It’s Tuesday Time! The prompt for today is QI.
I found out today that QI is a word in the English dictionary! In fact, it is the single most-played word in Scrabble tournaments! I have only known it as a Chinese word for the invisible force in and around us. Quite Interesting, isn’t it? QI is also the abbreviation for Quite Interesting! 😀 What is QI to you?
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Leapingtoes that’s in’tresting
Very very quite
And yes I do play scrabble
Often often quite
And yes toeleaping Qi gives
A nice and hefty score
10+1 if used on own
With skill gives plenty more
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Your use of Qi is quite interesting. Love the poem, Don!
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Thanks for your rather…oops…quite interesting comment Jane…
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All the years of wasted chances
All the IQs that leapt back to my tiles rack.
Very poor scrabble Qi I have…
(I’m obviously not much of a poet.. hehe)
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The Q is not always easy to get rid of. Nice if you can get it on a triple letter both ways……
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I have used “qi” countless times in Scrabble, but never looked up the meaning. Thanks for the lesson.
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I always thought it was IQ but it was wrongly spelt. So QI is not the same then?
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Qi is the circulating life force that is the basis of much Chinese philosophy and medicine. I think of it as akin to the Universal Unconscious or Oversoul.
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Not the same. IQ is an abbreviation (thus not a valid scrabble word), it stands for “Intelligence Quotient”. Qi is the romanised pronunciation of a Chinese character 气 (氣), which does not have an equivalent pronunciation in English, but the nearest is Chee (alternative spelling to Qi is Chi). It is the vital life force as Judy has explained.
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I thought the reverse!! I tried to play IQ but it is not a valid word. I never tried QI because I thought it is just a Chinese word!!
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IQ is an abbreviation. That’s why you can’t use it. I just used Qi a few minutes ago in Scrabble! Coincidence..or is it Qi?
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It’s the Qi resonating through the Universe~ into your hands!
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My entry – http://transitionofthoughts.com/2020/11/18/55-word-fiction-music-brings-calm/
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