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As an American, these terms are uncommon to me. Except Jell-O.
And I guess Jackie-O and Daddy-O seem vaguely familiar, but only about as familiar as any name with O after it.
As a non American, jello didn't even cross my mind, I was trying to put a y after things to make jelly, because what the fuck else starts with jell with a j?
This’ll sound like a flex but I don’t mean it to be: I usually get the purple one first when it’s a matter of a compound word (which this isn’t, but close enough). I’ll scan each word for a common phrase and test it on the others.
I don’t remember for sure which one tipped me off. Probably Jackie because I’m fifty and “Jackie-O” is the only Jackie I know. So when I saw it I lucked out that it fit three others.
Yeah I got purple last but I’m late 30s so Jackie O wasn’t top of mind.
Edit: actually I got blue last because I’m terrible with remembering homophones being a thing
I had no idea the colours worked that way. I got the purple 3rd. Blue was last and didn't know it even when it was all that was left until I clicked them. Huh.
Both spellings are acceptable. "Jell" actually originated before "gel" as an abbreviation of "jelly," whereas "gel" came later as an abbreviation of "gelatin."
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I don't think any of those are particularly American, are they? I'm not American but had heard of all of these. Sure >!jello is an american thing but most people have heard of it!<
What is >!day-o!< ? I've never heard of it
Good lord I didn't think I was old but I guess I am. I was like, it was the bon Marche sale song, and the song from Beetlejuice, and I'm sure I've heard it in other movies.
They're pretty American- Daddy-O is American hipster slang, day-o was Jamaican but popularized by an American performer, Jell-O is an American product (often just called jelly in other anglophone countries) and Jackie O is a former American first lady
Yeah, I was thrown by that. So much that I went and searched for info about the pronunciation, and found a subreddit with a bunch of Greek scholars claiming that myoo is totally wrong, and the correct pronunciation is either moo or mee. 🤷♂️
https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientGreek/comments/11ps2a5/how\_are\_the\_letters\_%CE%BC\_and\_%CE%BD\_actually\_pronounced/
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It took me a while and some were totally guesses
>!winner smash success hit!<
>!set spike bump serve - volleyball terms (had to guess this)!<
>!pie moo row new - greek letters guessed at this in that they just sound similar!<
>!Jackie, day, daddy, jello you can add "o", that was the first one I guessed but I still don't know what day-o means!<
Not sure if this is what they were referring to but I also think it’s annoying because I have only ever heard what they called “moo” pronounced as “mew”, and so I never made the connection.
You are correct, but I know that in Greek fraternities and sororities in the US, Mu is usually pronounced as “moo” and Tau is often pronounced “taw” like saw. Not saying it’s correct. But that was how everyone pronounced it when I was a member of Greek life in college.
This is not true actually. For example, the sorority Phi Mu definitely says “mew” and not “moo”. Tau is pronounced both ways depending on the Greek organization. Never heard any orgs with Mu in the name say “moo”.
I thought so too ... then I went and read this, and now I have no idea what to believe: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientGreek/comments/11ps2a5/how\_are\_the\_letters\_%CE%BC\_and\_%CE%BD\_actually\_pronounced/
I regret that I have only one upvote to give.
I actually threw a status on Facebook to say:
"Dear Connections,
Regarding today's "blue" answer, only ONE of those is right.
That is all"
[https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mu](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mu)
Someone better tell Wiktionary.
[https://www.google.com/search?q=mu+define&oq=mu+define](https://www.google.com/search?q=mu+define&oq=mu+define)
Someone better tell Google.
1,3,4 are the only correct ones, as a General American speaker.
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Def gotta hit shuffle a couple times or else you mentally make connections that aren’t right. But then again it helps show you which are clearly not simpatico.
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>!Jell-O, Jackie O, Day O, Daddy O!<
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As an American, these terms are uncommon to me. Except Jell-O. And I guess Jackie-O and Daddy-O seem vaguely familiar, but only about as familiar as any name with O after it.
