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Post by The Duchess on Jan 19, 2014 16:42:38 GMT -5
I like the snicketionary idea, and also the character description idea. But not reading ATWQ is not a reason not to do something about ATWQ, because you can find reasons that don't have anything to do with the content.
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Post by leanne on Jan 19, 2014 17:51:40 GMT -5
I really like the advice idea…also the snicketionary idea sounds most exciting
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Post by emf3rd on Jan 20, 2014 0:11:36 GMT -5
Character description idea, post card idea, or snicketionary idea for me.
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Post by Q.R.V. on Jan 20, 2014 16:56:29 GMT -5
Snicktionary, postcards
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Post by Dante on Jan 21, 2014 4:54:17 GMT -5
My continuing thanks to all who've made their opinions known. I'll wrap this up tomorrow, once the Member of the Year contest has concluded.
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Post by Agathological on Jan 21, 2014 8:56:13 GMT -5
who even are you? i'd really rather do the snicktionary thing over the postcards. its a good idea but im lazy as hell and probably wont actually participate with the postcards. and before you decide thats a good thing, im funny okay guys. you use my stuff every year i participate even if you use the wrong stuff. besides if i get really inspired i might make 18 double posts in this section or even 20. new record! I am obviously new here! Agathological, nice to meet ya!
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emf3rd
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Post by emf3rd on Jan 21, 2014 11:40:07 GMT -5
Post card idea, Snicketionary idea, or the character description idea.
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Post by Dante on Jan 22, 2014 16:53:42 GMT -5
Well, I said that I'd wrap this up today, and I will. But it's slightly intimidating, as it's clear that both the Snicktionary and the postcards are very popular suggestions - practically equal. And even though I am going to pick a single idea for the project, I really, really hope that we can find ways to integrate the two in some fashion, because it was very, very close. It's the Snicktionary. Ta-da! Let's remind ourselves of Sherry Ann's original pitch: The Snicktionary: A compilation of forty-four unique, semi-obscure words, like Snicket's "bombinating." Each submission could be formatted like a dictionary entry, with the occasional accompanying illustration, and each entry would use the word in a sentence in an ATWQ/Birthday themed way. Bonus if the sentences or words are somehow ordered to form a "story" (in the same spirit as the questions last year formed a "story" - that is, they related to one another and showed some form of progression without necessarily being a narrative). I just want to take a little time to talk over how we're going to do this. We want everyone to pick a word - probably some people will end up doing two or three, but let's not worry about that now - and write a Snicketesque definition for it. We want those words to be interesting in some way - they could be obscure, they could be your personal favourite word, you could be using an unusual or entertainingly wrong definition. I'm sure some of you will pick something from pop culture, but it does have to be a word rather than a phrase, please. One thing I would encourage you to do, as this is a valid concern, is to think about words that might be pertinent to ATWQ. There'll always be room for those which aren't, but for everyone who's read ATWQ, think of a word you might encounter there. I would hope this goes without saying, but ultimately we will want (at least, obviously) one word for every letter of the alphabet. Some of those are harder than others, but that can be the prompt behind your definition - some way of shoehorning in an obscure word to fit a letter. It wouldn't be without precedent in ASoUE. " Xylophone: A word which here means whatever you want it to mean, apparently." How's that for an example? As a unifying premise, I was thinking we could have something like "suggestions from 667ers for words to use in ATWQ." And the implication might well be that we had to search far and wide, high and low, and very hard indeed to find some of them. Maybe your definition tells a little story about the lengths you had to go to to find out what it means. For the more artistic among you, maybe you might want to write your answer on a postcard, especially if that's the project you wanted to do anyway. And on the subject of postcards, we'll want art for this when it's done as well, remember! Not necessarily for every word, but if you want to illustrate your idea or anyone else's, go right ahead. I'm sure we can't have too many. I want to give us another day for anyone to ask questions, pitch examples, request guidance, and so on, before I make a formal new thread for the project. You might even have a thought on a word to use that you can't think of a way to define yourself. Challenge others to accomplish this for you! Thoughts?
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Post by penne on Jan 22, 2014 17:16:23 GMT -5
Sounds great, Dante. It's creative, Snickety and seems doable. Awesome idea, Sherry Ann.
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emf3rd
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Post by emf3rd on Jan 22, 2014 17:24:34 GMT -5
Can't wait, will start tinkering around with ideas soon!
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Post by Agathological on Jan 22, 2014 17:55:29 GMT -5
Awesome! I've got some words I'll love to use!
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Post by bandit on Jan 22, 2014 17:57:27 GMT -5
you could be using an unusual or entertainingly wrong definition. Standoffish - demanding and violent; abusive.
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Post by Teleram on Jan 22, 2014 18:18:34 GMT -5
you could be using an unusual or entertainingly wrong definition. Standoffish - demanding and violent; abusive. Defenestration - To throw out of a window
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Jan 22, 2014 18:20:35 GMT -5
For inspiration I highly recommend Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary" from 1906 (I'm also recommending it in general for fans of Snicket). Examples from the book.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Jan 22, 2014 18:43:24 GMT -5
My contributions:
sottisier, n - a collection of ridiculous comments or stupidities; can be sometimes used as synonym for the internet
palindrome, n - a word, phrase, number or other sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards, e.g. "44" or "Poor Dan is in a droop." Palindromic numbers are also called "Scheherazade numbers," because Scheherazade was the name of the story-telling wife in the 1001 Nights.
quartet, n - a group of four people or things, e.g. seasons of the year, divisions of day, movements in a symphony, suits of playing cards, a string quartet, the number of strings on each of the string quartet members' instruments, four colly birds on the fourth day of Christmas, The Beatles, four opposed camps of the morality and nature of evil, All The Wrong Questions, or the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
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