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[SPOILERS]Acrid Pinot and other Pindicator anagrams

#1
October 21st, 2012, 13:37
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October 21st, 2012, 13:41
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Note to Self: Next time you propose a game, have a clear plan that people can make changes to, rather than trying to cat-herd together a consensus.
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October 21st, 2012, 23:07 (This post was last modified: October 21st, 2012, 23:11 by NobleHelium.)
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1808 looks wrong to me...Madison was Secretary of State during Jefferson's term. I guess he meant former Congressman. Okay and 1896 is just flimsy. At what point is a Midwesterner tall?
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October 21st, 2012, 23:16
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October 21st, 2012, 23:20
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Well that is certainly different

Off the top of my head, I feel like settling in place and picking the zulu
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October 21st, 2012, 23:22
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(October 21st, 2012, 23:20)pindicator Wrote: and picking the zulu

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October 21st, 2012, 23:22 (This post was last modified: October 21st, 2012, 23:23 by Merovech.)
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(October 21st, 2012, 23:07)NobleHelium Wrote: 1808 looks wrong to me...Madison was Secretary of State during Jefferson's term. I guess he meant former Congressman. Okay and 1896 is just flimsy. At what point is a Midwesterner tall?


The author doesn't specify sitting Congressman, so I believe he means "sitting or former Congressman." If so, I have no issues with his wording for 1808; although it is not perfectly clear, the clarity is not horrible, inmo. I imagine that for 1896, he just didn't want to keep posting specific heights to avoid stylistic issues with repetition; after all, he uses specific height values in 1860 and 1900. He changes up the wording for most of his sentences in this comic, so I imagine he was trying to avoid repetition throughout it.
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October 21st, 2012, 23:27
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I don't think you generally address former Congressmen as "Congressman," so I would argue that you need to specify "former" Congressman.
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October 21st, 2012, 23:33 (This post was last modified: October 21st, 2012, 23:39 by Merovech.)
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Why not? One can address former governors as "Governor;" at least, the moderators in the presidential debates referred to Mitt Romney that way.

I just did a little research. Robert Hickey, the deputy director of The Proctor School of Washington and the author of "Honor & Respect: The Official Guide to Names, Titles, and Forms of Address," agrees with you. See the second question on this page: http://www.formsofaddress.info/Congressman.html

So, you are correct as far as I can see.
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#10
October 21st, 2012, 23:37
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Well all right then. We should just start calling everyone "Right Honorable" instead.
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