A Restricted Draft

[JOJOXI]

Well that's the 2 names I were going to pick taken in succession in Barnes and Muralitaharan - I'll go with Sachin Tendulkar

 

[Teuton]

Ha, is it my fault all the ppl before me didn't think he was the best guy to pick?

 

[Teuton]

Weldone (2) > JoJo > me

 

[kingkallis]

I was hoping to grab SRT after Barnes

 

[weldone]

wtf!

Muralitharan and Tendulkar aren't mono-syllables. Are they allowed? I am confused.

 

[kingkallis]

wtf!

Muralitharan and Tendulkar aren't mono-syllables. Are they allowed? I am confused.

Your team must contain no more than 6 single syllable names and no more than 6 multi (3 or more) syllable names.

 

[weldone]

Your team must contain no more than 6 single syllable names and no more than 6 multi (3 or more) syllable names.

I thought that's for name, not surnames. Surnames must NOT have more than one syllable. That's how I read the rules. Want LL to clarify before I make my first pick.

 

[Line and Length]

I thought that's for name, not surnames. Surnames must NOT have more than one syllable. That's how I read the rules. Want LL to clarify before I make my first pick.

Sorry if my instructions aren't clear. The syllables refer to the players' last names. You have a maximum of 6 single syllable last names and a maximum of 6 surnames (last names) with 3 or more syllables. Thus you will end up with either 5 and 6 or 6 and 5 of the two categories. The only exclusions are 2 syllable last names.

 

[weldone]

Kumar Sangakkara and Glenn McGrath

 

[trundler]

McGrath has 2 I think. Mac-grah

 

[weldone]

McGrath has one syllable in the website LL suggested.

 

[kingkallis]

McGrath has one syllable in the website LL suggested.

Legit!

 

[weldone]

Yes the difference is between 'Mc' and 'Mac' I think. MacGill has 2, and McDermott has 2 too.

 

[JOJOXI]

Are we treating Ntini as 2 syllables then? As I'd definetly say McGrath was 2 syllables but the website does say 1 in fairness to Weldone - What is your verdict on this LL?

 

[Teuton]

Maybe that source needs to be ignored. McGrath clearly has 2 syllables.

 

[kingkallis]

Maybe that source needs to be ignored. McGrath clearly has 2 syllables.

So whats the solution now?

 

[weldone]

So whats the solution now?

Let's wait for LL. If the source is not legit, then we need an alternative legit source or there will be arguments and chaos along the way. Who is the Australian forum member here? Maybe we need an explanation of the difference between 'Mc' and 'Mac'. I can totally understand the difference in syllables if those two are pronounced differently.

 

[Teuton]

They're pronounced exactly the same.
E.g. McDonald is the same as MacDonald.

 

[ataraxia]

Can't really find a way that McGrath is one syllable. Mi-grah.

I think I get it actually. The website treats strings of consonants as all part of the same syllable if it's at the start of the word. It renders dfgfhdjagkg as one syllable and dfgfhdjagkgertts as two syllables.

It also doesn't recognise weird words like rhythms, which it says is one syllable due to the hidden i in thm.

Heh -- it also says a scream (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa) is 12 syllables.

Let's not trust this website as it's automatically generated for most cricketers' names.

 

[trundler]

The best course of action is to just pick who you think qualifies and letting the others judge. Mac-grah is demonstrably 2 syllables imo.