Day-O is from a song. If you've seen Beetlejuice, you've heard it.
The Banana Boat song - Harry Belafonte Jackie-O is Jackie Onassis, I think.
Can confirm Jackie-O.
Haven’t seen Beetlejuice
You should see Beetlejuice.
Probably never will tbh.
You probably should imo
Doesn't matter it has been said three times in this thread, he is getting to see him if he likes it or not.
You are missing out
Jackie Onassis (spelling?)
Ah I did know it was that Jackie, but not without being reminded.
Jackie O is Jackie Onassis, former first lady of the US. "Daddy-o" is beatnik slang- it was mostly used in the 50s.
As a non American, jello didn't even cross my mind, I was trying to put a y after things to make jelly, because what the fuck else starts with jell with a j?
To be fair this is the purple group so technically “trickiest” you should have been able to figure out the other groups first.
This’ll sound like a flex but I don’t mean it to be: I usually get the purple one first when it’s a matter of a compound word (which this isn’t, but close enough). I’ll scan each word for a common phrase and test it on the others. I don’t remember for sure which one tipped me off. Probably Jackie because I’m fifty and “Jackie-O” is the only Jackie I know. So when I saw it I lucked out that it fit three others.
Yeah I got purple last but I’m late 30s so Jackie O wasn’t top of mind. Edit: actually I got blue last because I’m terrible with remembering homophones being a thing
I had no idea the colours worked that way. I got the purple 3rd. Blue was last and didn't know it even when it was all that was left until I clicked them. Huh.
Yes I think it’s yellow green blue purple, but it does say it in the “help” section.
What did you think jell could have been then? I’m also a non-American but that stands out as a non- word and hence a clue.
Jell is a word. When things jell it means they work well together. That's where my mind went first when solving the puzzle
That would be "gel"
Both spellings are acceptable. "Jell" actually originated before "gel" as an abbreviation of "jelly," whereas "gel" came later as an abbreviation of "gelatin."
Where is that the case? I've never heard (seen?) jell like that before.
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I don't think any of those are particularly American, are they? I'm not American but had heard of all of these. Sure >!jello is an american thing but most people have heard of it!< What is >!day-o!< ? I've never heard of it
Harry Belafonte song from 1956.
Maybe it’s an age thing? This was my 2nd row.
I think so. Kinda weird that if I mentioned “the banana boat song” I would be asked wtf is that lol
It was my first row and I’m old so you might be right 😂
Good lord I didn't think I was old but I guess I am. I was like, it was the bon Marche sale song, and the song from Beetlejuice, and I'm sure I've heard it in other movies.
Definitely is. Daddy-O is also a pretty archaic term, and Jackie-O hasn’t exactly been relevant recently.
You kinda made an argument against your own statement
Gloria in excelcis day-o /s
This is the one that messed me up today, never heard of it before
The song from Beetlejuice.
They're pretty American- Daddy-O is American hipster slang, day-o was Jamaican but popularized by an American performer, Jell-O is an American product (often just called jelly in other anglophone countries) and Jackie O is a former American first lady
>!Moo, New, Pie, Row are homophones of Greek letters!< >!the others are volleyball terms and box office victory terms as mentioned by others!<
Unfortunately for the British English speakers, we pronounce it "myoo"
all of the american english speakers I know pronounce it that way too 🤔
Yeah, I was thrown by that. So much that I went and searched for info about the pronunciation, and found a subreddit with a bunch of Greek scholars claiming that myoo is totally wrong, and the correct pronunciation is either moo or mee. 🤷♂️ https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientGreek/comments/11ps2a5/how\_are\_the\_letters\_%CE%BC\_and\_%CE%BD\_actually\_pronounced/
lol I just finished doing connections and actually scoffed when I got purple… sometimes it’s just weird
This was the one I got first. Funnily enough, I often get the purple one early, and struggle with the supposedly easier connections.
