tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312096018815086218.post9144997953867177015..comments2022-10-15T23:47:34.392+09:00Comments on A Scrabble Guide to Daily Life: A List... Sometimes (-dar)Carmen and Adrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037170120995602524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312096018815086218.post-52585099235888357242009-10-22T20:01:19.676+09:002009-10-22T20:01:19.676+09:00I got this message from David Sutton, who gave me ...I got this message from David Sutton, who gave me permission to post it:<br /><br />Hi Adrian<br /><br />Re the -DAR words on your latest blog entry: thought you might be interested<br />in a quote from Kipling's bravura poem 'Ballad of East and West' that<br />features RESSALDAR (variant of RISALDAR):<br /><br />'So, thou must eat the White Queen's meat, and all her foes are thine,<br />And thou must harry thy father's hold for the peace of the Border-line,<br />And thou must make a trooper tough and hack thy way to power --<br />Belike they will raise thee to Ressaldar when I am hanged in Peshawur'.<br /><br />I did your two quizzes and got 9/10 in both. The nine I got I got instantly,<br />once I'd alphagrammatised them, but for some reason I just couldn't get RICE HEAD<br />or SOME GRIN, though I know both words perfectly well - in fact I remember<br />failing on CHARIDEE several times before, so I really ought to get it by<br />now.<br /><br />Regards<br />DavidCarmen and Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037170120995602524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312096018815086218.post-10214751659457180302009-10-21T11:39:23.720+09:002009-10-21T11:39:23.720+09:00The Oxford English Dictionary (my favourite source...The Oxford English Dictionary (my favourite source) indicates that "-dar" means "possessing" or "lord" in Persian. Here I am, talking about Scrabble... Must be contagious. Please consider this a sample of my tendency to verify sources again and again. The WifeCarmen and Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037170120995602524noreply@blogger.com