[Dixonary] Round 3170 OOSIK progress and correction

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Efrem G Mallach

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May 28, 2021, 8:41:38 AM5/28/21
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Fellow addicts,

With 12+ hours to go in the definition half of round 3170, OOSIK (not OOPIK as originally sent out!), I have received definitions from eight players: Abell, Barrs, Bourne, Cunningham, Keating, Madnick, Naylor, and Shefler. My spreadsheet has room for several million more. I doubt we'll reach even one million, but more would be nice. 

Apologies for getting the word wrong in the original call for definitions. If the correction makes you want to change your definition, feel free to. If you want more time to do that, I can extend the deadline. Just ask.

The deadline is:


Votes will, I expect, be due 40 hours after that: 1 pm Sunday in North American EDT and so on in other places.

As always, new players are welcome. Just send me a fake definition of OOSIK, without looking it up, to emallach at verizon dot net. Don't Reply to this message, as that will send your definition to everyone. 

Your somewhat red-faced dealer,

Efrem

amal...@comcast.net

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May 28, 2021, 8:49:30 AM5/28/21
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It’s OOSIK, not OOPIK? That means my hours of etymological and ethnological research into Yupiks, Pupiks and Rupik’s Cupes were wasted, and hundreds of pages of notes await the recycling bin.

Oh well, I’ll see what I can come up with.

Alan

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Daniel B Widdis

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May 28, 2021, 11:36:13 AM5/28/21
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I think this could introduce a new term to or Dixonary dictionary, alongside NAD and Dixon:

 

OOPSIK – when you post the wrong spelling of the word.

Stephen Dixon

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May 28, 2021, 11:38:45 AM5/28/21
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“ OOPSIK – when you post the wrong spelling of the word.”

Hahaha.. I like it.

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Johnb - co.uk

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May 28, 2021, 12:41:03 PM5/28/21
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Like it
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Paul Keating

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May 30, 2021, 10:33:06 AM5/30/21
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Added today to The “Real” Rules on dixonary.net in the comment to Rule 1(a).

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Paul Keating
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Friday 28 May 2021 17:36

I think this could introduce a new term to or Dixonary dictionary, alongside NAD and Dixon:

 

OOPSIK – when you post the wrong spelling of the word.

 



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Daniel B Widdis

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May 30, 2021, 11:50:25 AM5/30/21
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Thanks as always for maintaining those.  Both informative and entertaining.

 

This was my first visit to the new web based version and I really like it!

 

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Johnb - co.uk

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May 30, 2021, 12:53:46 PM5/30/21
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I tried to get to the dixonary site but

on going to the rules page I was told that it couldn't be opened in my browser because it doesn't allow access when embedded by another site and looking further  it appears to be on someone else's google drive to which I do not have access (I do not use google drive on any of my email addresses)

umm!

usually I have  no problems although I admit that I usually sign in but no longer is that an option...

comments please

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Daniel B Widdis

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May 30, 2021, 12:59:29 PM5/30/21
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Can you be more specific exactly which page(s) is(are) causing the problem?

 

It sounds like you can get to dixonary.net which redirects to https://sites.google.com/dixonary.net/dixonarydocs

 

The “Rules” page includes a frame below it containing two PDFs on google drive (1990 rules and Basic Rules)

It has 3 submenus: Basic Rules, “Real Rules”, and 1990 rules.

 

Basic Rules opens up a google drive document;

 

Real Rules and 1990 Rules open inline, not directly associated with google docs.

Tony Abell

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May 30, 2021, 5:37:02 PM5/30/21
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From my location (New Jersey, USA) dixonary.net does not resolve.

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On 2021-05-30 at 10:33 Paul Keating wrote:

> Added today to The “Real” Rules on dixonary.net in the comment to Rule 1(a).

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> Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France
>> Daniel B Widdis <mailto:wid...@dixonary.net>

Daniel B Widdis

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May 30, 2021, 6:58:58 PM5/30/21
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As I'm receiving mail addressed to dixonary.net, I suspect the problem is on your end. __
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Tony Abell

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May 30, 2021, 10:27:50 PM5/30/21
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I can send email to and receive email from dixonary.net, too, because those two operations go through remote servers. Even locally I can get the MX records for the domain, but not an A record, which means that if there is a website there, I can't reach it from my home network for some reason.


