Topic
Thing I learned just now through playing Scrabble
Quoin is a real word. :|
Brings new meaning to the term "crazy quoin."
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- Yet another reason why it should be spelled "qoin" in Ur! :D
- Dunno if Tiny Speck even thought of the real meaning of Quoin. I just figure they took the word 'coin' and made up a different spelling for it. Saying Quoin in speech is basically pronounced the same way as Coin.
- I asked it and it turns out that Tiny Speck did think of actual quoins (and knows of dentils and balustrades and finials to boot). But, Tiny Speck didn't think that masons or architects or admirers of older buildings would find it too jarring if they were to borrow the spelling.
- Haven't we all done something like that in our lifetime?
- I used the word "wanker" in a christmas family game of scrabble once. Mum didnt talk to me until new years eve. Still 53 points Whoot!!
- ROFL, Loupin!
- Hey, Stoot, can you tell Tiny Speck I think its new hairstyle is great ;)?
- Also, daaaaang, 53 points on wanker? Was it a triple word :)?
- Well, if you've got a nice big word like that you've just got to lay it down, don't you.
- TEN POINTS TO WALRUZ-DOR!
- Hahha, I just used it last week too. :D I was pleasantly surprised! Thanks for the massive Scrabble points, TS!
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"Tiny Speck did think of actual quoins (and knows of dentils and balustrades and finials to boot)." But what about spandrels? :|
"Thanks for the massive Scrabble points, TS!" Behold the power of Imagination. - There is a very nice bar in Seattle called Quoin and, yup, it's on a corner.
- I enjoy quoins and spandrels and all that, but there's just nothing quite like a good flying buttress.
- Don't forget the plinth.
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Plinth is a good word. It seems Glitchy. Plinth Balustrade. I can't decide if that's a good Glitchling name, or a good street name.
Balustrade Plinth? Hmmm. - Spell it more phonetically if at all possible and then add in some extra letters that don't really affect the pronunciation! Then it's original~
- Quoiyne? Hmmmm...