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04/16/2002 05:28:14 PM · #1
I'd like to see some wordplay challenges. I know this is slightly unfair to people who speak other languages. Let them object by replying to this post! Erm, excuse me. Seriously, I don't want to isolate anyone, but it is an English site.

In the stopped motion challenge, there is a "caution into the wind" photo of a "caution" sign flying in the wind. This would be the type of thing I'd like to see for a "phrases" challenge. You title your photo with a common phrase, and try to portray it in the photo.

Hopefully the challenge would be worded such that the photo doesn't actually have to portray the phrase, it could portray a consequence of the phrase or something that sounds like the phrase. This would allow some entries to be sort of like puzzles.

Earlier today I heard the song "Sweet Emotion". An entry for the phrase challenge could be a picture of cheese in motion with the title "Sweet Emotion", because "cheese in motion" sounds something like "sweet emotion". Sorry if it's a bad example, but I wouldn't want to give any of the good ones away.. ;) The point is, the voters have to try to figure out how to connect the phrase in the title to the picture.

My suggestions here are "phrases", "puzzles", "puns", "sounds like"...

Does anyone have any other wordplay ideas?




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04/16/2002 05:31:38 PM · #2
Setting yourself up for lots of bad puns and in-jokes...

I think I'd try to get a picture of Mike Jagger trying to chat up
Kate Moss and getting rejected....


I don't need to explain this one do I ?

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04/16/2002 05:52:30 PM · #3
I'd love to see photos of bad puns!

Originally posted by GordonMcGregor:
Setting yourself up for lots of bad puns and in-jokes...

I think I'd try to get a picture of Mike Jagger trying to chat up
Kate Moss and getting rejected....



04/16/2002 06:42:35 PM · #4
me too. that would be entertaining.

Originally posted by Reuben:
I'd love to see photos of bad puns!

Originally posted by GordonMcGregor:
[i]Setting yourself up for lots of bad puns and in-jokes...

I think I'd try to get a picture of Mike Jagger trying to chat up
Kate Moss and getting rejected....



[/i]

04/16/2002 07:21:15 PM · #5
Originally posted by Reuben:
I'd like to see some wordplay challenges.


This current challenge is a wordplay challenge for me... imma take a picture of the 'emblem' on top of the Mr. Transmission sign...
04/16/2002 08:13:51 PM · #6
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Originally posted by Reuben:
[i]I'd like to see some wordplay challenges.


This current challenge is a wordplay challenge for me... imma take a picture of the 'emblem' on top of the Mr. Transmission sign...
[/i]

Okay, now I feel much better about my submission for transitions.
04/16/2002 08:22:06 PM · #7
Originally posted by Reuben:
Seriously, I don't want to isolate anyone, but it is an English site.

Being written in English doesn't make this an English (or specifically US as you seem to imply) site. I like the diversity offered by having users from Europe to Asia, to the US, and more. Speaking English does not mean understanding the euphimisms and cliches we in the US use.

Think about it, even Brits and Aussies could not understand certain US cliches and vice versa, but they all speak "English."

That being said, I do like the idea. If someone writes up a phrase as their title in English that I don't understand, but IS conveyed in the picture, I'd say they met the challenge.
04/16/2002 08:37:43 PM · #8
I agree with you. My point about it being in English is that all photographers here should at least be able to read and understand the rules and I think this implies that, at least with effort, they should be able to come up with something for a "phrases" challenge. You have a good point about cultural differences, but I think you resolve it when you say you don't have to understand the phrase to see that it is portrayed in the photo.

Originally posted by mykoleary:
Originally posted by Reuben:
[i]Seriously, I don't want to isolate anyone, but it is an English site.


Being written in English doesn't make this an English (or specifically US as you seem to imply) site. I like the diversity offered by having users from Europe to Asia, to the US, and more. Speaking English does not mean understanding the euphimisms and cliches we in the US use.

Think about it, even Brits and Aussies could not understand certain US cliches and vice versa, but they all speak "English."

That being said, I do like the idea. If someone writes up a phrase as their title in English that I don't understand, but IS conveyed in the picture, I'd say they met the challenge.[/i]

04/17/2002 04:53:34 AM · #9
More ideas are "Proverbs", "Perverbs", and "Proverbs or perverbs".

Proverbs taken literally can be quite funny, and it's quite easy to find lists of proverbs on the internet. Additionally, most bilingual dictionaries I have seen have lists of proverbs. Examples are "A rolling stone gathers no moss" and "All roads lead to Rome".

Perverbs are crosses between two proverbs, they begin just like one proverb and end just like another. An example is "A rolling stone leads to rome"


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