tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post7079161157725230077..comments2024-03-29T16:12:54.321+05:30Comments on THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.11137, Tuesday 15 Jul 2014, ScintillatorCol_Gopinathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06166793743790376031noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-67900141298489211002014-07-15T22:03:04.606+05:302014-07-15T22:03:04.606+05:3029 because Me ! was praying to the rulers of the T...29 because Me ! was praying to the rulers of the Thearchic GovernmentDeepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-76052610916984294522014-07-15T22:00:40.331+05:302014-07-15T22:00:40.331+05:30Magic eye was to help you visually tune into a rad...Magic eye was to help you visually tune into a radio station for the best audio and signal strength.Deepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-21810187120279966662014-07-15T21:55:11.047+05:302014-07-15T21:55:11.047+05:30Kishore,
You did not tell us why 27/29?Kishore,<br />You did not tell us why 27/29?Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-67513256937625674832014-07-15T21:53:40.055+05:302014-07-15T21:53:40.055+05:30Oh! My! I have to keep my eyes and ears open. Than...Oh! My! I have to keep my eyes and ears open. Thank you Col.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-38286436404099220632014-07-15T21:41:30.628+05:302014-07-15T21:41:30.628+05:30Kishore,
The radio's aerial was like a thin ne...Kishore,<br />The radio's aerial was like a thin net strung up on the terrace or under the ceiling. I thought magic eye was a small light in the set with curtain like image in it, which used to move depending on the tuning frequency. Could be mistaken.Raghunathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162552411714117166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-56886620412178511002014-07-15T20:25:46.930+05:302014-07-15T20:25:46.930+05:30Are you referring to the aerial when you say curta...Are you referring to the aerial when you say curtain?Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-66215299470014685902014-07-15T20:16:05.496+05:302014-07-15T20:16:05.496+05:30Paddy here's the list as per Chambers,
Examin...Paddy here's the list as per Chambers,<br /><br />Examination, Examined, Example, Except, Excepted, Exception, Exchange, Excursion, Excursus, Executed, Executive, Export, Express, Extra, (the book of) ExodusDeepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-76326497800193415082014-07-15T20:13:49.140+05:302014-07-15T20:13:49.140+05:30:)
http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbui...:)<br />http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/projects/joke_machine/joke_page.php?car_id=1333216&joke_cat=Guy+Walks+into+a+BarGanesh N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01951086814788086328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-34826284244466603702014-07-15T19:54:19.957+05:302014-07-15T19:54:19.957+05:30I do remember the old G E C set with diodes and ma...I do remember the old <i>G E C</i> set with diodes and magic eye(now that you mention it. Did it have something like a curtain), which we used to tune to catch Radio Australia in the early mornings and BBC in the afternoons to listen to Alan Macgilvray and John Arlott resp describing cricket, amidst lot of static and funny sounds. The radio used to get quite warm due to prolonged useRaghunathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162552411714117166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-8766665829426224632014-07-15T19:48:00.631+05:302014-07-15T19:48:00.631+05:30MeMeRaghunathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162552411714117166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-19669635266499969252014-07-15T19:46:50.734+05:302014-07-15T19:46:50.734+05:30But I have a late doubt about 27A-
Is 'ex'...But I have a late doubt about 27A-<br />Is 'ex' correct abbreviation for executive? I did not get it while doing the CW. Normally, I would expect 'exec' or exe'. 'ex' makes you think of forner.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-70285233131490537502014-07-15T19:44:03.009+05:302014-07-15T19:44:03.009+05:30Not me!Not me!Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-14290179949315460492014-07-15T19:33:11.621+05:302014-07-15T19:33:11.621+05:30Some of the old timers may remember the crystal di...Some of the old timers may remember the crystal diode receiver and the magic eye tube Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-70305543418806321592014-07-15T19:18:43.109+05:302014-07-15T19:18:43.109+05:30Thanks, Abhay.Thanks, Abhay.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04181639742047074494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-63710308403110196152014-07-15T19:18:27.031+05:302014-07-15T19:18:27.031+05:30Anybody (other than one who wrote to me) wondered ...Anybody (other than one who wrote to me) wondered why toon is under 29a and not 27a?Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-3550085882985442012014-07-15T19:16:35.765+05:302014-07-15T19:16:35.765+05:30Regarding discussion about domain knowledge wrt di...Regarding discussion about domain knowledge wrt diode one of my forthcoming puzzles requires some geographical domain knowledge. People who have that knowledge will like it; though the rest may be at some disadvantage. Advance apologies ...Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-68800843249605693232014-07-15T19:00:20.572+05:302014-07-15T19:00:20.572+05:30Some words today including 'diode' (being ...Some words today including 'diode' (being a CD clue) were tough. Hats off to Kishore's memory.Raghunathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162552411714117166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-6305552433034638572014-07-15T18:57:18.963+05:302014-07-15T18:57:18.963+05:30Thank you. I get your point reg. translation, tran...Thank you. I get your point reg. translation, transliteration etc. I was under the impression that literal translation was our Indian coinage for transliteration. But I did not think about Literary.<br /><br />I still rue the fact that I did not study much of Shakespeare during my college days having gone on to Engg. after just 1 year of PUC.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-29703962310179868662014-07-15T18:30:30.169+05:302014-07-15T18:30:30.169+05:30I found it easy because, believe it or not, I topp...I found it easy because, believe it or not, I topped a course on electronics ( though in the thermionic valves era ) amidst a host of diodes, triodes, pentodes and the like having bases, emitters and grids ...Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-72519518792191280542014-07-15T18:25:28.621+05:302014-07-15T18:25:28.621+05:30Actually it wasn't fair even to technical type...Actually it wasn't fair even to technical types like me. I'm an Electronics & Communications graduate and after I read the anno here, had to check the definition of DIODE to understand the clue and why it's the COD. TBH, never knew how the current went around inside it. <br /><br />And Scinti, being aware of the fact that LED = Light Emitting Diode is one thing and knowing what happens inside it is another. As I see it, it's not a commonly known fact. As long as the LEDs glow where they're supposed to and give us the pictures we need on our TV sets, hardly anybody's gonna look beyond.VJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06104893127782704192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-71862345902977491802014-07-15T17:21:01.486+05:302014-07-15T17:21:01.486+05:30Thanks for stopping by to comment and respond. My ...Thanks for stopping by to comment and respond. My point about the DIODE clue is that both the definition (one-way street) and the wordplay (I for current) require technical knowledge - whether it is high-school level or not is a different story (and it is eminently possible that my weak Physics in school is responsible for my ignorance here!).Abhayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198192791769284895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-718550434119048182014-07-15T17:15:18.464+05:302014-07-15T17:15:18.464+05:30Sorry - had missed out the question! You are quite...Sorry - had missed out the question! You are quite right - "Tai" is indeed a term for elder sister in Marathi; added as a suffix, it is used both to address one's elder sister and as an honorific.Abhayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198192791769284895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-16264895108652636022014-07-15T16:56:04.716+05:302014-07-15T16:56:04.716+05:30Padmanabhan
In a post above you mean 'literal ...Padmanabhan<br />In a post above you mean 'literal translation'.<br />Transliteration is when we write நெத்தியடி (in Tamil) as neththiyadi (in English). From one script to another.<br />'Forehead slap' is a literal translation.<br />'A hit, a palpable hit' might be a literary translation! This line is from Hamlet, if I remember right.<br />Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-45956455091693949942014-07-15T16:13:00.436+05:302014-07-15T16:13:00.436+05:30Please read 'concede the point' instead of...Please read 'concede the point' instead of 'concede to the point'.Scintillatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535448151406227814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-72930663325559824102014-07-15T16:08:27.009+05:302014-07-15T16:08:27.009+05:30Hi all
Some clarifications: in 13A, 'of' ...Hi all<br /><br />Some clarifications: in 13A, 'of' is an adjective qualifier - 'of Thailand' is the same as Thai or TAI, a spelling variant. Sorry for the mistake with LENS - a schoolboy error, indeed. 15A is an &lit, witht the ? in place to concede to the point that a LAMP may not necessarily require current. Unlike Abhay, I do not think DIODE is specialist knowledge, given the preponderance of its usage in everyday life (LEDs) and the fact that its electronics are taught at school-level.<br /><br />Thanks for the blog and comments!Scintillatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535448151406227814noreply@blogger.com