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Originally posted by Guy Profumo View Post
only if you can't pronounce "migraine"...
Pronunciation:
Brit. /ˈmiːɡreɪn/
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/ˈmʌɪɡreɪn/
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U.S. /ˈmaɪˌɡreɪn/
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(Hence the wording "...some might say")
Fair points, well made. I'd say that from time to time most of us have taken the chance to experiment with conventions, particularly when there's the feeling that you might be beaten to the line if you spend too long refining the clue. I gambled and it didn't come off, although I shouldn't have thought the solution was too fiendishly concealed.
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Fair enough. Always good to try things out, as long as ,when people say "i don't think it worked " to hold your hand up eventually. It is a game - but that means the people we're playing with have to enjoy it too. I fucked up recently with Agnelli...
As I said I think a cryptic sound-alike definition with several pronunciations was a step too far. Anyway where were we...?
oh yes
Foreboding secures significant uncut style .
(10)Last edited by Nefertiti2; 28-03-2019, 22:34.
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Originally posted by irony towers View Post(Hence the wording "...some might say")
Fair points, well made. I'd say that from time to time most of us have taken the chance to experiment with conventions, particularly when there's the feeling that you might be beaten to the line if you spend too long refining the clue. I gambled and it didn't come off, although I shouldn't have thought the solution was too fiendishly concealed.
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fwiw I thought ibuprofen worked well enough (I'd pronounce migraine 'my grain' though, so perhaps that makes it a more satisfying solution for me). I wouldn't have thought there were really any conventions on here for clue creation.... unless there's some sort of 'style guide' it's up the individual to craft a fair and solvable clue. Lots of the clues are way too difficult for me but the joy of the thread, imo, is in not having one particular style/convention
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Originally posted by seand View Postfwiw I thought ibuprofen worked well enough (I'd pronounce migraine 'my grain' though, so perhaps that makes it a more satisfying solution for me). I wouldn't have thought there were really any conventions on here for clue creation.... unless there's some sort of 'style guide' it's up the individual to craft a fair and solvable clue. Lots of the clues are way too difficult for me but the joy of the thread, imo, is in not having one particular style/convention- the word should be clued cryptically and defined not cryptically though the definition can be "hidden" through double meaning etc.
- The anagram indicator should be directly next to the word(s) that form the anagram
- the solution should be exactly as it appeared in the previous clue (bit contentious, this one)
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Originally posted by Guy Profumo View PostWith one or two exceptions, none of us do this professionally.
I certain degree of latitude is allowed in this forum.
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Leave car at Massachusetts landmark and follow path to Cambridge area. (6,4)Last edited by Sean of the Shed; 01-04-2019, 17:23.
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