{"id":1831,"date":"2008-04-28T19:58:12","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T00:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2008-04-28T20:01:18","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T01:01:18","slug":"contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2008\/contest-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week’s contest about “Lucy translations”:\/news\/2008\/contest-big-brain-two-year-old-tongue\/ garnered lots of interest — and outstanding entries. Do we have some winners? As Lucy herself would say (as of late), “Yes!” <\/p>\n

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p{color:gray}. Photo: Lucy Boyd — getting smarter every day!<\/p>\n

First, some observations:<\/p>\n

* Two questions received no correct answers: “why-gee” and “box.” (For the complete answers, see below.)<\/p>\n

* That final extra-credit question, “why-gee,” we expected was nearly impossible; “wedgie” and “Rosie” were our two favorite guesses.<\/p>\n

* Three questions were translated correctly by every entrant: “brella,” “grilla,” and “amiwall.”<\/p>\n

* At least one Mozart opera, _The Marriage of Figaro,_ was referenced, as were one spiritual (“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”) and every toddler’s favorite indie band, They Might Be Giants.<\/p>\n

* One anonymous entrant <cough> (Grandpa Boyd) <cough> littered his submission with allusions to America’s rail transport system.<\/p>\n

* Some of you should schedule a trip to the physician, with all the references to hernias, Flonase, Botox, Tums, and flatulence.<\/p>\n

* Our favorite wrong answer: “German for backside” for #16.<\/p>\n

But with no further ado, here are the winners:<\/p>\n

bq.. Bronze medalist (with a score of 10): *Sara S.*<\/p>\n

Silver medalists (tied at 11): *Toni R.* and *Keri M.*<\/p>\n

Gold medalist (12 correct): *Allie B.*<\/p>\n

p. “Congratulations”:\/news\/2008\/congratulations\/ to all! Even the lamest entry <cough> (Grandpa Boyd) <cough> wasn’t far behind, with 6 correct — so three cheers to all. The winners will receive a special set of Lucy photo stickers, an autographed glossy of the Birthday Girl, and for Allie, a bag of Lucy’s favorite delicacy: M&Ms (the answer to question #11, which she was the only one to get right).<\/p>\n

Here are the questions and the correct answers:<\/p>\n

# penders = suspenders
\n# buff-uh-lye = butterfly
\n# effalunt = elephant
\n# mitz-itz-itz = Ritz Bitz
\n# upperdance = “underpants”:\/news\/2008\/words-we-might-regret-teaching-lucy\/
\n# brella = umbrella
\n# grilla = gorilla
\n# may-moe-noe = tomato
\n# flowcake = snowflake (and the word that inspired this contest)
\n# punj = sponge
\n# nums = M&Ms
\n# checkup = ketchup
\n# amiwall = animal
\n# box = fox (as in “Will you eat them with a fox? Will you eat them in a box?”)
\n# nilk = milk
\n# high-nee-uh = hyena
\n# fing-uh-low = flamingo
\n# blow-lit = blow on it
\n# extra credit: why-gee = raisin<\/p>\n

Finally, it must be admitted that even Mama thinks she might have gotten one or two of these wrong herself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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