Re: CHAT: Postpositions

nono.  With the preposition game, no one wins.  The "athwart" rule was
just a funny thing added because no one knew what it meant.
And it's Mornington Crescent, not Finchley Central.  Silly.
-M

Aidan Grey wrote:
>
> At 11:36 PM 4/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Matthew Kehrt scripsit:
> >
> > > Anyone ever hear of the preposition game?  It's played by people taking
> > > turns listing English prepositions.  The game ends when no one can think
> > > of a new preposition, or when someone says 'athwart,' unless anyone
> > > present actually knows what 'athwart' means.
> >
> >Sounds a lot like "Finchley Central".  Two players alternate naming
> >stations on the London Underground.  The first to name Finchley
> >Central wins.  This game can also be played as "Nuclear War".
>
> But couldn't you just say "athwart" (though I know what that means, having
> been in the Navy - same with "abaft") or "Finchley Central" and win right off?
>
>    Aidan

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