January 30 2012
2012AD (Anything Different?)
As Queensland is getting flogged by tropical rain, and Cyclone Iggy is mauling the Pilbara, the time seems right to resume our Storm cycle for 2012, launching a new challenge on Tuesday as per usual.
Though before we get cracking in earnest, see how you feel about a few minor tweaks to the formula:
the formal contests (with weekend shortlist and medal ceremony) won’t be every week, but once or twice a month. A good way to keep our edge, as well as manage the backroom hours.
plenty of more casual whimsy and word challenges in between – much like the last few weeks have been. All fun and less post mortem.
maybe a chance for guest posts, or DIY puzzles, depending on your Muses.
open call for other Category ideas – reviving existing ones, or trialling the new. Any notions? Feel free to lodge your thoughts here, or offstage through the Email link.
One idea is Site-seeing, where now and then a new word-flavoured website (or web wonder) is nominated – such as our own Nib’s brilliant Die Antwoord spoof here – or any one of the English-y sites currently up for prizes in the Macmillan Dictionary’s poll. We check it, and swap impressions, or the trinkets we discover.
Anyway, that’s one idea among a dozen tangents we may try in ‘12. Always keen to harbour your genius, and hear your thoughts.
Comments
Nib — 30 January at 11:05AM
An addition to site-seeing, this poem contains numerous humorous anomalies of English pronunciation:
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2011/12/23/english-pronunciation/
I can't remember which of you posted a similar one of your own creation previously, but I was planning on writing and filming a rap video about the subject.
DA — 30 January at 11:10AM
Nib - I should add for those like me who didn't know the original Antwoord song (or clip), that your spoof is whambam Grammy-material, once you see the dark original. Your 'parroty' is sensational.
Mauve — 30 January at 11:21AM
I agree. I showed it to the kids on the weekend and they were gobsmacked - enquiries on how one gets into film production courses followed - my fave: "to-ma-to"
Mauve — 30 January at 07:20PM
Nib, you should put the "Enter The Ginger" website link in the Your website: field on this page next time you post.
Your name will appear in orange and everyone will be one click from seeing your video
Nib — 30 January at 07:26PM
My name will appear in orange? What a great marketing ploy! :P
DC — 31 January at 12:10AM
Just for fun: Etymology-Man.
Mauve — 31 January at 08:17AM
Actually Nib, your name appears in ginger - wtf
Pity Die Antwoord seems to be on threatening terms with the youtube content overviewers though