Stymied

[Extreme Bohunk]

I've submitted a story several times, it keeps getting rejected for 'spelling errors'.
I've had 2 people proofread it, and I'm no slouch in the spelling dept. myself.
It's also been edited (thanks Vamplawyer), but still gets the bounce.

Any suggestions?

I wasn't sure if I should post this here, or the Editor's Forum,
but everybody here has been very helpful in the past.

 

[Dar~]

If you'd like I'd do a read through for errors? I am a volunteer editor*shrug* ceyond that, I am afraid I am not very much help.

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

Thanks, I'm completely baffled.

 

[TheEarl]

Try sending a PM to Laurel and asking her? She is the lady in charge.

The Earl

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

Try sending a PM to Laurel and asking her? She is the lady in charge.

The Earl

Thanks, kinda nervous about bugging her, I know how busy she is.

 

[JohnMorrison]

i'll proofread it too

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

I'll look over it too if you need another pair of eyes. Does it maybe have some made-up names that could be triggering the spell check?

 

[Dar~]

I think the only problem is that the quotes are encased in apostrophes, not quote marks. There was only one spelling error and it was't major.

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

I'll look over it too if you need another pair of eyes. Does it maybe have some made-up names that could be triggering the spell check?

Thank you, I think John & Dar have found what the problems are.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Just wanted to say good luck with the story, and I think the thread title rawks!

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

Just wanted to say good luck with the story, and I think the thread title rawks!

Thanks, Stymie was always my favorite Stooge.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Thanks, Stymie was always my favorite Stooge.

It's a word my girlfriend uses a lot, but I don't know many other people that use it and I smile every time I see it. 'Tis a good word.

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

It's a word my girlfriend uses a lot, but I don't know many other people that use it and I smile every time I see it. 'Tis a good word.

It was either that, or Bamboozled.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

It was either that, or Bamboozled.

Hey! That's a good one.

I just had an idea to write my first Humor & Satire story, using all these obscure words that are fun to say and even fun to read. Got any more?

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Hornswoggled would have been my choice.

I'm kind of partial to odd words with strange etymology

stymie – to hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of - obstruct, blockade, block, or hinder. [Obsolete golfing term, to block another player’s path to the hole – usually on the green.]

bamboozled – To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Said to be of Gipsy origin.]

hornswoggle – To cheat, swindle, hoodwink, or bamboozle. [Belongs to a group of “fancified” words that were particularly popular in the American West in the 19th century – words exhibiting the frontier skepticism toward educated speech.]

absquatulate – To decamp; to suddenly take leave and squat elsewhere. (Example: “The crook absquatulated with your horse.”) [Another 19th Century which used Latin affixes to create jocular pseudo-Latin “learned” words. There is a precedent for this in the language of Shakespeare, whose plays contain scores of made-up Latinate words.]

Pelf is another good one, too.

 

[LadyJeanne]

Thanks, Stymie was always my favorite Stooge.

I thought Stymie was the black kid on the Little Rascals??

 

[lucky-E-leven]

absquatulate – To decamp; to suddenly take leave and squat elsewhere. (Example: “The crook absquatulated with your horse.”) [Another 19th Century which used Latin affixes to create jocular pseudo-Latin “learned” words. There is a precedent for this in the language of Shakespeare, whose plays contain scores of made-up Latinate words.]

Is it just me or does the example sentence make anyone else think of absconded?

(Hornswoggled is a really good one.)

 

[Dar~]

precient is one of my favorite words.


BTW Lucky, that is a great picture

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Is it just me or does the example sentence make anyone else think of absconded? . . .

It certainly should.

absquatulate — "to abscond, and squat away from" [abscond + squat + latinate suffix.]

Similar to

busticate — to break into pieces. [bust + -icate (as in medicate).]

 

[Dar~]

another good word indefatigable=adj : showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence" [syn: tireless, unflagging, unwearying]

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Well, I enjoy using words with more that have one meaning, for reasons which should be obvious.


Ivory hunters were poaching elephants in a very big pot.

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

I thought Stymie was the black kid on the Little Rascals??

It was a joke,
didn't mean to bamboozle you.

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

Hey! That's a good one.

I just had an idea to write my first Humor & Satire story, using all these obscure words that are fun to say and even fun to read. Got any more?

Twitterpated
Persnickety

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

and more

Flabbergasted
Hoodwinked
Gumption

 

[kendo1]

Defenestration.
To throw oneself out of a window-mainly used after Black Monday when yuppies threw themselves out of windows!