h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I have written what I hope is a complete article regarding the plague of "GRY" riddles. Please comment on it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A568910


There is another article on this topic which is incomplete, but nothing in the Edited Guide, where I would like to see one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A545032

I'd prefer to know what all these cool 'gry' words *mean*, rather than just what dictionary they came out of, I think... Interesting entry - but don't let your frustration at the idiots in the world spoil a good entry!

That's rather a lot to add to an already terribly long entry, don't you think?

Well, I'm suggesting replacing information, rather than adding information - is the meaning not more interesting than the dictionary which the word(s) came from?

I agree with the reviewer on that one. I wanna know what all those words mean.

Besides, I don't really care whether the Webster's Dictionary of 1933 considers "man-hungry" to be a single word. I think it's not, any more than "Administrator-General" is. If you toss all the hyphenated words, that'll leave *lots* of room for dictionary meanings.

But still, I'm impressed with all the footnotes.

You may be interested in this Peer Review thread: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F48874?thread=123157

Editorial Note: This conversation has been moved from 'The Writing Workshop' to 'The Flea Market'.

Flea Market clean out:

Return to Author. This is rather convoluted, and the other entry cited in the thread does it better.