Stumped by a Pub Quiz Question - Anyone heard of this one ?

[Gann]

On Thursday night during the pub quiz in my local the following question came up:-

If someone was a hostelatalyst (may not be the exact correct spelling) , what would they be interested in ?

And when the answer came ' Someone who studies Pub Signs', my team collectively looked at me wanting to know why I didn't know it..

Never heard of it and I can't find anything remotely close coming up on Google and Wikipedia..

Seems like one of those supposedly real but generally made up words that used to pop up on 'Call My Bluff' to me, but interested if anyone has a greater knowledge than we did on Thursday Evening...

[Maldenman]

Hmm, no sign of the term here. http://www.innsignsociety.com/ Looks like nonsense to me.

[RogerB]

If you could find it anywhere it would probably be here, but I can't see anything.

http://www.innsignsociety.com/index.html

[Maldenman]

If you could find it anywhere it would probably be here, but I can't see anything.

http://www.innsignsociety.com/index.html

Stalker!! :D

[trainman]

Who you gonna call? Pubsignman!

[aleandhearty]

I tried googling it and the only place it came up was on this thread! All a bit suspect, if you ask me.

[Oggwyn Trench]

Looked through my collection of books on pubs including Shropshire Inn Signs by Alan Rose , secretary of the Inn sign society , not a mention .
There are a few sites that list all the various hobby/enthusiast names , no mention here either

[runningdog]

Does anyone know if the forum archives still exist from BitE, because I know I've heard the term somewhere and I'm pretty sure it was on there..........:whistle::drinkup::drinkup:

[Wild Rover]

A couple of months ago I made myself a member of the Inn Sign Society,and is referred to in one of the journals as Inn-signia but I am not sure if this is the official term

[Pubsignman]

I've never heard of it - I've read quite a few books by Eric Delderfield, who's a bit of an expert on the subject and I don't think he ever makes mention of the term.

[Wild Rover]

In small book that i have called The Collins Gem Fact File it says that a collector or enthusiast of outdoor pub signs is Hostelaphile or a Hostelaphilist.,so it looks like the quizmaster might have been right after all.

[Conrad]

Well at least that word appears when searched for, but still seems to be very unreferenced. Quite a harsh question that one.

[Soup Dragon]

I've never heard of it - I've read quite a few books by Eric Delderfield, who's a bit of an expert on the subject and I don't think he ever makes mention of the term.

Don't get me started on pub quizzes!!!!!!!!

[RogerB]

My contrafibularities go out to all who have attempted to resolve the question. :confused:

[Evil Gazebo]

My contrafibularities go out to all who have attempted to resolve the question. :confused:

Indeed. Gann's quizmaster should be anispeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused such pericombobulation.

[aleandhearty]

In small book that i have called The Collins Gem Fact File it says that a collector or enthusiast of outdoor pub signs is Hostelaphile or a Hostelaphilist.,so it looks like the quizmaster might have been right after all.

I was a bit suspicious of those also, as they literally translate as lover of hostels/hostelries. However, I stand corrected, as hostelaphily appears here:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hostelaphily

[aleandhearty]

My contrafibularities go out to all who have attempted to resolve the question.


Indeed. Gann's quizmaster should be anispeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused such pericombobulation.

:D That's certainly put me in the mood to blow the dust off my Blackadder DVD. For those that haven't got it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSYiT2iG08

[Soup Dragon]

I was a bit suspicious of those also, as they literally translate as lover of hostels/hostelries. However, I stand corrected, as hostelaphily appears here:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hostelaphily

So....... what is a lover of youth hostels called?

[arwkrite]

The word does not appear in my newly acquired electronic Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus and Crossword Solver.
I wonder how many words get made up these days, just like those sad names modern kids get stuck with ?
As a youngster I was given a whopping great Etymological Dictionary. It did not improve my spelling but passed many a boring lesson. Without the spell checker my ignorance is open to all .:pray:

[RogerB]

So....... what is a lover of youth hostels called?

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