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Below are some observations and random thoughts from a recent trip:
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
An unpretentious piggy.
Astonished by an unobserved restoration.
Fifteen à la mode.
A digit ritually imparting divine grace.
Where could I have seen all of this?
word wordplay geography homonym
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Below are some observations and random thoughts from a recent trip:
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
An unpretentious piggy.
Astonished by an unobserved restoration.
Fifteen à la mode.
A digit ritually imparting divine grace.
Where could I have seen all of this?
word wordplay geography homonym
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add a comment |
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Below are some observations and random thoughts from a recent trip:
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
An unpretentious piggy.
Astonished by an unobserved restoration.
Fifteen à la mode.
A digit ritually imparting divine grace.
Where could I have seen all of this?
word wordplay geography homonym
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Below are some observations and random thoughts from a recent trip:
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
An unpretentious piggy.
Astonished by an unobserved restoration.
Fifteen à la mode.
A digit ritually imparting divine grace.
Where could I have seen all of this?
word wordplay geography homonym
word wordplay geography homonym
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Partial answer
Clearly you were visiting
California.
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Cupertino (cooper, tea? no)
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
Folsom (full some)
An unpretentious piggy.
Haven't got this one. Modesto? (But where's the piggy?) Wilbur Springs? (But why unpretentious?) Something ending in -ham? Or in -bank?
Astonished by an unobserved restoration.
Haven't got this one. There are a number of "Hidden X" places in California but none seems useful. [And OP confirms in comments that we're looking for a single word.] Perhaps "unobserved" is "blind" or "dark" or something of the kind (or a homonym thereof)?
Fifteen à la mode.
Haven't got this one. "A la mode" means fashionable; perhaps a place name starting or ending with "in"? Or "New Something"? "Quincy" isn't a million miles from French "quinze" meaning fifteen (and Spanish "quince"). A fifteen is a rugby team, but I don't know of any rugby-themed place names in California. Here's my best attempt at a complete explanation for "Quincy", though I'm afraid it relies on supposing the OP has made what I think are some mistakes. First, take "à la mode" to mean "in the fashion of". (It can, kinda! But only when the person or thing we're imitating comes after, not before, "à la mode": "X à la mode Y" means "X in Y's fashion". And I think there should be a "de" before Y.) OK, so now we have "in the fashion of 15". Translate 15 into Spanish, getting "quince". And now pretend we can give that a -y suffix to mean something like "with ..." or "...-like", like "icy" and "buttery". (I really don't think you can do that with a Spanish word.) Then we get "quincy". Maybe my objections to this are over-pedantic...
A digit ritually imparting divine grace.
Sacramento (sacrament 0)
(Still working on the three I haven't done yet. My best guesses for some of those are boldfaced but if they're right then I don't fully understand why. I was going to try to finish before posting but I see someone else is posting partials. I haven't looked at their answer.)
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Very nicely done so far! I will tell you that one of your bold answers is correct. And the other in question will be one word, so no "Hidden X" ;)
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– zeethreepio
3 hours ago
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Well, if one of the bold ones is right then my best guess is that it's the "fifteen" one, but the best attempt I can find at a complete explanation is, I think, just plain wrong. But I'll edit it into my answer anyway :-).
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 hours ago
2
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For the unpretentious piggy, consider the nursery rhyme, "This little piggy went to market". And note that two Ts combine into one to give you the answer. (Trying not to put spoilers in the comment.)
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
2 hours ago
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A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Cooper tea no -> Cupertino
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
Full a ton -> Fullerton
An unpretentious piggy
Modest sow -> Modesto (this is probably not right). Looking like California
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An unpretentious piggy:
Modesto - with modest meaning unpretentious and piggy as in toe.
Credit to Dr Xorile and Gareth McCaughan for both getting all but that last part of it.
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Partial answer
Clearly you were visiting
California.
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Cupertino (cooper, tea? no)
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
Folsom (full some)
An unpretentious piggy.
Haven't got this one. Modesto? (But where's the piggy?) Wilbur Springs? (But why unpretentious?) Something ending in -ham? Or in -bank?
Astonished by an unobserved restoration.
