THIS TERM FOR A LONG-HANDLED GARDENING TOOL CAN ALSO MEAN AN IMMORAL PLEASURE SEEKER
Posted Dec 8, 2016, 3:42 PM UTC
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Was he not still correct, though?
Hoe: a long-handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade; representing a dialect pronunciation of whore.
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I'm guessing that since hoe and ho are homonyms and not one term that he'd be incorrect under the rules of jeopardy.
Ken still won dramatically.
| Ken | Aimee | Al |
|---|---|---|
| $30,000 | $5,300 | $5,200 |
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upvote for presentation
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I've never used tables on reddit but I'll give it a shot for the experience.
My projected bank account balance.
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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| A little money | No money | Debt |
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| what | is | love? |
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| baby | don't | hurt |
| me | no | more |
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He was correct, after the next commercial Trebek said the judges had ruled that he had been correct and gave him the money.
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Are you telling me that 'pleasure seeing hoe' is in Alex Trebek's search history?
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According to his FAQ, I don't think that's true.
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The correct spelling is 'ho' not 'hoe', which afaik is simply a shorthand for 'whore', same word just omitting a few letters.
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I've seen it spelled both ways tbh. It's a slang word and it doesn't have a standardized spelling.
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He is correct, it's an age thing.
English is a living language and I have not once heard rake used to describe an immoral pleasure seeker. Rakish perhaps, but never someone as a rake.
I've heard hoe countless times.
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I've heard hoe countless times.
Mostly when your parents were fighting?
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And how is rake the correct answer? I've never heard that word used to describe a person. And it's not given here.
Edit: My mistake. Didn't see it further down the page.
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I have never heard that word used in that way
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I only know it because of The Decemberists.
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And it's not given here.
But it is. If you scroll down to the second use of the word: (n) a dissolute or profligate person, especially a man who is licentious; roué.
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Well that's odd. Why didn't they put it up at the top with the other two definitions?
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Dictionaries often separate definitions for various reasons.
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It's short for rakehell
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Ah, they went back to ye olde English. I never would have guessed that.
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Was he not still correct, though?
The "hoe" (or "whore") would not be the subject that is seeking immoral pleasure. That would be the "John" (or "trick").
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But in modern usage Ho and whore are not synonymous, a ho need not take money for sex whereas a whore must take money for sex.
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A hoe seeks money, a rake seeks pleasure?
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But a ho seeks money to get pleasure with buying stuff
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He's not wrong.
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Some people have pointed out that Hoe (tool) and Ho (whore) are different words, just homonyms.
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And a whore isn't someone seeking pleasure, I think you're thinking of the other person in that arrangement.
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But ho and whore aren't only used to describe literal prostitutes.
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Yeah why do the contestants have to be so specific? It's not like it's the highly competitive, heavily regulated, intellectual's favourite TV-gameshow, Jeopardy!
Right?!
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I refuse to believe Santa would call out for three whores, unless the hoes aren't real either?
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I think you mean homophone. Rake and rake are, in fact, homonyms since they have the same spelling.
Homophones: their, they're, there; Ai, I, eye; you, yew, ewe. http://www.singularis.ltd.uk/bifroest/misc/homophones-list.html
Homonyms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_true_homonyms
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In his biography he wrote that he knew that it was wrong, but hey, when was he ever going to get a chance to make a joke like that again?
Ken Jennings is a legitimately funny guy, as evidenced by his username u/WatsonsBitch
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maybe he is the true KenM
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His Bruce Villanch response makes me laugh so hard I cry every single time I read it.
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Classic Ken
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One of the best things during Ken's streak was seeing how he'd write his name every episode.
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He totally knew the right answer, but he's just good enough he could afford to lost $200 for that joke.
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U don't... How is a rake an immoral pleasure seeker? I've never heard it be used that way.
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Well, it's Jeopardy, not the first two questions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, so even the 200 won't be a complete softball.
Rake is an old term, still fairly common in the UK. You might see it a lot if you read older books or play video games or watch movies depicting pre-1900s.
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What does rake mean? Other than a rake? Google-ing doesn't turn up and sexual stuff.
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an immoral pleasure seeker
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It's not necessarily sexual, but that is certainly implied. It comes from the word rakehell.
If I had to use my own humble words, I would say deviant scoundrel, maybe.
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You use it to scratch your back?
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Reminds me of "minors and hoes" and "a group of pill pushers" on Wheel. The best two answers I can recall.
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I remember watching this live. I love Alex Trebek's reaction
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The question writers know what they were doing.
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I want to imagine Trebek acting like Steve Harvey on Family Feud when someone gives this answer...
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WHY ARE YOU YELLING?
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That's how the question is typed out.
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Okay now how many garden tools have a sexual relation..
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I thought it was hoe too lol
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Still looking for video of his "What be ebonics" answer. Never been able to find it.
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THANK YOU FOR THE POST, BUT I AM POSITIVE THAT I HAVE SEEN THIS EXACT VIDEO BEFORE
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oh..... wow..... okay, it's so weird, I would have thought that this would have already been posted here, but... guess not...
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To everyone suggesting that he's correct; what is immoral about prostitution?
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The people who wrote that knew what they were doing.
I'm sure that Ken knew the real answer but said this instead to get some laughs.
He knew how far ahead he was and there was no chance he was gonna lose, might as well go for the funny answer.
Funny answer vs. $400.
Still worth, now he is immortalized
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$200*
He would have gained $200 if he got the answer right, instead of losing $200 for getting it wrong.
That's a $400 difference.
Even more if you add in final jeopardy
Pretty much.
Also I feel like 90 percent of us would give the same answer. Hoe is a super common expression and rake is so outdated that I only ever hear when someone is using it for comedic effect. "I do say those rakish chaps are up to their old tricks and poonhoundery for the fifth time in the last fortnight!"
I would
Ah yes poonhoundery. The poon part is still used today in the form of poontang or ponani. Poontang of course comes from Limba (a West African language of Sierra Leone) puntu ‘vagina,’ or perhaps alteration of French putain ‘prostitute.’
Not to be confused with the movie Pootie Tang.
Or listening to the Decemberists.
They then went on to write questions for Family Feud.
And Ken wasn't wrong.
Let’s dispel with this fiction that Jeopardy writers don't know what they're doing. They know exactly what they're doing.