# A guessing game: What does Skald the Rhymer do for a living? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082 "2006-12-06T16:55:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/61 "2006-12-06T20:14:45Z")
Do you work in an educational institution (as in, a school, university or college)? ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/62 "2006-12-06T20:18:00Z")
Do you wear a uniform or other Special attire for your job? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/63 "2006-12-06T20:19:02Z")
[QUOTE=Carlyjay] Do you work in an educational institution (as in, a school, university or college)? [/QUOTE] No, dear one. By the way, hijacking my own thread, did you get married yet? [QUOTE= Caricci] Do you wear a uniform or other Special attire for your job? [/QUOTE] No. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/64 "2006-12-06T20:22:09Z")
Do you work for a company that produces periodical publications? ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/65 "2006-12-06T20:24:26Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] By the way, hijacking my own thread, did you get married yet? [/QUOTE] /grin. Not yet. Date is set for January 16th! Then after that, we’ll both be doing a show on a cruise ship for four months. How sad, a 4-month honeymoon. Thanks for asking! It’s been awhile. How are you? …Oh, right, back to the thread. Do you work primarily behind a desk? (Since this was never specified). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/66 "2006-12-06T20:27:56Z")
[QUOTE=Carlyjay] /Do you work primarily behind a desk? (Since this was never specified). [/QUOTE] Yes, I work primarily behind a desk. [quote= Caricci] Do you work for a company that produces periodical publications? [/quote] So far as I know my company does not produce such publications (not counting things like company newsletters). Certainly my job involves no such activity. ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/67 "2006-12-06T21:01:41Z")
are you a translator / interpreter? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/68 "2006-12-06T21:03:34Z")
[QUOTE=Trillionaire] are you a translator / interpreter? [/QUOTE] In a sense. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/69 "2006-12-06T21:10:58Z")
Do you translate/interpret into ASL for the deaf? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/70 "2006-12-06T21:11:18Z")
Do you work for Language Line or a similar company? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/71 "2006-12-06T21:12:22Z")
Or for my followup, do you coordinate TTY style communication? ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/72 "2006-12-06T22:01:04Z")
I must say to the OP, **Skaid the Rhymer** : This is fun! I’ve wasted a whole workday trying to figure out what you do. Good thing that my boss loves me. 🙂 [QUOTE=Trillionaire] are you a translator / interpreter? [QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] In a sense. [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] I’m going to throw out a left-field question: Do you work in the legal profession in some capacity? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/73 "2006-12-06T23:31:17Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Or for my followup, do you coordinate TTY style communication? [/QUOTE] You and **SternVogel** got it! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/74 "2006-12-06T23:34:59Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] You and **SternVogel** got it! [/QUOTE] Woohoo! Go us! Do I get a pony? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/75 "2006-12-06T23:42:31Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Woohoo! Go us! Do I get a pony? [/QUOTE] No, dear, no pony. 17 gold ingots for you, though, which I will teleport to you as soon as you get your teleport unit online. **Cabin\_Fever** , I’m glad you enjoyed it. As for the rest of you…who wants to go next? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/76 "2006-12-07T04:42:40Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] TTY style communication? [/QUOTE] What the deuce does that mean? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/77 "2006-12-07T07:37:57Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] What the deuce does that mean? [/QUOTE] Relay service so people can place phone calls to deaf people, (or the other way around) right? ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/78 "2006-12-07T07:56:37Z")
Hey! I was sorta right! I guessed translator from all the odd words he was using. I guess I don’t get a pony but could I have a goat, please? (Um, an UNfelched one, thanks! ) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/79 "2006-12-07T13:26:43Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] Relay service so people can place phone calls to deaf people, (or the other way around) right? [/QUOTE] Right. Actually I should say that there’s at least 2 methods of doing so: _TTY,_ as was guessed above, involving a typewriter-like device attached to a phone line; and also IP relay (which can be used either on computers or wireless devices like Sidekicks) which obviously uses the internet. With the former, the disabled person can either initiate or receive the call; with the latter, the disabled person can only initiate. Also I should say that Relay service is used by speech-disabled persons as well has hearing-disabled/impaired. I thought about starting an ‘Ask the’ thread about it, but I didn’t think anybody would care enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082.md?page=3)