The words "transitive" and "intransitive" are adjectives. In the phrase "transitive verb," the word "transitive" is an adjective. Get it?PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835502266781516627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-33962741028352485622011-06-10T18:02:48.039-07:002011-06-10T18:02:48.039-07:00I am a retired English teacher, and I have NEVER h...I am a retired English teacher, and I have NEVER heard of transitive and intransitive adjectives! Verbs, however, are transitive and intransitive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-48134167614397261932011-06-10T17:48:15.331-07:002011-06-10T17:48:15.331-07:00When I get frustrated with a puzzle, and even a li...When I get frustrated with a puzzle, and even a little angry on occasion, I wonder what everyone else is feeling. <br />Today's comments are great! Nighthawk says it best for me. It's always a comfort to find kindred spirits. There were a few things to like in today's puzzle. A lot to dislike, esp. ASTIR for "up and about." If people are stirring they are only thinking of being up & about.Mokushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812826223817274680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-70688491307594711652011-06-10T17:45:26.787-07:002011-06-10T17:45:26.787-07:00This was an awful, poorly clued, totally not at al...This was an awful, poorly clued, totally not at all fun puzzle.Hoytnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-22835629214798045482011-06-10T16:59:06.034-07:002011-06-10T16:59:06.034-07:00@Sfingi - Feeble-Minded is the pun.
I think a fe...@Sfingi - Feeble-Minded is the pun. <br /><br />I think a few of the constructors have spent too much time with Merl Reagle, and have fallen into the habit of making awful crosswords with feeble puns and horrible fills. <br /><br />IMHO of course :)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-15933448137665060532011-06-10T16:55:31.878-07:002011-06-10T16:55:31.878-07:00The LORE STUDENT seems to be causing some constern...The LORE STUDENT seems to be causing some consternation - however, in UK english, the words are absolute homonyms and I didn't have a problem with it from that perspective. Maybe the constructor's a Brit?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-1477998513682306492011-06-10T15:51:39.598-07:002011-06-10T15:51:39.598-07:00TARZANA
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Trans and Intrans are adjective...TARZANA<br />@Anonymous<br />Trans and Intrans are adjectives.<br />CapishAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-44743272967839263782011-06-10T14:31:54.516-07:002011-06-10T14:31:54.516-07:00AHA!!! Well then, bravo for your titling PGAHA!!! Well then, bravo for your titling PGDave in Bend, Oregonhttp://www.buyabendhome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-18276366435148987002011-06-10T14:23:18.893-07:002011-06-10T14:23:18.893-07:00The issue of the puzzle's title is the #3 most...The issue of the puzzle's title is the <a href="http://latcrossword.blogspot.com/p/faq.html" rel="nofollow">#3 most Frequently Asked Question on this blog.</a>PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835502266781516627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-90587811007950755052011-06-10T14:17:14.254-07:002011-06-10T14:17:14.254-07:00@PG as mentioned before, the OK/Inits thing is jus...@PG as mentioned before, the OK/Inits thing is just that..... sometimes we OK something with our initials.<br /><br />On another note PG, I notice that you have "Story Story Night"....Is this just your own editorilization or is that the title of the puzzle? I ask this because I do the puzzles in an out-of-LA paper and the puzzles are not titled. Because I started solving after I left LA, I would not know if the puzzles are titled? I know the Sunday one is (syndicated AND in the actual paper) but wonder if the daily's are? I seem to recall folks mentioning a title once in a while but just wanted to clear it up. Had I known the title, I would have gotten the "tales" connection, otherwise I just rolled my eyes at some pretty bad puns (DITTO WITH ALL ON LORE STUDENT as it is a real stretch) Myth Universe is a person with a lithp so between that and the Brooklynese of Lore, I was searching for some sort of speech disorders/accents in the other puns. Not that a title would make it any better but it certainly cleared things up once I read PG's write-up.<br /><br />So if anyone could comment on the title/non title syndicated/real time in paper issue I would greatly appreciate it! Have a great weekend all!Dave in Bend, Oregonhttp://www.buyabendhome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-18917854290101677512011-06-10T13:52:09.185-07:002011-06-10T13:52:09.185-07:00That's why "from Albany to Buffalo" ...That's why "from Albany to Buffalo" is so impressive as a length for a canal (ERIE).<br /><br />Older NYers from The City often say LORE for law. Upstaters explain this by saying that since they say "huh" for "her" they have to use the R somewhere else.<br /><br />However, I did not get the mispronunciation pun for FABLE. Anyone?Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-31115798717088728622011-06-10T12:51:18.413-07:002011-06-10T12:51:18.413-07:00@PG: I think the Brits often add the r-sound to wo...@PG: I think the Brits often add the r-sound to words not ending in that letter.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-35645133232667024852011-06-10T12:48:03.909-07:002011-06-10T12:48:03.909-07:00You're probably right about the need for an in...You're probably right about the need for an inclusion of the language, like "escargot, in English", but it does seem unnecessary in this case. <br /><br />I don't think I would order snails at a restaurant, but escargots, with their hot, green garlic butter and crisp French bread, I have;-).machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-57634634318136013382011-06-10T12:40:51.449-07:002011-06-10T12:40:51.449-07:00I have never commented on here, but I do read the ...I have never commented on here, but I do read the blog and do the LA crossword nearly every day. This is by far the worst puzzle I have seen in some time. Inconsistent and even unomprehendable theme (Lore Student????), poorly worded clues, and little to no enjoyment in solving.<br />Boo!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-75548241216455462962011-06-10T12:16:40.822-07:002011-06-10T12:16:40.822-07:00Except - darnit - I'm not complaining about AI...Except - darnit - I'm not complaining about AIOLI, so I'd better shut up before I make any more of a fool of myself :)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-68897277473378848382011-06-10T12:15:25.195-07:002011-06-10T12:15:25.195-07:00@mac - I'm not going to let this one go - sure...@mac - I'm not going to let this one go - sure, it's a menu item, but it's a French menu item. <br /><br />I know we all know it, and it disn't stop me filling in SNAIL, but my point is that Marti is cluing an English answer with a French word, and that's inconsistency.<br /><br />You'd be mad as hell if the clue/answer was the opposite way around, but because the grids contain words in many languages, it's equally "valid" (or invalid, in my opinion).<br /><br />You'd expect something like "Nice snail/ESCARGOT", so why shouldn't I expect "London escargot/SNAIL" ?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.com