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[gkrieg13]

Well I didn't look up what the word meant so

paper

I agree about foreign words though

[eHalcyon]

is red

by the way, foreign words are against the rules

You must play in English. A foreign word is
allowed only if the players in your group would
use it in an English sentence. For example,
you can't use Apfel as a clue for APPLE and
BERLIN, but you can use strudel.

And for good reason, you can get a free ticket on every country simply by translating any other clue into that language.

well, unless you are using Sauerbraten regularly-- are you?

Uhh, I thought it would be OK since it's a specific food dish and there's no equivalent definitely-English word.  If I were to refer to it, I would call it Sauerbraten.  But if you want a penalty, I won't make a big deal about it.  In any case, Paper is Blue.

[Kuildeous]

Uhh, I thought it would be OK since it's a specific food dish and there's no equivalent definitely-English word.  If I were to refer to it, I would call it Sauerbraten.  But if you want a penalty, I won't make a big deal about it.  In any case, Paper is Blue.

As a noninvolved party, I would have accepted sauerbraten. It's frequently on the menu at my local German restaurant. I place it in the same category as crepe, tiramisu, and sushi (though probably not unagi and tamago).

As for that list of additional words, I couldn't get the web page to open for some reason. We should probably ask in the main Codenames thread.

[Accatitippi]

Uhh, I thought it would be OK since it's a specific food dish and there's no equivalent definitely-English word.  If I were to refer to it, I would call it Sauerbraten.  But if you want a penalty, I won't make a big deal about it.  In any case, Paper is Blue.

As a noninvolved party, I would have accepted sauerbraten. It's frequently on the menu at my local German restaurant. I place it in the same category as crepe, tiramisu, and sushi (though probably not unagi and tamago).

As for that list of additional words, I couldn't get the web page to open for some reason. We should probably ask in the main Codenames thread.

I too would accept sauerbraten without problems. Of course google makes these clues much more problematic, since IRL games are naturally limiting how deep in linguistic weirdness you can go with the other players still knowing what you're talking about.

[silverspawn]

As a noninvolved party, I would have accepted sauerbraten. It's frequently on the menu at my local German restaurant. I place it in the same category as crepe, tiramisu, and sushi (though probably not unagi and tamago).

Huh... okay I guess that's fine.

and I wasn't meaning to imply that we should give you a penalty or anything, just for the future. But if it's fine anyway, then nvm, as long as we don't allow to translate just any term.

[Kuildeous]

and I wasn't meaning to imply that we should give you a penalty or anything, just for the future. But if it's fine anyway, then nvm, as long as we don't allow to translate just any term.

That's why I probably wouldn't allow unagi. While it is a type of sushi, it is just a Japanese translation for eel.

It does boil down to whether or not the opposing spymaster has a problem with it. I played a real-life game with my wife, and she wanted to give maneki-neko as the clue. It was a little more difficult being that she didn't know the exact word, but she asked me if that waving cat would be a valid clue. We looked it up on Google, and I figured that it was valid. I was lucky on that one because the person who spent years in Japan was on my team and not hers.

I forgot about (or overlooked) the rule about English words. With the globalization of language, that rule can be a little difficult to interpret. So again, ask the other spymaster.

[eHalcyon]

Well, blue is up!

[silverspawn]

Ohh oups I totally missed that a blue word was flipped. I'll get right to it.

[silverspawn]

TAP	LONDON	MINT	SNOW	MILLIONAIRE
STOCK	CARD	PRINCESS	CODE	POOL
TOWER	CENTAUR	VAN	GERMANY	BANK
INDIA	HEAD	ELECTRIC	COVER	CROWN
FLUTE	COOK	FRANCE	FAIR	PAPER

wealth: 2

[Eevee]

millionaire

[silverspawn]

is blue

[Eevee]

bank

[silverspawn]

is blue

[Eevee]

pass 

[eHalcyon]

Frosty: 3

[gkrieg13]

SNOW

[eHalcyon]

SNOW

Is red

[gkrieg13]

mint?

[silverspawn]

red

[gkrieg13]

tap

[silverspawn]

is neutral.

[silverspawn]

TAP	LONDON	MINT	SNOW	MILLIONAIRE
STOCK	CARD	PRINCESS	CODE	POOL
TOWER	CENTAUR	VAN	GERMANY	BANK
INDIA	HEAD	ELECTRIC	COVER	CROWN
FLUTE	COOK	FRANCE	FAIR	PAPER

maths: 2

[Eevee]

code

[silverspawn]

is blue

[Eevee]

iiii'll say india?