# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/41 "2014-10-23T18:02:36Z")
Tam, Fen, Epee Sometimes I think if a puzzle designer ever used foil instead of epee the world would come to an end. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/42 "2014-10-23T20:41:41Z")
Only a crossword enthusiast would know that a four-letter word with the clue “Melville novel” is neither “MOBY” nor “DICK”, but “OMOO”. ---
**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, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/43 "2014-10-23T20:50:58Z")
There are a number of tricky ones. For instance Leslie Caron was in the movies Gigi and Lili. So just getting one or both of the "i"s is no help. ETA: although if you get one “i” you know the other one is there. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/44 "2014-10-23T20:55:37Z")
“ALEE” occurs in nearly every crossword I’ve ever done. ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/45 "2014-10-23T21:33:47Z")
I will avow (or aver) that all of the above is correct. I can never decide whether the end to “Mauna\_\_\_\_” is Loa or Kea, nor whether somebody is an ass or an oaf. I wait patiently every week for the NYT Sunday puzzle, as it at least presents some challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/46 "2014-10-23T21:38:02Z")
I have a couple (quilter, spinner, weaver, &c). ---
**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, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/47 "2014-10-23T22:08:14Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > “ALEE” occurs in nearly every crossword I’ve ever done. ELEE is very common too. ---
**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, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/48 "2014-10-23T22:37:20Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > “ALEE” occurs in nearly every crossword I’ve ever done. Whilst ASEA, I was ALEE when I stabbed SMEE with an ECRU SNEE. ---
**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 24, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/49 "2014-10-24T01:06:49Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Whilst ASEA, I was ALEE when I stabbed SMEE with an ECRU SNEE. Did that happen on the BRAE near the LOCH, while you were wearing a TAM on your PATE? ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/50 "2014-10-24T02:01:02Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > You should have added some aioli also, that would make it IOOO times better. I’m sure you mean “_Three_ thousand” times better. **MMM**! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154/51 "2014-10-25T08:42:17Z")
Seems like you just can’t say “Ave” to an Eli anymore without him trying to give you an olla. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154.md?page=2)