Another Rules game: MNOWAX and 3iff

[MatthewV]

[Zag]

[MNOWAX]

[MNOWAX]

first rule no punctuation in rules anymore im enacting MNOWAXs rule again[/b]
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[MNOWAX]

damn! i dunno why the bold tag closed out nothing....?
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[3iff]

I HAVE to buzz that. "[/b]" looks like punctuation to me.

THIS time I'm waiting for a decision from MatthewV.

[MatthewV]

I don't feel that he used any marks to separate sentences or their elements.

Also, the reason the tag existed at the end is really the fault of the php codes I am inclined to be more forgiving. This post was typed carefully to avoid and when I hit submit there isn't any broken tags in it.[/quote][/u][/i][/b]

[3iff]

dnoces elur any word containing an e must eb nettirw backwards

[MNOWAX]

tHird eluR iS yreVe wOrd mUst eVah A caPital reTtel In iT
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[3iff]

txeN eLur Two reTtel wOrds erA nedDibrof

[j_s*]

I dont know if this counts, but if misspelling a word you had to type backwards (in this case, "forbidden") is a buzz worthy offense then:

BUZZ 3iff

if not, carry on.

[3iff]

Well, I'm under the impression that forbidden is spelt forbidden.

I believe that is what I typed...albeit backwards and a capitalised letter included.

[j_s*]

Sorry; the D capitalized messed me up. carry on.

</dummy>

[MatthewV]

I can't really tell the difference between b's and d's either.

[MNOWAX]

txeN eluR eNo NonBackwards wOrd musSt evaH A gnillePssim
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[Dread Pirate Westley]

Buzz: The rules unclearly call for a (singular) capital letter and NonBackwards has two.

[carrier_of_the_arch]

I read that rule as meaning the word must contain at least one capital
(As a side note, I am enjoying where these rules are heading )

[MNOWAX]

every rule must have a capital letter. it fulfills the requirement of the rule

and I'm just getting warmed up matt. 3iff, prepare to meet your maker..
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[MatthewV]

non-backwards -> nonbackwards ?
I think the hyphen could be considered punctuation. But I am not an expert on such things.

[MatthewV]

But your rule also contains two misspellings: "nonbackwards" and "musst".

~thinking~

[bgg1996]

No results found for nonbackwards:
Did you mean nonubiquitous?

His rule says one must be misspelled.
The two interpretations are at least one, and exactly one.
Exactly one is the stricter interpretation, so you'll be going with that, I assume, since at least one doesn't seem very obvious by the way he wrote it.
Since he spellled nonubiquitous (very) wrong as well as must,
buzz.
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[Sentran]

Another peanut gallery chime-in:
Non-backwards would be the correct usage. If the hyphen is considered punctuation and therefore removed, nonbackwards is not spelled incorrectly.
My opinion is that no rules have been broken, the rule should not have been buzzed, and play should continue.
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[MNOWAX]

Hyphen is considered a punctuation.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/marks.htm
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[bgg1996]

Maybe if it said, "remove punctuation", but it just said "no punctuation". The word isn't spelled any less wrong because of it.
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[MatthewV]

Buzzing would be too much of a nitpick. I would if I felt it was a forgotten space, but it has the feel of a removed hyphen.

[3iff]

So, is that buzz rejected? Is it my turn to add a rule?

[MatthewV]

Yes.

[3iff]

Ok. Actually, I wouldn't have buzzed for the hyphen-no hyphen...

[3iff]

Clarification.

Is "Y" a vowel , a consonant or isn't it specified.

[MatthewV]

The main problem I had is that it would have been completely normal to ignore the existence of the hyphen in the lazy-and-ignorant-youthful fashion.

[MatthewV]

Y isn't specified in this game. You may say in your post that it is never a vowel.

[3iff]

reHtona elUr wourdS wIth yltCaxe Two tnecAjda sleWov Must eVah ehT slewoV swaP sEcalp reTfa apPlying aLl rehTo selUr slewoV edUlcxe eHt rettEl Y

[MNOWAX]

BUZZ

"wourds" are the vowels swapped here?
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[MatthewV]

Words could be misspelled as either wuords or wourds. I can't dictate how you misspell something.

[Zag]

You are asking for trouble if you make any rule concerning vowels without specifying how Y will be treated, usually to say that it isn't one. It is very tricky to determine whether it is or isn't a vowel in words. For instance:

myth: clearly a vowel
yank: clearly not a vowel
boy: pretty certainly a vowel
buoy: ok. this one too.
buoyant: ????

Of course, by any definition that makes Y a vowel in "boy," then W should also be a vowel in "bow." And how about the GH in "though" or in "sigh"?

[Sentran]

[Zag]

I was responding to his post 109. I saw that he had excluded it, but I was just clarifying why that was such a good idea.

[MatthewV]

Buoy is an interesting one because the pronunciation changes regionally. It can be either like "boy" or "boi-ee".

[3iff]

[groza528]