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  floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-07 20:09 -0700
    Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 09:10 +0200
      Re: floarboard Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2026-10-08 09:37 +0100
        Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 11:33 +0200
          Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 03:06 -0700
          Re: floarboard Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-10-08 22:39 +1100
            Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 13:52 +0200
          Re: floarboard Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> - 2026-10-08 13:55 -0400
            Re: floarboard Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-10-09 11:17 +1100
              Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-09 19:15 +0100
            Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 19:43 -0700
              Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-09 11:23 +0800
                Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 21:49 -0700
                  Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-09 15:48 +0800
                Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-09 12:57 +0200
                  Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-09 21:14 +0800
                    Re: floarboard Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-10-10 10:07 +1100
                      Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-10 22:30 +0100
                        Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-11 05:41 +0800
                          Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-11 12:35 +0200
                            Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-11 19:53 +0100
                              Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-11 20:09 +0100
                                Re: floarboard Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2026-10-12 08:57 +1300
                              Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-12 20:43 +0200
                                Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-13 02:27 +0100
                                  Re: floarboard Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-10-12 23:50 -0400
                                    Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-13 13:55 +0200
                                  Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-13 13:55 +0200
                                    Re: floarboard richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-10-13 16:02 +0000
                                      Re: floarboard Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-10-13 18:19 +0200
                                      Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-13 22:57 +0200
                                      Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-14 02:12 +0100
                                        Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-14 15:32 +0200
                                          Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-14 17:32 +0000
                                            Re: floarboard Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-10-15 06:58 +0200
                                          Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-14 17:35 +0000
                                        Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-14 19:52 +0100
                                          Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-15 00:13 +0100
                  Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-09 13:30 +0000
                  Re: floarboard Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-10-09 11:51 -0400
                    Re: floarboard John Dunlop <dunlop.john@ymail.com> - 2026-10-09 17:08 +0100
                    Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-09 20:54 +0200
                      Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-09 23:05 +0100
                        Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-09 15:37 -0700
                          Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-10 22:29 +0100
                            Re: floarboard Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-10-11 13:13 +0100
                        Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-10 21:21 +0200
              Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-09 19:18 +0100
            Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-09 07:25 +0000
      Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 03:02 -0700
    Re: floarboard Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid> - 2026-10-08 09:32 +0100
      Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 11:36 +0200
        Re: floarboard Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-10-08 22:43 +1100
    Re: floarboard richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-10-08 09:35 +0000
      Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 11:50 +0200
        Re: floarboard richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-10-08 10:22 +0000
    Re: floarboard HVS <office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2026-10-08 15:06 +0100
      Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-09 08:24 +0200
        Re: floarboard HVS <office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2026-10-09 15:17 +0100
    Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 21:48 -0700
    Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-09 20:54 +0200
    Re: floarboard guido wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-10-14 16:28 +0200
      Re: floarboard Madhu <enometh@meer.net> - 2026-10-16 17:25 +0530
        Re: floarboard wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-10-17 11:34 +0200
    [Late arrival] Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-15 09:26 +0200
      Re: [Late arrival] Re: floarboard Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-10-16 04:32 +0200

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#1152059

Rich Ulrich:

> As recently as yesterday -- TV ads show something remarkably
> similar to corsets, in shape and apparent function.  They are
> elasticised, and advertised for relief of lower-back pain.
> 
> Maybe they are not as tight?  Maybe they distribute pressure
> differently?

Girdle?

I occasionally use a girdle, though a different kind:

<https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/girdle>

-- 
John

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#1152064

Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 12:57:05 +0200, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
> Lodder) wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >You seen to think that the corset was a female garment.
> >As a matter of historical fact men wore corsets too.
> >Just to present a manly posture, or to keep in the belly,
> >or worse, the embonpoint. Or for appearing more dandyish.
> >
> >The fashion for corsets for both males and females mostly ended
> >around the beginning of the 20th century,
> >
> 
> As recently as yesterday -- TV ads show something remarkably 
> similar to corsets, in shape and apparent function.  They are 
> elasticised, and advertised for relief of lower-back pain. 

Or called a back brace, and advertised for weightlifters, body builders,
and like fools.

> Maybe they are not as tight?  Maybe they distribute pressure
> differently?

