This is a challenge to FPGeeks!
And, this being a challenge (and a battle of words), it means there will be a champion, and there will be a special gift from me to the champion!
(a special thank you to Dannzeman, for creating this forum after I asked where I may post this thread)
This is a two-part challenge. The first part will not win favor with any gifts, but it will set up part two where the real challenge will take place and the champion will be had. Even if you decide not to enter this challenge for the gift, please help set up those who do with your input by participating in part one. Part two will be posted for the actual challenge entries after part one has been completed on January 24, 2014, and run through February 17, 2014, Presidents’ Day.
First, though, I’m going to start by telling you about my gift for the champion of the challenge. This way, if you don’t like the gift from winning the challenge, you can run off now, and skip the following narrative and the truly obligatory uglies (disclaimers, fine print, yada yada) if you don’t want to participate.
I will put all the uglies in a separate thread and come back and link it HERE, so as not to clutter up the challenge posting – but don’t skim or skip reading all of it, there is a silver lining hidden in the ugly cloud.
MY GIFT TO THE CHAMPION:
The choice of any (one) production model Edison Pen with stock steel nib, and a $101 USD gift certificate from the Goulet Pen Company. The combined value of the Edison Pen and Goulet Pen Company gift certificate is $250 USD.
Here are pictures of the Edison Pen production pen line, posted with permission of the Goulet Pen Company (and does include the Edison Nouveau Premiere, non-limited edition, also by permission):
Beaumont, Collier
Herald, Hudson
Pearlette, Premiere
CHALLENGE - PART ONE
A long time ago in a thread far, far away…
In 2008, I fell in love with a thread called “Difficult Words” in another forum. Folks talked about the words which gave them the most difficulty, headaches, and nightmares when trying to write them in cursive. After a half a dozen posts or so, someone else took a little creative initiative and took the words already listed and put them together into a practice sentence. The practice sentence grew with as more words were posted, and it eventually became a one-sentence mini story. It wasn’t perfect by any means, but it ended up being the practice sentence to beat all that included words with lots of z’s, x’s, q’s, double letters, multiple descenders and ascenders, words so long they hurt to write, and various combinations thereof. I have a copy of that sentence saved so I can practice with it still. However, I’m ready for a new practice sentence, and I want you to help me get it.
For part one, please help to set up a new practice sentence. From now to Friday, January 24, 2014, please start listing all the words and/or letter combinations you absolutely hate to write (um, let’s avoid the naughty words, though). All the words must be real words. Please let us know why the words or letter combinations you put up give you nightmares to write. If it is a really strange word, also add a brief definition.
In addition, if you can come up with one, please include a word containing both the letters B and G - but avoiding the suffix “ing” - along with your difficult word. A B/G word is not a requirement, but some added zing is always welcome.
For inspiration, here is just the first part of that long ago practice sentence, and some of the words or letter combinations behind it:
“Disturbed by his colleagues' lack of enthusiasm, again and again the Egyptian astrophysicist visiting the observatory in Mississippi analyzed the multi-part transcription of telecommunications from the Galileo probe for the minimum of errors and maximum of syzygy,”
capital letter D - difficult to write consistently
double letters - m’s and n’s and r’s especially bad
telecommunication – takes a long time to write right
Mississippi – multiple sets of double letters that can make the eyes cross
minimum – m’s, n’s, i’s and u’s kind of run together and tend to morph into something else
Egypt - those annoying descenders
syzygy – see Egypt, and throw in a z, too (real word, something about alignment of the stars)
Galileo - upward loops and strokes in a row that want to all become loopy pen trials
maximum - more m’s and i’s and u’s and they had to throw in an x for good measure
again – because I seem to have a strikeout every time I write the word, and it isn’t such a hard word, is it?
rutabaga – B/G word
beggar – B/G word, with double letters, and double descenders
So, there is the start of a list of difficult words, and the start of the challenge. Please champion my cause and tell me, what are all the words which are difficult for you to write? You are not limited to single posts, the more the merrier!
Kimy
edits: For emphasis and spelling only, content has not been altered!
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