SuperSteve Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Seriously, one of the words was "scheherazadian." What the f*** is that? Guess who's never going to be cool... :headshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Seriously, one of the words was "scheherazadian." What the f*** is that? Guess who's never going to be cool... :headshake My assumption is that scheherazadian would mean like Scheherazad in nature, ala' Orwellian (disutopian future scenario), Capraesque ("Wonderful Life"/"Mr. Smith goes to Washington" kind of little-guy-against-the-world). Scheherazade was the storytelling sultan's wife in Arabian Nights, so a scheherazadian novel, for example, would be one that weaves story after story, parable after parable, etc., to further the plot and characters. Jesus, with his 1001 parables, could be said to have been scheherazadian I would venture. I see that the winning word was "autocthonous," which I got a huge kick out of (as much as a word can give you) because it is a great limnological term central to a classroom lecture I just gave this spring. It reers to matter (typically organic) thaat originates from within a given ecological system rather than being transported into it - that term, of course, is "allochthonous." We biologists love our jargon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_bears86 Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 i cant believe that that was on espn today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteve Posted June 4, 2004 Author Share Posted June 4, 2004 My assumption is that scheherazadian would mean like Scheherazad in nature, ala' Orwellian (disutopian future scenario), Capraesque ("Wonderful Life"/"Mr. Smith goes to Washington" kind of little-guy-against-the-world). Scheherazade was the storytelling sultan's wife in Arabian Nights, so a scheherazadian novel, for example, would be one that weaves story after story, parable after parable, etc., to further the plot and characters. Jesus, with his 1001 parables, could be said to have been scheherazadian I would venture. I see that the winning word was "autocthonous," which I got a huge kick out of (as much as a word can give you) because it is a great limnological term central to a classroom lecture I just gave this spring. It reers to matter (typically organic) thaat originates from within a given ecological system rather than being transported into it - that term, of course, is "allochthonous." We biologists love our jargon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 My assumption is that scheherazadian would mean like Scheherazad in nature, ala' Orwellian (disutopian future scenario), Capraesque ("Wonderful Life"/"Mr. Smith goes to Washington" kind of little-guy-against-the-world). Scheherazade was the storytelling sultan's wife in Arabian Nights, so a scheherazadian novel, for example, would be one that weaves story after story, parable after parable, etc., to further the plot and characters. Jesus, with his 1001 parables, could be said to have been scheherazadian I would venture. I see that the winning word was "autocthonous," which I got a huge kick out of (as much as a word can give you) because it is a great limnological term central to a classroom lecture I just gave this spring. It reers to matter (typically organic) thaat originates from within a given ecological system rather than being transported into it - that term, of course, is "allochthonous." We biologists love our jargon. I think Steve says you're not cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 I think Steve says you're not cool. Oh yeah? sez you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Oh yeah? sez you! revenge of the nerd... j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Seriously, one of the words was "scheherazadian." What the f*** is that? Guess who's never going to be cool... :headshake Poor kids being used for ADveritsing...really bothers me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyKongerko Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 The math competition was on earlier this morning. Before I saw that, I thought the spelling kids were smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteve Posted June 4, 2004 Author Share Posted June 4, 2004 revenge of the nerd... j/k Yeah, that red X gets me everytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandwhite Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 how do they know how to spell that crap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Math competition? That had to be 'good' TV... I guess some kid got the word 'facade'. Are you serious? Facade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 i cant believe that that was on espn today It was that or some NASCAR story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 i cant believe that that was on espn today AH HA... see, even the spelling bee is a sport, just like NASCAR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Damn it Tex, ya beat me to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Damn it Tex, ya beat me to it! It was too damn easy. I was going to head over to the NASCAR v. Dodgeball thread and see who wrote it was a sport because ESPN covered it. But that is just to much work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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