Oh magnifique, Mikey starts posting in French. ;-) "Francorchamps", the name of the old village roughly means... French fields, in contrast to German ones. It lies in the border area between historically purely French-speaking and German-speaking areas in todays Belgium, where the peoples used to live close together for centuries. The wars of the 20th century put an end to that.
Oh magnifique, Mikey starts posting in French. ;-) "Francorchamps", the name of the old village roughly means... French fields, in contrast to German ones. It lies in the border area between historically purely French-speaking and German-speaking areas in todays Belgium, where the peoples used to live close together for centuries. The wars of the 20th century put an end to that.
Très bien, continue comme ça, Mikey ;-)
We will see, maybe.
Spa Francorchamps is where they carved out a great race course because after WWII the area was part of the Battle of the Bulge and was so heavily bombed it was almost unlivable for the locals, even today as they expand the racetrack they are finding unexploded bombs and visitors of the track see lots of reminders to stay within the fences so they don't stumble upon something they shouldn't.
As a non-native speaker I had to look up a dictionary to interpret it this way:
A chain of fancy words which all meant very small amounts of something finally ends with your post, admitting your superiority you wouldn't even deign to continue the previous post (scintilla). ;-)
Now that I think about it, I don't understand the intended link smidgen-->deigns either. English is sometimes puzzling.
As a non-native speaker I had to look up a dictionary to interpret it this way:
A chain of fancy words which all meant very small amounts of something finally ends with your post, admitting your superiority you wouldn't even deign to continue the previous post (scintilla). ;-)
Now that I think about it, I don't understand the intended link smidgen-->deigns either. English is sometimes puzzling.
If you remove the "m" from "smidgen" and rearrange the remaining letters, you get "deigns" :-)
This is one of my common strategies for word link. Add or subtract letters from the starting word, then rearrange the result to make a new word.
"I was born in a small town, and I live in a small town." - John Mellencamp
As a non-native speaker I had to look up a dictionary to interpret it this way:
A chain of fancy words which all meant very small amounts of something finally ends with your post, admitting your superiority you wouldn't even deign to continue the previous post (scintilla). ;-)
Now that I think about it, I don't understand the intended link smidgen-->deigns either. English is sometimes puzzling.
If you remove the "m" from "smidgen" and rearrange the remaining letters, you get "deigns" :-)
This is one of my common strategies for word link. Add or subtract letters from the starting word, then rearrange the result to make a new word.
I just used this strategy again for waterpark --> partaker
I removed the "w" from the starting word and rearranged the remaining letters to get the result.
"I was born in a small town, and I live in a small town." - John Mellencamp
If you remove the "m" from "smidgen" and rearrange the remaining letters, you get "deigns" :-)
This is one of my common strategies for word link. Add or subtract letters from the starting word, then rearrange the result to make a new word.
Whooaa.. I think we need strict and clear rules here that define what a word link is. (I'm German, such deviations from what is expected make me really nervous).
Below is a copy of the rules that are used in Seti@home for a similar thread:
Reprise of the rules:
-Only one word per post
-No comments or ~
-The word has to be linked to the word of the previous poster
-You cannot post 2 times in a row
-The two words need to link in Google at least
-A hyphen is allowed if the word makes sense in its entirety, but must not be used to link proper names (e.g. "Miss-Piggy" is not allowed, but either "miss" or "piggy" would be, but "misspiggy" would not)
-One letter words are allowed (you can't actually post a one letter word but it will work when you put a punctuation mark behind it (or just a space:)
-Abbreviations are allowed (but must be a word in its own right)
-Acronyms are not allowed
-Punctuation marks are not allowed
-Digits only are not allowed
-Pictures and quoting are not allowed.
-Hyperlinks are not allowed
Oh magnifique, Mikey starts
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Oh magnifique, Mikey starts posting in French. ;-) "Francorchamps", the name of the old village roughly means... French fields, in contrast to German ones. It lies in the border area between historically purely French-speaking and German-speaking areas in todays Belgium, where the peoples used to live close together for centuries. The wars of the 20th century put an end to that.
Très bien, continue comme ça, Mikey ;-)
Scrooge McDuck wrote: Oh
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We will see, maybe.
Spa Francorchamps is where they carved out a great race course because after WWII the area was part of the Battle of the Bulge and was so heavily bombed it was almost unlivable for the locals, even today as they expand the racetrack they are finding unexploded bombs and visitors of the track see lots of reminders to stay within the fences so they don't stumble upon something they shouldn't.
I played smidgen --->
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I played smidgen ---> deigns
But just prior to my play, Harri played smidgen ---> scintilla
So sorry!
"I was born in a small town, and I live in a small town." - John Mellencamp
Tigers_Dave wrote: I played
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Here is the post hoc argument for scintilla ---> deigns
"I was born in a small town, and I live in a small town." - John Mellencamp
As a non-native speaker I had
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As a non-native speaker I had to look up a dictionary to interpret it this way:
A chain of fancy words which all meant very small amounts of something finally ends with your post, admitting your superiority you wouldn't even deign to continue the previous post (scintilla). ;-)
Now that I think about it, I don't understand the intended link smidgen-->deigns either. English is sometimes puzzling.
Tigers_Dave
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It's okay we all do that at one point or another
Scrooge McDuck wrote: As a
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If you remove the "m" from "smidgen" and rearrange the remaining letters, you get "deigns" :-)
This is one of my common strategies for word link. Add or subtract letters from the starting word, then rearrange the result to make a new word.
"I was born in a small town, and I live in a small town." - John Mellencamp
Tigers_Dave wrote: Scrooge
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I just used this strategy again for waterpark --> partaker
I removed the "w" from the starting word and rearranged the remaining letters to get the result.
"I was born in a small town, and I live in a small town." - John Mellencamp
Tigers_Dave schrieb:If you
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Whooaa.. I think we need strict and clear rules here that define what a word link is. (I'm German, such deviations from what is expected make me really nervous).
FYI Below is a copy of the
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FYI
Below is a copy of the rules that are used in Seti@home for a similar thread:
Reprise of the rules:
-Only one word per post
-No comments or ~
-The word has to be linked to the word of the previous poster
-You cannot post 2 times in a row
-The two words need to link in Google at least
-A hyphen is allowed if the word makes sense in its entirety, but must not be used to link proper names (e.g. "Miss-Piggy" is not allowed, but either "miss" or "piggy" would be, but "misspiggy" would not)
-One letter words are allowed (you can't actually post a one letter word but it will work when you put a punctuation mark behind it (or just a space:)
-Abbreviations are allowed (but must be a word in its own right)
-Acronyms are not allowed
-Punctuation marks are not allowed
-Digits only are not allowed
-Pictures and quoting are not allowed.
-Hyperlinks are not allowed