Supposedly they help with distributing pressures over the spine.
(not the purpose of the original corsets)

Looking at the covers of the Flashman novels for painted evidence
it seems quite likely that he wore one.
Of course the documented text of his adventure will never admit this.
Corsets in there are exclusively for ladies to be gotten out off,

Jan

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#1152065

On 09/10/2026 19:54, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 12:57:05 +0200, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
>> Lodder) wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> You seen to think that the corset was a female garment.
>>> As a matter of historical fact men wore corsets too.
>>> Just to present a manly posture, or to keep in the belly,
>>> or worse, the embonpoint. Or for appearing more dandyish.
>>>
>>> The fashion for corsets for both males and females mostly ended
>>> around the beginning of the 20th century,
>>>
>>
>> As recently as yesterday -- TV ads show something remarkably
>> similar to corsets, in shape and apparent function.  They are
>> elasticised, and advertised for relief of lower-back pain.
> 
> Or called a back brace, and advertised for weightlifters, body builders,
> and like fools.
> 
>> Maybe they are not as tight?  Maybe they distribute pressure
>> differently?
> 
> Supposedly they help with distributing pressures over the spine.
> (not the purpose of the original corsets)
> 
> Looking at the covers of the Flashman novels for painted evidence
> it seems quite likely that he wore one.
> Of course the documented text of his adventure will never admit this.
> Corsets in there are exclusively for ladies to be gotten out off,

George MacDonald Fraser put a lot of work into getting the historical 
details right - but I don't know if, whoever did the dust jacket 
artwork, was as painstaking.


-- 
Sam Plusnet

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#1152066

Just this Friday, Sam Plusnet explained that ...
> On 09/10/2026 19:54, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>> Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 12:57:05 +0200, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
>>> Lodder) wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> You seen to think that the corset was a female garment.
>>>> As a matter of historical fact men wore corsets too.
>>>> Just to present a manly posture, or to keep in the belly,
>>>> or worse, the embonpoint. Or for appearing more dandyish.
>>>>
>>>> The fashion for corsets for both males and females mostly ended
>>>> around the beginning of the 20th century,
>>>>
>>>
>>> As recently as yesterday -- TV ads show something remarkably
>>> similar to corsets, in shape and apparent function.  They are
>>> elasticised, and advertised for relief of lower-back pain.
>> 
>> Or called a back brace, and advertised for weightlifters, body builders,
>> and like fools.
>> 
>>> Maybe they are not as tight?  Maybe they distribute pressure
>>> differently?
>> 
>> Supposedly they help with distributing pressures over the spine.
>> (not the purpose of the original corsets)
>> 
>> Looking at the covers of the Flashman novels for painted evidence
>> it seems quite likely that he wore one.
>> Of course the documented text of his adventure will never admit this.
>> Corsets in there are exclusively for ladies to be gotten out off,
>
> George MacDonald Fraser put a lot of work into getting the historical details 
> right - but I don't know if, whoever did the dust jacket artwork, was as 
> painstaking.

Give those commas back to Janet!

-d

-- 
"I tried to be open-minded once.  It interfered with my sense of 
humor."
    -- Bucky, _Get Fuzzy_  by Darby Conley

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#1152074

On 09/10/2026 23:37, Snidely wrote:
> Just this Friday, Sam Plusnet explained that ...
>> On 09/10/2026 19:54, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>> Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 12:57:05 +0200, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
>>>> Lodder) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> You seen to think that the corset was a female garment.
>>>>> As a matter of historical fact men wore corsets too.
>>>>> Just to present a manly posture, or to keep in the belly,
>>>>> or worse, the embonpoint. Or for appearing more dandyish.
>>>>>
>>>>> The fashion for corsets for both males and females mostly ended
>>>>> around the beginning of the 20th century,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As recently as yesterday -- TV ads show something remarkably
>>>> similar to corsets, in shape and apparent function.  They are
>>>> elasticised, and advertised for relief of lower-back pain.
>>>
>>> Or called a back brace, and advertised for weightlifters, body builders,
>>> and like fools.
>>>
>>>> Maybe they are not as tight?  Maybe they distribute pressure
>>>> differently?
>>>
>>> Supposedly they help with distributing pressures over the spine.
>>> (not the purpose of the original corsets)
>>>
>>> Looking at the covers of the Flashman novels for painted evidence
>>> it seems quite likely that he wore one.
>>> Of course the documented text of his adventure will never admit this.
>>> Corsets in there are exclusively for ladies to be gotten out off,
>>
>> George MacDonald Fraser put a lot of work into getting the historical 
>> details right - but I don't know if, whoever did the dust jacket 
>> artwork, was as painstaking.
> 
> Give those commas back to Janet!

