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Govende – a game of wordplay, puns, leaps of thought and trivia

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Tue 18-Oct-22 17:25:19

It's pronounced "Goo-vain". Allegedly.

It started about 25 years ago in a serious online forum about language and grammar when somebody asked seriously about the correct name of the @ symbol. The thread then continued to discuss the formal names of other symbols until it diverged from the original point:

>>>>>> What's a pilcrow?
>>>>> "¶" is a pilcrow. What's an octothorp?
>>>> "#" is an octothorp. What's a virgule?
>>> A virgule is an old musical instrument. What's a spinet
>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?

And so on. It's been going on in various parts of the net since being evicted from the original forum, and has spawned many new threads.

Answer a question imaginatively, ask a "What is" question connected to your answer.

Shall I start?

What's a knees-up?

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biglouis Wed 09-Nov-22 00:25:41

Evil medications they used in olden days like leeches and purging.

What are medications?

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MissAdventure Wed 09-Nov-22 00:33:12

They are the short breaks that surgeons often take in the UK.
Places such as clacton are popular, with a accommodation being a two berth caravan.

What's a caravan?

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Mollygo Wed 09-Nov-22 02:24:41

It’s how you express your love for your vehicle in Italy.
What is love?

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Nana3 Wed 09-Nov-22 06:03:46

Love is everyone's name in Lancashire.
What is a name?

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Retread Wed 09-Nov-22 06:45:00

A rose can be called by any other name. What is any?

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MrsKen33 Wed 09-Nov-22 09:32:42

The rose’s other name of course.

What is course?

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fairfraise Wed 09-Nov-22 10:47:50

The opposite of a rose's silky texture. What is texture?

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MissAdventure Wed 09-Nov-22 11:09:26

It is when you manage to sort out a longstanding issue, such as a break up, by text, thus finally getting closure, or texture, as it is increasingly known as.

What is a text?

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Namsnanny Wed 09-Nov-22 12:08:20

The first half of a hybrid meal invented in the USA using Chilli flavouring. Improved (they say) by the addition of a British/Chinese beverage.

What is beverage?

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biglouis Wed 09-Nov-22 12:28:02

It is the time when beavers reach the age of consent and can leave their parents.

What are parents?

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MrsKen33 Wed 09-Nov-22 12:48:57

Parents are people who try their very best to understand you ..

What is best?

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Namsnanny Wed 09-Nov-22 14:21:39

A famous football player

What is player?

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Retread Wed 09-Nov-22 16:00:49

MissAdventure upthread grin

Well. A player is a man-about-town, a womaniser. What is a womaniser?

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henetha Wed 09-Nov-22 22:35:32

A womaniser is a cross between a spiraliser and a velvetiser, - he makes women feel all frothy and spinning round in circles.
What are circles?

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MissAdventure Wed 09-Nov-22 22:44:33

I can only answer in a round-about way.

What is an answer?

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Namsnanny Thu 10-Nov-22 00:17:42

Its something you give another person, but it's not always accepted.

What is accepted?

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Retread Thu 10-Nov-22 07:59:29

Accepted is what you have to do when you are faced with something that is beyond your control. What is control?

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fairfraise Thu 10-Nov-22 09:23:23

Con troll pops up on your Satnav when you cross a bridge and he tells you to go in the opposite direction. What is Satnav.

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biglouis Thu 10-Nov-22 10:24:00

A tool to allow astronauts to navigate their way to the planet Saturn

What is an astronaut?

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Namsnanny Thu 10-Nov-22 11:26:11

A game of zero and crosses played by GM vehicle owners

What is zero?

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fairfraise Thu 10-Nov-22 12:06:40

Zero is something you can't catch in a net. What is net?

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Mollygo Thu 10-Nov-22 13:52:08

Annette was a popular name years ago.

What is popular?

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foxie48 Thu 10-Nov-22 14:34:01

It's a tree that is often used for windbreaks. What's a "windbreak"?

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Retread Thu 10-Nov-22 15:35:10

A windbreak is when you get up from a chair and your air control system lets you down, so you do a little throat clear to cover up. What is a system?

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biglouis Thu 10-Nov-22 21:15:28

System is a ten year old sibling.

What is a sibling?

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