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WCDT Thread (30 Jan - 4 Feb 2011, 1851-55)
Olymander:
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--- Quote from: snubnose on 31 Jan 2011, 05:25 ---For the record, for non-native english speakers, many of these "bad puns" are hard enough to understand in the first place.
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the one i quoted took a google seach for the word and i actually had to prenounce it before i got it, if this came up in some conversation i wouldnt get it...since who the hell knows what a lyre is?
especially us non-native speakers
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Aren't lyres Greek? So really the blame should fall on the Greeks... I guess in this case it's just a case of a Greek word matching an English one.
MillionDollar Belt Sander:
--- Quote from: charybdis on 31 Jan 2011, 09:59 ---
--- Quote from: iduguphergrave on 31 Jan 2011, 09:19 ---(the link is your punishment)
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Damn you! That's the third time I've gotten stuck there in as many days!
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I just lost an hour and a half following that link!
Akima:
--- Quote from: Olymander on 31 Jan 2011, 13:55 ---Aren't lyres Greek? So really the blame should fall on the Greeks... I guess in this case it's just a case of a Greek word matching an English one.
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lyre |līr| noun. A stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar, used esp. in ancient Greece. Modern instruments of this type are found mainly in East Africa.
ORIGIN Middle English : via Old French lire and Latin lyra from Greek lura.
The word has come a long way. The Greek root doesn't match the English, but it has the lura the exotic... :angel:
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: iduguphergrave's signature on 31 Jan 2011, 13:41 ---The anagram of Faye is F, YEA!
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And for "Faye Whitaker" it's "Awake thy fire". Appropriate, eh?
iduguphergrave:
Very nice. :-) I wish I could take full credit for my sig but someone else said it during one of the streams.
EDIT: Actually, now that I really think back, I'm pretty sure I got it wrong (it was actually awhile ago). Fixed now!
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