June 4, 200421 yr Seriously, one of the words was "scheherazadian." What the f*** is that? Guess who's never going to be cool... :headshake
June 4, 200421 yr 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.
June 4, 200421 yr Author 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.
June 4, 200421 yr 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.
June 4, 200421 yr 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...
June 4, 200421 yr The math competition was on earlier this morning. Before I saw that, I thought the spelling kids were smart.
June 4, 200421 yr Math competition? That had to be 'good' TV... I guess some kid got the word 'facade'. Are you serious? Facade?
June 4, 200421 yr i cant believe that that was on espn today AH HA... see, even the spelling bee is a sport, just like NASCAR.
June 4, 200421 yr 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
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