A BIG Congrats to a superb win on their debut....Somali.

By now, and if you don't, you should be ashamed...this thread is for general chit-chat, announcements and challenges in Snake !!

Good luck everyone !!

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Congratulations, somall!
How wonderful that you are a winner your first time out. Great game!

Ae you sure you're not really Auschic?

LMAO, CB...I don't know if Somali is Auschic or not, but she/he HAS to be one of our veteran Snake players.....our always knowledgeable Dreamweave, perhaps? For someone to step into Snake with the combative verbiage that Somali has, it's almost a given that she/he has been here before!????

Will the REAL Somali, please stand up? LOL
BL

Sypher - A lot of golf courses have more than one course and each has a differnt name, but their offical name is (so and so) at (so and so). Will these be valid entries? Got to know before I post on Monday morning. LOL

Also, if you list the city and state, do you still have to say "USA"?

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If the Golf Course has an official name...then use it. I don't want to see....(made up name)The Ivory Holes at Ivory Small.
In that case, you would use the first name and not the location.

BTW, must courses I have seen are just called the location name !! We will have to wait and see......and if I can't find it on the internet....then I hope that entry has a back-up !! LOL

Thanks for your congrats Chelseabelle and BagLady. Well done for seeing through my disguise - I'm actually Sypher in drag!

Nothing so interesting, I'm afraid - it's just me, Somali (female).

You can just put my success down to beginner's luck - there's no danger of a repeat performance with this week's topic. Contorting the English language is one thing - golf is a whole new ball game (pun intended!).

See you all at the tee-off tomorrow. Anyone up for a snifter at the nineteenth?

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Somali Cats - the snooty agoutis!

Hey Sypher - I'm just going to have to challenge your use of the word links at the end of your entry. Links just means golf course, especially one near the seashore.

You can challenge that word, but it is not on the Invalid list. The words that are are the most common words used for a Golf Course.

BTW...When I meant Golf Course, I meant the site/club.....NOT the Actual name of the 18 holes !!

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Oh boy - I never imagined things were going to get complicated right from the start!

If you want the name of the entire site rather than the name given to a particular set of 18 holes, does that mean that entries like Sage's South at are invalid? From what was posted earlier I thought the names of sets of 18 holes (frequently referred to as a "golf course") were ok.

Please elucidate.

Yes...Sage's entry and now Ren's entry are Invalid, but since they both posted their entry before I could clear up this little matter...they have the choice of re-entering their entry or losing the points after I have edited their entry showing just the Venue !!

Sypher--I am confused by what you mean by a golf site or venue.
If I posted the entry, "Field and Stream Park" located in Brooklyn, N.Y. would that be invalid? Should I just use Brooklyn as the entry? Or if my entry was "Tiddly Golf and Country Club" in Ithica, N.Y.--would the vaild part of that entry be only "Tiddly"? I am also very confused about why the actual name of the 18 holes is not valid.

I also think that "Links" should be added to the invalid list--it is a synonym for "golf course".

Most golf clubs, centres, venues have a name.....That is what the entry should be...

If you had 'Tiddly Winks golf club'...then only Tiddly Winks is valid. As for Links.....Wouldn't that be unfair to me as I will lose 5 points considering everyone else knows what words are valid or not...
I could put that on the invalid list....but I will have to find a new entry...just like I gave Sage and Ren the option of choosing a new entry...

Sypher--I don't quite understand why ren's entry was invalid. Would it have been valid without the word "Resort"? Was ren's second entry valid? Can you give some more examples of what you mean by "venue". At this point I am so confused I may skip my turn and go later when I am clearer about the rules.

Sypher--as far as I'm concerned you can keep your 5 points--I'm not challenging your entry. But I think that "links" should be invalid after your entry.

Sypher, I think you're being very naughty about counting the word links in your own entry.

In the intro you list a number of words including "golf" and "course" that do not count nor their equivalent in a foreign language. By using the word links you are using the equivalent of "golf course" but in the English language. As English is a foreign language to a large proportion of the world's population, links should not be allowed!

CB...Please check the game thread as I have used Ren's entry as an example of what needs to be done as an entry.

Somali...as you are relatively new here, you don't know the hassle of previous topics where the same word in English which was invalid, was then used, but in a foreign language...(spanish, portuguese, etc etc etc). The entry couldn't be made invalid as the excuse was...That word was not on the Invalid list. Hence, the rule in this weeks game.

Links will be put on the Invalid list now, I will not lose the five points as the word is now on the list and not before. Links is not a foreign word for any of the words already on the list.

Sypher, thanks for the explanation. I imagine, though, that you will feel very guilty if you win by 5 points this week!

We look to you as our role model, so please no more ducking and diving!

Sypher--I think I understand it now. But, I had taken the "H" from ren's second entry to look up mine. So, I will have to post at a later time since I am not sure if gtho4 is playing today and I don't know whether to use his time slot to look up a new entry. I will post later.

No problemo Chelseabelle....and who is Ducking and Diving ? lol

Thanks, Sypher. I will post after BagLady.

Well, first things firt: Somali, BRAVA!!!! Well done on last weeks game, and furthermore,
Well done on entering the fray!!! Your comments on the first few items of this new game are spot on. I'm sorry, Sypher, but LINKS is out. ANY ONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT GOLF KNOWS IT WAS CALLED THE LINKS LONG BEFORE WE YANKS CALLED IT A COURSE. TO SAY THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW IS AS MUCH AS TO SAY THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW "CONFECTION" IS A SYNONYM FOR "CANDY" JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THE LIST THAT YOU CREATED.
Sorry to yell, but I don't think you've gotten off to a very auspicious beginning - it isn't like you to leave a grey area, and I know you must not be a golfer or your would know that this is not even a close call - links=course=18holes.
Now, beyond that, I am still confused about "venue" - but I'll just watch and see if I can figure it out.

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Erma Bombeck

Actually, I'm not a golfer...and I had several entries that I could have used. I didn't know Links was another name for golf course...

The reason why those words are on the Invalid list is because a lot of venues ended the same. In my search, I didn't find any other venues with Links, that is why I used it and never included it on the list until someone said something.

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Sypher--Just to be sure I understand the rules--is "Sea Trails Plantation" the only valid part of ren's entry? I am assuming that "and Golf Club" are invalid--am I correct in that?

Sypher--Perhaps people could put the invalid words (like golf course, resort, links, etc.) in parens at the end of their entry. That would clearly separate it from the part that's in bold--and make it easier to identify the last letter of the entry.

Sure....whatever's easier !!

Oh....and as for Ren's entry...yep you are right what is valid and not....

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Oh my good golly! I go off-line for an hour and when I get back there's still more confusion.

Let me get this straight Sypher. You are now saying that the and on the end of ren's entry (which you edited and left in bold) wasn't valid?!? You mean I should have used the n on the end of Plantation instead? I had a much better entry lined up for N than D!!!

I really thought this week was going to be fine after all the manipulations of the "circus" episode. I'm no golfer either, but I did know that "links" = "golf course". Isn't there some old saying about "ignorance of the law is no excuse"? I found 359 names of golf courses that used the word "links". Your naughtiness knows no bounds!