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Paul Keating

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May 31, 2021, 1:50:42 AM5/31/21
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Paul Keating

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May 31, 2021, 6:46:14 AM5/31/21
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I suspect the problem is that your mail client is recognizing the domain name and helpfully turning it into a hyperlink. Just like mine does. I can't successfully click on that "hyperlink" either. Nor can I successfully enter "dixonary.net" into a browser address bar. This seems to be a Google Sites feature. The www prefix does work for me, though. 

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Tony Abell

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May 31, 2021, 12:02:05 PM5/31/21
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No, www.dixonary.net does resolve and redirects to https://sites.google.com/dixonary.net/dixonarydocs/home. It's just that the bare domain name has no A or CNAME record in DNS.

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Ryan McGill

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Jun 1, 2021, 1:27:15 PM6/1/21
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Paul,

I get the abbreviated page of rules as well. The portal at the bottom is the last item on the page, so I have access to no actual rules whatsoever.


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Paul Keating

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Jun 1, 2021, 5:21:38 PM6/1/21
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What happens when you click on the ≡ (“hamburger”) top left?

What you should see is a menu like this:





Tuesday 1 June 2021 19:27
Paul,

I get the abbreviated page of rules as well. The portal at the bottom is the last item on the page, so I have access to no actual rules whatsoever.


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Monday 31 May 2021 00:58
As I'm receiving mail addressed to dixonary.net, I suspect the problem is on your end. __

On 5/30/21, 2:37 PM, "Tony Abell" <dixo...@googlegroups.com on behalf of he...@isanybodyhome.com> wrote:


From my location (New Jersey, USA) dixonary.net does not resolve.

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On 2021-05-30 at 10:33 Paul Keating wrote:

> Added today to The “Real” Rules on dixonary.net in the comment to Rule 1(a).

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> Paul Keating
> Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France
>> Daniel B Widdis <mailto:wid...@dixonary.net>
>> Friday 28 May 2021 17:36
>>
>> I think this could introduce a new term to or Dixonary dictionary, > alongside NAD and Dixon:
>>
>> OOPSIK – when you post the wrong spelling of the word.
>>
>>

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> Paul Keating
> Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

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Sunday 30 May 2021 23:36
From my location (New Jersey, USA) dixonary.net does not resolve.

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On 2021-05-30 at 10:33 Paul Keating wrote:


Added today to The “Real” Rules on dixonary.net in the comment to Rule 1(a).

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Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

Daniel B Widdis <mailto:wid...@dixonary.net>
Friday 28 May 2021 17:36

I think this could introduce a new term to or Dixonary dictionary, > alongside NAD and Dixon:

OOPSIK – when you post the wrong spelling of the word.



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Paul Keating
Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France
Friday 28 May 2021 17:36

I think this could introduce a new term to or Dixonary dictionary, alongside NAD and Dixon:

 

OOPSIK – when you post the wrong spelling of the word.

 


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Date: Friday, May 28, 2021 at 5:49 AM
To: Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: RE: [Dixonary] Round 3170 OOSIK progress and correction

 

It’s OOSIK, not OOPIK? That means my hours of etymological and ethnological research into Yupiks, Pupiks and Rupik’s Cupes were wasted, and hundreds of pages of notes await the recycling bin.

Oh well, I’ll see what I can come up with.

Alan

 

 

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Subject: [Dixonary] Round 3170 OOSIK progress and correction

 

Fellow addicts,

 

With 12+ hours to go in the definition half of round 3170, OOSIK (not OOPIK as originally sent out!), I have received definitions from eight players: Abell, Barrs, Bourne, Cunningham, Keating, Madnick, Naylor, and Shefler. My spreadsheet has room for several million more. I doubt we'll reach even one million, but more would be nice. 

 

Apologies for getting the word wrong in the original call for definitions. If the correction makes you want to change your definition, feel free to. If you want more time to do that, I can extend the deadline. Just ask.

 

The deadline is:

 

 

Votes will, I expect, be due 40 hours after that: 1 pm Sunday in North American EDT and so on in other places.

 

As always, new players are welcome. Just send me a fake definition of OOSIK, without looking it up, to emallach at verizon dot net. Don't Reply to this message, as that will send your definition to everyone. 

 

Your somewhat red-faced dealer,

 

Efrem

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