Haven't got this one. There are a number of "Hidden X" places in California but none seems useful. [And OP confirms in comments that we're looking for a single word.] Perhaps "unobserved" is "blind" or "dark" or something of the kind (or a homonym thereof)?
Fifteen à la mode.
Haven't got this one. "A la mode" means fashionable; perhaps a place name starting or ending with "in"? Or "New Something"? "Quincy" isn't a million miles from French "quinze" meaning fifteen (and Spanish "quince"). A fifteen is a rugby team, but I don't know of any rugby-themed place names in California. Here's my best attempt at a complete explanation for "Quincy", though I'm afraid it relies on supposing the OP has made what I think are some mistakes. First, take "à la mode" to mean "in the fashion of". (It can, kinda! But only when the person or thing we're imitating comes after, not before, "à la mode": "X à la mode Y" means "X in Y's fashion". And I think there should be a "de" before Y.) OK, so now we have "in the fashion of 15". Translate 15 into Spanish, getting "quince". And now pretend we can give that a -y suffix to mean something like "with ..." or "...-like", like "icy" and "buttery". (I really don't think you can do that with a Spanish word.) Then we get "quincy". Maybe my objections to this are over-pedantic...
A digit ritually imparting divine grace.
Sacramento (sacrament 0)
(Still working on the three I haven't done yet. My best guesses for some of those are boldfaced but if they're right then I don't fully understand why. I was going to try to finish before posting but I see someone else is posting partials. I haven't looked at their answer.)
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Very nicely done so far! I will tell you that one of your bold answers is correct. And the other in question will be one word, so no "Hidden X" ;)
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– zeethreepio
3 hours ago
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Well, if one of the bold ones is right then my best guess is that it's the "fifteen" one, but the best attempt I can find at a complete explanation is, I think, just plain wrong. But I'll edit it into my answer anyway :-).
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 hours ago
2
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For the unpretentious piggy, consider the nursery rhyme, "This little piggy went to market". And note that two Ts combine into one to give you the answer. (Trying not to put spoilers in the comment.)
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
2 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Partial answer
Clearly you were visiting
California.
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Cupertino (cooper, tea? no)
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
Folsom (full some)
An unpretentious piggy.
Haven't got this one. Modesto? (But where's the piggy?) Wilbur Springs? (But why unpretentious?) Something ending in -ham? Or in -bank?
Astonished by an unobserved restoration.
Haven't got this one. There are a number of "Hidden X" places in California but none seems useful. [And OP confirms in comments that we're looking for a single word.] Perhaps "unobserved" is "blind" or "dark" or something of the kind (or a homonym thereof)?
Fifteen à la mode.
Haven't got this one. "A la mode" means fashionable; perhaps a place name starting or ending with "in"? Or "New Something"? "Quincy" isn't a million miles from French "quinze" meaning fifteen (and Spanish "quince"). A fifteen is a rugby team, but I don't know of any rugby-themed place names in California. Here's my best attempt at a complete explanation for "Quincy", though I'm afraid it relies on supposing the OP has made what I think are some mistakes. First, take "à la mode" to mean "in the fashion of". (It can, kinda! But only when the person or thing we're imitating comes after, not before, "à la mode": "X à la mode Y" means "X in Y's fashion". And I think there should be a "de" before Y.) OK, so now we have "in the fashion of 15". Translate 15 into Spanish, getting "quince". And now pretend we can give that a -y suffix to mean something like "with ..." or "...-like", like "icy" and "buttery". (I really don't think you can do that with a Spanish word.) Then we get "quincy". Maybe my objections to this are over-pedantic...
A digit ritually imparting divine grace.
Sacramento (sacrament 0)
(Still working on the three I haven't done yet. My best guesses for some of those are boldfaced but if they're right then I don't fully understand why. I was going to try to finish before posting but I see someone else is posting partials. I haven't looked at their answer.)
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$begingroup$
Very nicely done so far! I will tell you that one of your bold answers is correct. And the other in question will be one word, so no "Hidden X" ;)
$endgroup$
– zeethreepio
3 hours ago
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Well, if one of the bold ones is right then my best guess is that it's the "fifteen" one, but the best attempt I can find at a complete explanation is, I think, just plain wrong. But I'll edit it into my answer anyway :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 hours ago
2
$begingroup$
For the unpretentious piggy, consider the nursery rhyme, "This little piggy went to market". And note that two Ts combine into one to give you the answer. (Trying not to put spoilers in the comment.)
