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Air & Ryanair
Posted: 12 July 2024, 08:27
by Ze Monstah
If the word to be guessed is "Plane", and the 2 clues of a person (3 players-game) are "Air" (the element) and a random fast-thought flying company that also happens to have "air" in it ("Ryanair"), should the 2 clues of that person be excluded like in the Japan-Japanese case?
Re: Air & Ryanair
Posted: 12 July 2024, 08:51
by RicardoRix
Probably not, they have different meanings. There are plenty of synonyms for Ryanair that don't involve the word Air. Delta, BA, Emirates. It just happens that that airline contains the word air.
Whereas what else can you do for Japanese? You might even be able to substitute Japan for Japanese in a sentence and it still not lose any meaning. They both derive from the same idea. "it's from Japan" == "Japanese".
Re: Air & Ryanair
Posted: 12 July 2024, 09:12
by Ze Monstah
RicardoRix wrote: ↑12 July 2024, 08:51
Probably not, they have different meanings. There are plenty of synonyms for Ryanair that don't involve the word Air. Delta, BA, Emirates. It just happens that that airline contains the word air.
Whereas what else can you do for Japanese? You might even be able to substitute Japan for Japanese in a sentence and it still not lose any meaning. They both derive from the same idea. "
it's from Japan" == "Japanese".
Thanks; I thought the same.
Re: Air & Ryanair
Posted: 12 July 2024, 09:22
by RicardoRix
The "stickler for rules" argument. Seems like most games have them at some point in time.
Re: Air & Ryanair
Posted: 12 July 2024, 09:32
by Jellby
RicardoRix wrote: ↑12 July 2024, 08:51
Whereas what else can you do for Japanese?
Nipponese
Re: Air & Ryanair
Posted: 12 July 2024, 13:08
by RicardoRix
Well, yes. And this is where it helps to be off-beat and clever simply to avoid duplicate answers.
Re: Air & Ryanair
Posted: 16 July 2024, 19:05
by pjt33
RicardoRix wrote: ↑12 July 2024, 08:51
There are plenty of synonyms for Ryanair that don't involve the word Air. Delta, BA, Emirates. It just happens that that airline contains the word air.
BA does involve the word "air", but the existence of airlines whose names don't isn't an argument for "air" not clashing with "Ryanair": it's an argument for the player who gave those clues to be more creative.
Re: Air & Ryanair
Posted: 26 September 2024, 14:30
by SquashEngineer
Jellby wrote: ↑12 July 2024, 09:32
RicardoRix wrote: ↑12 July 2024, 08:51
Whereas what else can you do for Japanese?
Nipponese
I would toss out Nipponese & Japan since it's a language difference for the same root word.
