# 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:** 2
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/21 "2014-10-22T21:16:04Z")
I think I’ve completed half or more of some of the Monday NYTimes crosswords without even looking at the clues, just by guessing the obvious “[crosswordese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosswordese)” being sought. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/22 "2014-10-22T21:25:07Z")
I had some olio left over so I ate it, along with bread and oleo. ---
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/23 "2014-10-22T21:38:57Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I had some olio left over so I ate it, along with bread and oleo. You should have added some aioli also, that would make it IOOO times better. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/24 "2014-10-22T21:41:42Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > 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?” She’s not. That’s a different one. Oona O’Neill Chaplin was Chaplin’s last wife. She was quite famous. The younger Oona is far, far less well known. (This post constitutes an ort.) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/25 "2014-10-22T23:14:33Z")
I’ve never seen a xeme either. (It’s a type of arctic tern.) ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/26 "2014-10-23T00:22:07Z")
ai ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/27 "2014-10-23T01:45:00Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I had some olio left over so I ate it, along with bread and oleo. Did you eat it out of an olla while brandishing your epee? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/28 "2014-10-23T02:13:43Z")
A few months ago, I ran across some rather strange words in a crossword puzzle. Maybe it was in Adar or could have been as far back as Elul. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/29 "2014-10-23T03:15:26Z")
Why yes I do have an etui, it is attached to my [chatelaine](http://cargocultcraft.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/chatelaine-pinchbeck.jpg?w=200&h=300). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/30 "2014-10-23T05:21:01Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Nenes aren’t fond of aa though. I saw some nenes on Maui . . . nowhere near a’a. And then there’s Eero Saarinen. Both of Ayn Rand’s names qualify. At least she didn’t have a relative named Oona. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/31 "2014-10-23T06:05:31Z")
What’s with the two-letter words? That’s Scrabble. American crossword convention is three-letter minimum words. I’m sure there’s non-conventional crosswords out there, but those are not common. ---
**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 23, 2014, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/32 "2014-10-23T11:05:38Z")
I have definitely seen "Chaplain’s granddaughter " as a clue Brian ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/33 "2014-10-23T11:43:24Z")
It’s not just rare nouns that we don’t use in conversation. There are also the crossword defintions which we read, but do not speak. When I see a donkey, I do not point at it and say “look over there–it’s the law, to Dickens.” ---
**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 23, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/34 "2014-10-23T11:46:03Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > It’s not just rare nouns that we don’t use in conversation. There are also the crossword defintions which we read, but do not speak. > > When I see a donkey, I do not point at it and say “look over there–it’s the law, to Dickens.” Actually I say the ‘the law is a ass’ a lot. Plenty of opportunities for that one. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/35 "2014-10-23T16:48:16Z")
I like a nice smear of OLEO on my toast. Hopefully I don’t have to use my EPEE to apply it. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/36 "2014-10-23T17:09:06Z")
My parents had several nene. Viscious little things- we wound up having to move them to another zoo in the end, after they took up residence in a kids’ play tunnel, and kept pecking anyone who tried to use it. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/37 "2014-10-23T17:11:12Z")
Why just the other day I was crossing the LEA on my way to the FEN with my EWER when I spotted an AERIE, or perhaps it was an EYRIE? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/38 "2014-10-23T17:26:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **panache45** : > > Both of Ayn Rand’s names qualify. I saw a puzzle once that used both, and didn’t even bother to relate them. Like, 24 across was “\_\_\_\_ Rand: Objectivist author”, and 53 down was “Fountainhead author Ayn”. They could have at least said “With 53 down, objectivist author” and “see 24 across”. Or maybe clued “rand” as “unpredictable computer function” or “South African currency”. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/39 "2014-10-23T17:28:16Z")
I’ve become an expert on Cato’s 1050 and other numbers, but I still suck at Jewish months. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/40 "2014-10-23T18:02:13Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’ve become an expert on Cato’s 1050 and other numbers, but I still suck at Jewish months. Damn straight! Never can even guess them and refuse to look them up. Same with the alphabet: know the Greek; refuse to learn the Hebrew. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154.md?page=3)