$endgroup$
– GentlePurpleRain♦
2 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Partial answer
Clearly you were visiting
California.
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Cupertino (cooper, tea? no)
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
Folsom (full some)
An unpretentious piggy.
Haven't got this one. Modesto? (But where's the piggy?) Wilbur Springs? (But why unpretentious?) Something ending in -ham? Or in -bank?
Astonished by an unobserved restoration.
Haven't got this one. There are a number of "Hidden X" places in California but none seems useful. [And OP confirms in comments that we're looking for a single word.] Perhaps "unobserved" is "blind" or "dark" or something of the kind (or a homonym thereof)?
Fifteen à la mode.
Haven't got this one. "A la mode" means fashionable; perhaps a place name starting or ending with "in"? Or "New Something"? "Quincy" isn't a million miles from French "quinze" meaning fifteen (and Spanish "quince"). A fifteen is a rugby team, but I don't know of any rugby-themed place names in California. Here's my best attempt at a complete explanation for "Quincy", though I'm afraid it relies on supposing the OP has made what I think are some mistakes. First, take "à la mode" to mean "in the fashion of". (It can, kinda! But only when the person or thing we're imitating comes after, not before, "à la mode": "X à la mode Y" means "X in Y's fashion". And I think there should be a "de" before Y.) OK, so now we have "in the fashion of 15". Translate 15 into Spanish, getting "quince". And now pretend we can give that a -y suffix to mean something like "with ..." or "...-like", like "icy" and "buttery". (I really don't think you can do that with a Spanish word.) Then we get "quincy". Maybe my objections to this are over-pedantic...
A digit ritually imparting divine grace.
Sacramento (sacrament 0)
(Still working on the three I haven't done yet. My best guesses for some of those are boldfaced but if they're right then I don't fully understand why. I was going to try to finish before posting but I see someone else is posting partials. I haven't looked at their answer.)
$endgroup$
Partial answer
Clearly you were visiting
California.
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Cupertino (cooper, tea? no)
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
Folsom (full some)
An unpretentious piggy.
Haven't got this one. Modesto? (But where's the piggy?) Wilbur Springs? (But why unpretentious?) Something ending in -ham? Or in -bank?
Astonished by an unobserved restoration.
Haven't got this one. There are a number of "Hidden X" places in California but none seems useful. [And OP confirms in comments that we're looking for a single word.] Perhaps "unobserved" is "blind" or "dark" or something of the kind (or a homonym thereof)?
Fifteen à la mode.
Haven't got this one. "A la mode" means fashionable; perhaps a place name starting or ending with "in"? Or "New Something"? "Quincy" isn't a million miles from French "quinze" meaning fifteen (and Spanish "quince"). A fifteen is a rugby team, but I don't know of any rugby-themed place names in California. Here's my best attempt at a complete explanation for "Quincy", though I'm afraid it relies on supposing the OP has made what I think are some mistakes. First, take "à la mode" to mean "in the fashion of". (It can, kinda! But only when the person or thing we're imitating comes after, not before, "à la mode": "X à la mode Y" means "X in Y's fashion". And I think there should be a "de" before Y.) OK, so now we have "in the fashion of 15". Translate 15 into Spanish, getting "quince". And now pretend we can give that a -y suffix to mean something like "with ..." or "...-like", like "icy" and "buttery". (I really don't think you can do that with a Spanish word.) Then we get "quincy". Maybe my objections to this are over-pedantic...
A digit ritually imparting divine grace.