It was much more fun with them in place.


-- 
Sam Plusnet

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#1152091

In article <p7yyS.183141$r0Ye.90365@fx13.ams1>, not@home.com says...
> 
> On 09/10/2026 23:37, Snidely wrote:
> > Just this Friday, Sam Plusnet explained that ...
> >> On 09/10/2026 19:54, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> >>> Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 12:57:05 +0200, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
> >>>> Lodder) wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> You seen to think that the corset was a female garment.
> >>>>> As a matter of historical fact men wore corsets too.
> >>>>> Just to present a manly posture, or to keep in the belly,
> >>>>> or worse, the embonpoint. Or for appearing more dandyish.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The fashion for corsets for both males and females mostly ended
> >>>>> around the beginning of the 20th century,
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> As recently as yesterday -- TV ads show something remarkably
> >>>> similar to corsets, in shape and apparent function.  They are
> >>>> elasticised, and advertised for relief of lower-back pain.
> >>>
> >>> Or called a back brace, and advertised for weightlifters, body builders,
> >>> and like fools.
> >>>
> >>>> Maybe they are not as tight?  Maybe they distribute pressure
> >>>> differently?
> >>>
> >>> Supposedly they help with distributing pressures over the spine.
> >>> (not the purpose of the original corsets)
> >>>
> >>> Looking at the covers of the Flashman novels for painted evidence
> >>> it seems quite likely that he wore one.
> >>> Of course the documented text of his adventure will never admit this.
> >>> Corsets in there are exclusively for ladies to be gotten out off,
> >>
> >> George MacDonald Fraser put a lot of work into getting the historical 
> >> details right - but I don't know if, whoever did the dust jacket 
> >> artwork, was as painstaking.
> > 
> > Give those commas back to Janet!
> 
> It was much more fun with them in place.

   Your commas are not where I would have placed them, but it's 
gratifying to know that anybody still cares about comma conservation. 

   Janet

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#1152073

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

> On 09/10/2026 19:54, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> > Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 12:57:05 +0200, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
> >> Lodder) wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> You seen to think that the corset was a female garment.
> >>> As a matter of historical fact men wore corsets too.
> >>> Just to present a manly posture, or to keep in the belly,
> >>> or worse, the embonpoint. Or for appearing more dandyish.
> >>>
> >>> The fashion for corsets for both males and females mostly ended
> >>> around the beginning of the 20th century,
> >>>
> >>
> >> As recently as yesterday -- TV ads show something remarkably
> >> similar to corsets, in shape and apparent function.  They are
> >> elasticised, and advertised for relief of lower-back pain.
> > 
> > Or called a back brace, and advertised for weightlifters, body builders,
> > and like fools.
> > 
> >> Maybe they are not as tight?  Maybe they distribute pressure
> >> differently?
> > 
> > Supposedly they help with distributing pressures over the spine.
> > (not the purpose of the original corsets)
> > 
> > Looking at the covers of the Flashman novels for painted evidence
> > it seems quite likely that he wore one.
> > Of course the documented text of his adventure will never admit this.
> > Corsets in there are exclusively for ladies to be gotten out off,
> 
> George MacDonald Fraser put a lot of work into getting the historical
> details right - but I don't know if, whoever did the dust jacket 
> artwork, was as painstaking.

It must have been based on historical portraits,
one would guess,

Jan

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#1152061

On Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:43:53 -0700
Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> wrote:

> Radey Shouman was thinking very hard :
> > occam <occam@nowhere.nix> writes:
> >
> >> On 08/10/2026 10:37, Aidan Kehoe wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>  Ar an t-ochtú lá de mí Deireadh Fómhair, scríobh occam: 
> >>> 
> >>>  > On 08/10/2026 05:09, Snidely wrote:
> >>>  > > The "floorboard" came up in a word game today, and I noticed something
> >>>  > > interesting that was not a factor in the game ... it's two syllables 
> >>> and  > > it's long.  Ten letters, getting five from each syllable.
> >>>  > > 
> >>>  > > I'm sure there are more impressive examples of long words of a sparing
> >>>  > > two syllables, and I invite you to remind me of them, but I will go 
> >>> off  > > and ruminate on this for a bit myself.
> >>>  > > 
> >>>  > > So what are your suggestions?
> >>>  > > 
> >>>  > Assuming you are looking for the largest number of letters for a
> >>>  > 2-syllable word:
> >>>  > 
> >>>  > "flightpaths" 2 syllables, 11 letters.
> >>> 
> >>> Featherstonehaugh as fanshaw would count, but that’s a proper noun.
> >>> 
> >>> “Soundproofed” has 12. 
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> "straightlaced" has 13.
> >
> > Isn't that just a mispelled version of "straitlaced", which has 11?
> >
> > Straight laces don't make any sense.
> 
> M-W speculates that corsets make you stand straight, but maybe you 
> prefer to be strict and not stretch the laces.
> 
I'm fairly laisse faire about laces.

