Cyclops 516: Collar without filth?

11 comments on “Cyclops 516: Collar without filth?”

1. 

   Frederic

   #1 - Mon 17th Mar 14, 01:47

   
   

   You must have typoed in compiling the answers, which is why your reasoning’s off: 26/17 is HASH BROWNS, which explains the “Gordon’s”.

2. 

   jetdoc

   #2 - Mon 17th Mar 14, 07:44

   
   

   Thanks, Frederic. The perils of completing a blog in haste!

3. 

   John King

   #3 - Tue 18th Mar 14, 17:04

   
   

   I do feel a little silly here but I still don’t get the answer for 23A.

   How does ‘ack = ‘orse?

4. 

   beermagnet

   #4 - Tue 18th Mar 14, 17:10

   
   

   Though most often used for the activity of riding a horse, HACK can refer to the horse itself:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_(horse)

   and if you’re a true-bred cockerney Hersham Boy like me you don’t bother pronouncing those silly Hs.

5. 

   jetdoc

   #5 - Tue 18th Mar 14, 17:11

   
   

   ’Ersham Boy, surely?

6. 

   John King

   #6 - Tue 18th Mar 14, 18:41

   
   

   Ah, thanks.

   After growing up in East London I’ve never heard of a horse referred to as a hack. We always called ’em nags raand aa way (E Stam, Newm).

7. 

   jetdoc

   #7 - Tue 18th Mar 14, 18:49

   
   

   Chambers gives:
   ‘a horse (or formerly, and still in the USA, a vehicle) kept for hire, esp one in a sorry condition; an ordinary riding horse; a ride on horseback; any person overworked on hire; a literary or journalistic drudge’

   In the equestrian circles where I come from (in which I did not personally move, but my sister did), the ‘general purpose riding horse’ sense was the understood meaning. And people talked about a hacking jacket as one they wore for riding when not out hunting (to hounds).

8. 

   lemming

   #8 - Tue 18th Mar 14, 21:38

   
   

   But where in the world is “whored” pronounced like “hoard”?

9. 

   jetdoc

   #9 - Wed 19th Mar 14, 10:13

   
   

   The perils of ‘homophones’! But I pronounce them more or less the same. How would you pronounce them differently?

10. 

    lemming

    #10 - Wed 19th Mar 14, 23:57

    
    

    In my head: similar:{horde,hoard,bawd} similar:{sawed,bored,whored}

    I’m moderately happy with a bit of semantic looseness, especially when there’s a rewarding word-play discovery when you get it. But non-close ‘homophones’ I do find difficult, and not really rewarding. I think this one I’d be tempted to clue as “nearly broadcast”.

11. 

    lemming

    #11 - Fri 21st Mar 14, 12:27

    
    

    And on the other side of the coin … (as seen in a recent newsgroup posting)

    >My wife, on hols in Ireland as a youngster, asked for “three thrupenny”
    >stamps. The nice An Post lady looked baffled, then said “Ah, you mean
    >tree treepennies”.

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