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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:35 pm
by shortie72uk
Thanx for the welcome, what a bummer you guys are good thought that would last a bit lol.
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:51 pm
by Cardinal Sin
No probs - most of the people in the Phoenix are either battle-scarred SWP veterans or word puzzle fiends!
Sticking with English, I find it interesting how some words don't exist in English. For example, I was told in French that there was no word for shallow (as in the shallow end), they simply use the word "pas profonde" (not deep). I'm not sure whether this is strictly true, but there are certainly examples of this in English.
So, can anyone name an example of a word in English that doesn't exist?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:28 pm
by Istenem
dunno if this counts but, rosé (as in wine) uses a supefluous ´ because the french word for pink is just rose. we only use the ´ to differentiate it from our (English) word rose.
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:47 pm
by Cardinal Sin
I fear you have wasted a future phoenix question with that nugget Sue, but it's another interesting and yet completely useless bit of trivia that has no doubt pushed some other piece of vital information out.
One of these words refers to livestock...
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:54 pm
by Istenem
bugger. and you know how long it takes me to type even the simplest word at this time of night (drunkenness).
erm, cattle... hmm. charolais?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:58 pm
by Cardinal Sin
BINGO!
Not sure what charolais is, but according to the Oxford English Dictionary, there is no recognised word for a cattle on his tod.
There was another one relating to the opposite of another well known verb but in the meantime over to sue.
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:06 pm
by Istenem
i like it, CHAROLAIS was wrong but cattle was right.
okay: this stumped one of the finest minds in the country
anagrams:
HYDROGEN + U
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:33 am
by harry 3
Which GREYHOUND won 32 consecutive races in the late 1980's ?
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:37 am
by Cardinal Sin
OOOOoooh. Tricky one. I don't know any greyhounds.
So I'll guess, Lucky Jim.
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:48 am
by Istenem
the only one i can think of is mick the miller
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:10 am
by harry 3
Mick The Miller was owned by an Irish priest in the 1920's.
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:17 am
by Istenem
corbière?
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:00 am
by Northern Monkey
Only one i can think of is ballyregan Bob
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:15 pm
by harry 3
NM is correct.
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:43 pm
by Northern Monkey
Hooray twas a guess TBH- Ive not been to the dogs since they shut Catford. Go passed the derelict ground everyday on the train, a real shame.
OK in what sport was the Waterloo Cup contested?