Sacramento (sacrament 0)
(Still working on the three I haven't done yet. My best guesses for some of those are boldfaced but if they're right then I don't fully understand why. I was going to try to finish before posting but I see someone else is posting partials. I haven't looked at their answer.)
edited 2 hours ago
answered 3 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
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Very nicely done so far! I will tell you that one of your bold answers is correct. And the other in question will be one word, so no "Hidden X" ;)
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– zeethreepio
3 hours ago
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Well, if one of the bold ones is right then my best guess is that it's the "fifteen" one, but the best attempt I can find at a complete explanation is, I think, just plain wrong. But I'll edit it into my answer anyway :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 hours ago
2
$begingroup$
For the unpretentious piggy, consider the nursery rhyme, "This little piggy went to market". And note that two Ts combine into one to give you the answer. (Trying not to put spoilers in the comment.)
$endgroup$
– GentlePurpleRain♦
2 hours ago
add a comment |
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Very nicely done so far! I will tell you that one of your bold answers is correct. And the other in question will be one word, so no "Hidden X" ;)
$endgroup$
– zeethreepio
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
Well, if one of the bold ones is right then my best guess is that it's the "fifteen" one, but the best attempt I can find at a complete explanation is, I think, just plain wrong. But I'll edit it into my answer anyway :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 hours ago
2
$begingroup$
For the unpretentious piggy, consider the nursery rhyme, "This little piggy went to market". And note that two Ts combine into one to give you the answer. (Trying not to put spoilers in the comment.)
$endgroup$
– GentlePurpleRain♦
2 hours ago
$begingroup$
Very nicely done so far! I will tell you that one of your bold answers is correct. And the other in question will be one word, so no "Hidden X" ;)
$endgroup$
– zeethreepio
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
Very nicely done so far! I will tell you that one of your bold answers is correct. And the other in question will be one word, so no "Hidden X" ;)
$endgroup$
– zeethreepio
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
Well, if one of the bold ones is right then my best guess is that it's the "fifteen" one, but the best attempt I can find at a complete explanation is, I think, just plain wrong. But I'll edit it into my answer anyway :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 hours ago
$begingroup$
Well, if one of the bold ones is right then my best guess is that it's the "fifteen" one, but the best attempt I can find at a complete explanation is, I think, just plain wrong. But I'll edit it into my answer anyway :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 hours ago
2
2
$begingroup$
For the unpretentious piggy, consider the nursery rhyme, "This little piggy went to market". And note that two Ts combine into one to give you the answer. (Trying not to put spoilers in the comment.)
$endgroup$
– GentlePurpleRain♦
2 hours ago
$begingroup$
For the unpretentious piggy, consider the nursery rhyme, "This little piggy went to market". And note that two Ts combine into one to give you the answer. (Trying not to put spoilers in the comment.)
$endgroup$
– GentlePurpleRain♦
2 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Cooper tea no -> Cupertino
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
Full a ton -> Fullerton
An unpretentious piggy
Modest sow -> Modesto (this is probably not right). Looking like California
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Cooper tea no -> Cupertino
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
Full a ton -> Fullerton
An unpretentious piggy
Modest sow -> Modesto (this is probably not right). Looking like California
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Cooper tea no -> Cupertino
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
Full a ton -> Fullerton
An unpretentious piggy
Modest sow -> Modesto (this is probably not right). Looking like California
$endgroup$
A barrel maker passing on some oolong.
Cooper tea no -> Cupertino
Brimming with an unspecified amount.
Full a ton -> Fullerton
An unpretentious piggy
Modest sow -> Modesto (this is probably not right). Looking like California
edited 3 hours ago
answered 3 hours ago
Dr XorileDr Xorile
12.5k22569
12.5k22569
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An unpretentious piggy:
Modesto - with modest meaning unpretentious and piggy as in toe.
Credit to Dr Xorile and Gareth McCaughan for both getting all but that last part of it.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
An unpretentious piggy:
Modesto - with modest meaning unpretentious and piggy as in toe.
Credit to Dr Xorile and Gareth McCaughan for both getting all but that last part of it.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
An unpretentious piggy:
Modesto - with modest meaning unpretentious and piggy as in toe.
Credit to Dr Xorile and Gareth McCaughan for both getting all but that last part of it.
$endgroup$
An unpretentious piggy:
Modesto - with modest meaning unpretentious and piggy as in toe.
Credit to Dr Xorile and Gareth McCaughan for both getting all but that last part of it.
answered 33 mins ago
Matthew BarberMatthew Barber
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