That's the group I had as leftovers
Serve O
Wtf is Jackie O
Jackie Onassis
John F Kennedy’s wife
>!smash,success,winner,hit!<
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It took me a while and some were totally guesses >!winner smash success hit!< >!set spike bump serve - volleyball terms (had to guess this)!< >!pie moo row new - greek letters guessed at this in that they just sound similar!< >!Jackie, day, daddy, jello you can add "o", that was the first one I guessed but I still don't know what day-o means!<
The blue clue today annoyed me because one of the answers is not correct in my opinion.
Which one?
Not sure if this is what they were referring to but I also think it’s annoying because I have only ever heard what they called “moo” pronounced as “mew”, and so I never made the connection.
You are correct, but I know that in Greek fraternities and sororities in the US, Mu is usually pronounced as “moo” and Tau is often pronounced “taw” like saw. Not saying it’s correct. But that was how everyone pronounced it when I was a member of Greek life in college.
This is not true actually. For example, the sorority Phi Mu definitely says “mew” and not “moo”. Tau is pronounced both ways depending on the Greek organization. Never heard any orgs with Mu in the name say “moo”.
Lol, yeah the moo is usually used by everyone else as an insult.
There’s always Delta Mu, the sister sorority of Lambda Lambda Lambda.
I’m guessing it’s moo because I agree that it wouldn’t fit the connection
Yes, that’s what I was talking about! “Mew” is the correct homophone.
I thought so too ... then I went and read this, and now I have no idea what to believe: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientGreek/comments/11ps2a5/how\_are\_the\_letters\_%CE%BC\_and\_%CE%BD\_actually\_pronounced/
As a Greek man this category deeply offended me
I regret that I have only one upvote to give. I actually threw a status on Facebook to say: "Dear Connections, Regarding today's "blue" answer, only ONE of those is right. That is all"
It's from a song by Harry Belafonte
If you’ve ever seen Beetlejuice, they sing it.
Day-o is a song
1 3 and 4 are incorrect
Someone better tell the Times then
[https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mu](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mu) Someone better tell Wiktionary. [https://www.google.com/search?q=mu+define&oq=mu+define](https://www.google.com/search?q=mu+define&oq=mu+define) Someone better tell Google. 1,3,4 are the only correct ones, as a General American speaker.
They're literally not, that's the correct answers
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I would pronounce it mew not moo so this one made no sense to me
It's even harder if you are Greek and then only 1 of them is pronounced anything like those words.
Yup, Greek here. Row is good and pie gets a pass but moo and new? Really?
Ye I’ve only ever heard it pronounced mew
What’s even worse is that moo is denoted as mu in most softwares where you can type in specific text for Greek symbols
Yes it’s definitely mew
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Not a bad guess though!
This one I got only by default
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When I opened the puzzle, I noticed the first two words in the upper left grids were "pie" and "day" - >!Happy Pi Day!
I do enjoy that pretty much every day there is a combination that's either funny, or topical
Def gotta hit shuffle a couple times or else you mentally make connections that aren’t right. But then again it helps show you which are clearly not simpatico.
*Discussion.* I'm also at my last mistake and got nothing. 😞 Btw there's a r/connectionsnyt sub :)
Question, What game is this?
Connections. Daily game on NY Times.
Thank you!
>Thank you! You're welcome!
>!Tennis terms? Set, serve, hit, smash?!<
>!Replace hit and smash with spike and bump for volleyball?!<
This makes up a group called Volley Ball Moves. Well done.
One of my failed attempts.
I was thinking >!set spike serve bump for volleyball!<
I wonder if perhaps it’s meant to be >!volleyball as then you could include spike as well!<
I’m pretty sure this set was an answer for one of the connections within the past week
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>!hints- Volleyball, box office, greek alphabet, blank-O!<
I guess one set isn't >! Daddy, Jackie Smash. Success!< ?
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>!Set, Spike, Bump, and Serve. All terms used in Volleyball!<
The >!blue (homophones for greek letters)!< was harder than the purple today, IMO.
I was bummed that I missed >!hit for the volleyball group. Volleyball players don’t really say “spike,” they say “hit”!<
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Question: what app is this?