# Do you own an etui? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154 "2014-10-22T14:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/1 "2014-10-22T14:53:55Z")
And other crossword puzzle mysteries in this life… Just how many of those convenient words that fit I crossword grids are common to you in that environment but unknown to you elsewhere? There must be hundreds to thousands of “filler words” that are so common you could almost write a story using nothing but. What are some others that make you grind your teeth? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/2 "2014-10-22T15:09:50Z")
I had one when I was a heroin addict. I also like to go out on the water in my aviso. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/3 "2014-10-22T15:11:12Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I had one when I was a heroin addict. What all was in it? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/4 "2014-10-22T15:11:56Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > What all was in it? My needles, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/5 "2014-10-22T15:18:31Z")
I am a home sewer, crocheter, and embroiderer, but, alas no etui. But I think about it whenever I do the crossword, just like you. ( Also, why does my iPad mini think it’s not a word? Huh? ) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/6 "2014-10-22T15:19:05Z")
There’s the Hawaiian goose (the nene) which I was disappointed not to see in Hawaii. And one rarely has a need to speak of Chaplin’s wife Oona in ordinary conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/7 "2014-10-22T15:20:29Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I am a home sewer, crocheter, and embroiderer, but, alas no etui. > > But I think about it whenever I do the crossword, just like you. > > ( Also, why does my iPad mini think it’s not a word? Huh? ) Just don’t use your iPad to get a crossword answer… ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/8 "2014-10-22T15:21:22Z")
Gesundheit. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/9 "2014-10-22T15:23:30Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > And one rarely has a need to speak of Chaplin’s wife Oona in ordinary conversation. That’s odd, I can’t get through a conversation without someone mentioning Ulee, and he’s just a fictional character. BTW: That aviso cost me a lot of ecus. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/10 "2014-10-22T15:30:07Z")
Another weird thing to do with Crosswords these days is to Google (I use Yahoo! Search – same thing) the clue in question and find the first hit (or several) to be, “Crossword Clue…” Hardly ever fails. One gets the feeling that there’s a bot out there going through each day’s puzzles for weird words and being there when you need them. Baffling… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/11 "2014-10-22T16:50:49Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > There’s the Hawaiian goose (the nene) which I was disappointed not to see in Hawaii. I have seen a Nene, an Ani, and an Emu, but sadly I have never seen an Erne. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/12 "2014-10-22T16:53:37Z")
Nenes aren’t fond of aa though. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/13 "2014-10-22T17:02:49Z")
Oona is Chaplain’s granddaughter, and she is/was/will be in Game of Thrones (trying not to spoil) As far as I know no interviewer has asked her “How does it feel to be a Crossword answer?” Brian ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/14 "2014-10-22T17:09:47Z")
When I got my wife hooked on crossword puzzles I told her that the first rule is, when in doubt use the word that has the most vowels. And to get used to learning many obscure words that you will keep running into over and over again while solving them. And now, for those of you who haven’t read it yet, I offer “My Crossword Life” by Melissa Balmain. Read it or just print it and solve most puzzles. It’s a beauty. > **["My Crossword Life," by Melissa Balmain](http://crosswordfiend.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-crossword-life-by-melissa-balmain.html)** > > The ACPT contestant folders contained a two-page short story by Melissa Balmain, laden with crossword answers we have all seen countless tim... ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/15 "2014-10-22T17:29:20Z")
For years ARTE Johnson was only remembered by people filling in crossword puzzles. Now, I assume, nobody remembers him. TERI Garr’s fame helped finish a lot of grids, too. I actually wanted to name our dog ASTA, both because I love the _Thin Man_ movies, and because I think there’s a rule that he has to be in at least 50% of crossword puzzles. I have never read _OMOO_, but I eventually did get around to reading _Typee_. A long time ago I feel like STEN was a constant bit of crosswordese, but it seems to have disappeared. It’s always TSAR and never CZAR; it’s always ARES and never MARS. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/16 "2014-10-22T18:42:09Z")
We’ve got an _etui_. Really. If it weren’t for crossword puzzles, though I’d never have heard of an _erne_ (already mentioned above), nor known it was a _Sea Eagle_. And, of course, I already knew that an _ent_ was a Tolkien character. ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/17 "2014-10-22T19:59:28Z")
‘[Warum sagen sie immer “et toi”? Es heisst doch Futteral!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mkgdh43wfE&t=1m49s)’ ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/18 "2014-10-22T20:42:59Z")
> [@bup](#): > > For years ARTE Johnson was only remembered by people filling in crossword puzzles. Now, I assume, nobody remembers him. > > TERI Garr’s fame helped finish a lot of grids, too. Sela Ward used to come up a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/19 "2014-10-22T20:47:39Z")
Does this post count as an ENOTE? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/20 "2014-10-22T21:04:53Z")
I never ate an OREO in OSLO. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154.md?page=2)