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Wishing everyone a very happy and healthy New Year! Best, Julia
Just an interesting factoid about SHOFARS. In Hebrew the plural is shofarot (שופרות). Wishing all who celebrate a Happy New Year שנה טובה! Best, Julia
I haven’t been around much lately. Just wanted to drop in and wish everyone a happy new year. I wrote earlier but the emus got it. All the best from Tel Aviv, Julia
Hello all. Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Best regards from Tel Aviv, Julia
Please count me among the lovers of this fun puzzle!
I’m very grateful for the daily puzzle. I wouldn’t dream of criticizing the expected level for a given day. I enjoyed this one a lot. Thumbs up.
I thought that BSCHOOL was referring to business school, not a second choice. I never heard of a BARKCOLLAR being used. Is it a choke collar? Sounds cruel.
I’ve always loved the expression HOP, SKIP, AND A JUMP and very happy to see it in the puzzle today.
Loved the puzzle today! Cute theme. However: The Hebrew name ELI (אלי) means “my God.” No Israeli would think otherwise. It is spelled with an aleph (א). “High” as a clue perhaps confuses it with עלי/עליון Ali or Alyon (“to ascend,” “Most High”).
I was busy today and almost skipped doing the puzzle. But once I saw that Rebecca Goldstein is the constructor, I made time for it! She’s one of my favorite constructors, always a fun solve. Nice one!
An easy Thursday. No complaints here. For me an enjoyable solve.
@Sam Lyons These days no one knows what a typewriter is.
@Barry Ancona I had a feeling I’d hear from you about this, Barry. :) You raise a good point. I still hate the way it’s often used/misused these days. Cheers, FJC
I had BUDINSKIES for the longest time until I finally got to BUSYBODIES. And so a new PB eluded me. I’m not even sure now that BUDINSKIES is even the right spelling.
I’m on iPhone but didn’t get the animation. So I checked and sure enough needed to update the NYT Games app. Now I see it! A truly fun solve today. Speaking of MINIGOLF the best one ever was (maybe still is) in Parc Floral in Paris. Each hole was a different monument of Paris!
I Blame It On The Rain (or lack thereof in these parts at this time of year!).
@Roberta I also had never heard of it but found examples on YouTube. <a href="https://youtu.be/Vgb1tL76Ins?feature=shared" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Vgb1tL76Ins?feature=shared</a> Hope the emus won’t get me for this.
Didn’t the term ZHUZH UP originate on Queer Eye? I remember Jonathan using it a few seasons ago.
@Ruth Maybe it exists. I think the overwhelming majority of Hebrew speakers would say that the name Eli means “my god” and few or none would say “high” is the meaning of the name.
@Thomas You are right; I looked it up. The singular of CANNOLI is “cannolo.” @Leontion And the singular of “spaghetti” is “spaghetto.” According to Gemini (AI): “While "spaghetto" is the correct singular term, English speakers rarely use it, instead referring to a single noodle as a "strand of spaghetti" or simply using "spaghetti" as a non-count noun.”
@Eric Hougland For some reason I was convinced it was a lyre and was looking for a pun with liar.
@Steve L I apparently misunderstood Sam’s comment. But isn’t there such a thing as a BSCHOOL being a second choice?
When did IONA College become a university? I remember that in my childhood (a few decades ago) there was a joke whose punchline was Iona College (I own a college). But I can’t for the life of me remember the setup for it.
@Steve L Totally agree. Also, NAVAHO is clearly stated as a variant when you look up NAVAJO on the Merriam-Webster site.
18A reminded me of the old three stooges routine: <a href="https://youtu.be/eeLKdrh0KAQ?si=8cJtpDPgw3yEyBTL" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/eeLKdrh0KAQ?si=8cJtpDPgw3yEyBTL</a>
@Call Me Al And also “Baubles, Bangles, and Beads.”
@Kevin Just sayin’ - I flagged one of the nasty comments a few hours ago and it seems to be gone now.
@Lad919 This whole thread reminds me of that The New Yorker cover page by Saul Steinberg: “View of the World from 9th Avenue.” <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_World_from_9th_Avenue?wprov=sfti1" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_World_from_9th_Avenue?wprov=sfti1</a>#
@Sam Lyons Nice! I totally relate. And deeply regret not having hung on to at least one of the typewriters of my life.
It’s late here and I’m too tired to read through all the comments. But I want to weigh in about the phrase AS PER. It should be abolished! Generally using just PER suffices. So The NY Times shouldn’t have allowed it.
@pjbfamily I’m on iPhone and got no colors at the end. Sure enough, it turned out that I needed to update the app. 🤦♀️
@JayTee Haha yes, duly noted. I meant the young people.
@Bruce I don't think so, but don't remember...
@sb I also tried asking ChatGPT. Your joke was better by far than anything it was up to come up with!
@Evan What colors? I’m on iPhone but didn’t get them.
@Geoff Offermann Argh!!! Didn’t get it. 🤦♀️ Until reading this thread.
@Nora Thanks, checking it out. :)
@SP You raise some interesting points. But here’s the thing. This is a Monday puzzle. So the more common meaning should have been used.
@SBK Probably! Same to you. 🍏🍎
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