(coarsesetting is only done by sloppy bricklayers)
-- 
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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#1152045

Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> posted:

> occam <occam@nowhere.nix> writes:
> 
> > On 08/10/2026 10:37, Aidan Kehoe wrote:
> >> 
> >>  Ar an t-ochtú lá de mí Deireadh Fómhair, scríobh occam: 
> >> 
> >>  > On 08/10/2026 05:09, Snidely wrote:
> >>  > > The "floorboard" came up in a word game today, and I noticed something
> >>  > > interesting that was not a factor in the game ... it's two syllables and
> >>  > > it's long.  Ten letters, getting five from each syllable.
> >>  > > 
> >>  > > I'm sure there are more impressive examples of long words of a sparing
> >>  > > two syllables, and I invite you to remind me of them, but I will go off
> >>  > > and ruminate on this for a bit myself.
> >>  > > 
> >>  > > So what are your suggestions?
> >>  > > 
> >>  > Assuming you are looking for the largest number of letters for a
> >>  > 2-syllable word:
> >>  > 
> >>  > "flightpaths" 2 syllables, 11 letters.
> >> 
> >> Featherstonehaugh as fanshaw would count, but that’s a proper noun.
> >> 
> >> “Soundproofed” has 12. 
> >> 
> >
> > "straightlaced" has 13.
> 
> Isn't that just a mispelled version of "straitlaced", which has 11?

Ah, thank you. That was what I was thinking, but I hadn't got around to checking.
> 
> Straight laces don't make any sense.
> 


-- 
athel

Living in Marseilles for 39 years; mainly in England before that,
with long periods in Singapore, California, Chile and Canada 

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#1151976

Thursday, occam murmurred ...
> On 08/10/2026 05:09, Snidely wrote:
>> The "floorboard" came up in a word game today, and I noticed something
>> interesting that was not a factor in the game ... it's two syllables and
>> it's long.  Ten letters, getting five from each syllable.
>> 
>> I'm sure there are more impressive examples of long words of a sparing
>> two syllables, and I invite you to remind me of them, but I will go off
>> and ruminate on this for a bit myself.
>> 
>> So what are your suggestions?
>> 
> Assuming you are looking for the largest number of letters for a
> 2-syllable word:
>
> "flightpaths" 2 syllables, 11 letters.

A good contribution ... by you, or by grep?

/dps

-- 
Killing a mouse was hardly a Nobel Prize-worthy exercise, and Lawrence 
went apopleptic when he learned a lousy rodent had peed away all his 
precious heavy water.
_The Disappearing Spoon_, Sam Kean

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#1151968

On 08/10/2026 04:09, Snidely wrote:
> The "floorboard" came up in a word game today, and I noticed something 
> interesting that was not a factor in the game ... it's two syllables and 
> it's long.  Ten letters, getting five from each syllable.
> 
> I'm sure there are more impressive examples of long words of a sparing 
> two syllables, and I invite you to remind me of them, but I will go off 
> and ruminate on this for a bit myself.
> 
> So what are your suggestions?
> 
> /dps
> 
> 

Not permissible in Scrabble, but 'Knightsbridge' has not only 13 letters 
and two syllables, but also six consecutive consonants.

-- 
Phil B

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#1151971

On 08/10/2026 10:32, Phil wrote:
> On 08/10/2026 04:09, Snidely wrote:
>> The "floorboard" came up in a word game today, and I noticed something
>> interesting that was not a factor in the game ... it's two syllables
>> and it's long.  Ten letters, getting five from each syllable.
>>
>> I'm sure there are more impressive examples of long words of a sparing
>> two syllables, and I invite you to remind me of them, but I will go
>> off and ruminate on this for a bit myself.
>>
>> So what are your suggestions?
>>
>> /dps
>>
>>
> 
> Not permissible in Scrabble, but 'Knightsbridge' has not only 13 letters
> and two syllables, but also six consecutive consonants.
> 

[repeat] "straightlaced" is permissible in Scrabble, and not a proper
name to boot.

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#1151986

On 08/10/26 20:36, occam wrote:

> [repeat] "straightlaced" is permissible in Scrabble, and not a
> proper name to boot.

You could be right. Google's AI claims that the "gh" version, using
"straight" to mean "tight" , is a known alternative spelling.

-- 
Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

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#1151972

In article <mn.3cb97eaa8b93a83b.127094@snitoo>,
Snidely  <snidely.too@gmail.com> wrote:

>I'm sure there are more impressive examples of long words of a sparing 
>two syllables, and I invite you to remind me of them, but I will go off 
>and ruminate on this for a bit myself.

breakthroughs
draughtsboards
hairsbreadths

(with a little help from "grep").

-- Richard

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#1151974

On 08/10/2026 11:35, Richard Tobin wrote:
> In article <mn.3cb97eaa8b93a83b.127094@snitoo>,
> Snidely  <snidely.too@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm sure there are more impressive examples of long words of a sparing 
>> two syllables, and I invite you to remind me of them, but I will go off 
>> and ruminate on this for a bit myself.
> 
> breakthroughs
> draughtsboards
> hairsbreadths
> 
> (with a little help from "grep").
> 
The winner would be draughtsboards (14), except an internet search
reveals: "We found one dictionary that defines the word
[draughtsboards]: Wiktionary

Are there any other dictionaries that list the word in this form?
(Yes, I'm casting aspersions on Wiktionary <smile> .)

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#1151981

In article <nip7bpFkehuU1@mid.individual.net>,
occam  <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

>The winner would be draughtsboards (14), except an internet search
>reveals: "We found one dictionary that defines the word
>[draughtsboards]: Wiktionary
>
>Are there any other dictionaries that list the word in this form?
>(Yes, I'm casting aspersions on Wiktionary <smile> .)

I see that there's a draughtsboard shark:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draughtsboard_shark

-- Richard

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#1151993

On 08 Oct 2026, Snidely wrote

> The "floorboard" came up in a word game today, and I noticed
> something interesting that was not a factor in the game ... it's
> two syllables and it's long.  Ten letters, getting five from each
> syllable. 
> 
> I'm sure there are more impressive examples of long words of a
> sparing two syllables, and I invite you to remind me of them, but
> I will go off and ruminate on this for a bit myself.
> 
> So what are your suggestions?

straightedge - 12 letters, two syllables.

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#1152043

On 08/10/2026 16:06, HVS wrote:
> On 08 Oct 2026, Snidely wrote
> 
>> The "floorboard" came up in a word game today, and I noticed
>> something interesting that was not a factor in the game ... it's
>> two syllables and it's long.  Ten letters, getting five from each
>> syllable. 
>>
>> I'm sure there are more impressive examples of long words of a
>> sparing two syllables, and I invite you to remind me of them, but
>> I will go off and ruminate on this for a bit myself.
>>
>> So what are your suggestions?
> 
> straightedge - 12 letters, two syllables.
> 

...'straightedged' even (13). (You're welcome.)

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#1152056

On 09 Oct 2026, occam wrote

> On 08/10/2026 16:06, HVS wrote:
>> On 08 Oct 2026, Snidely wrote
>> 
>>> The "floorboard" came up in a word game today, and I noticed
>>> something interesting that was not a factor in the game ... it's
>>> two syllables and it's long.  Ten letters, getting five from each
>>> syllable. 
>>> 
>>> I'm sure there are more impressive examples of long words of a
>>> sparing two syllables, and I invite you to remind me of them, but
>>> I will go off and ruminate on this for a bit myself.
>>> 
>>> So what are your suggestions?
>> 
>> straightedge - 12 letters, two syllables.
>> 
> 
> ...'straightedged' even (13). (You're welcome.)

Well spotted; I shoulda' seen that...

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#1152040

Thus spake Snidely:
> The "floorboard" came up in a word game today, 

I'm glad to see I spelled it correctly in the body text.

-d

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