Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:28 pm
Was he heavy ?Rory wrote:Yes???
No!!!
That wasn't me - that was my eldest brother.....
I have never owned one - and never want to.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:33 pm
no he aint...
at least not in 1984 when I saw him...
at least not in 1984 when I saw him...
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:40 am
How about a word, then?
I suspect that many of us know this one already:
rehoboam
• noun - a wine bottle of about six times the standard size.
— origin late 19th cent.: from the name Rehoboam (well I never.....).
I suspect that many of us know this one already:
rehoboam
• noun - a wine bottle of about six times the standard size.
— origin late 19th cent.: from the name Rehoboam (well I never.....).
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:34 am
go on then, tell us all the rest.Richard Ruck wrote:How about a word, then?
I suspect that many of us know this one already:
rehoboam
• noun - a wine bottle of about six times the standard size.
— origin late 19th cent.: from the name Rehoboam (well I never.....).
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:42 am
Jereboam - 4 bottles
Methuselah - 8 bottles
Salmanazar - 12 bottles
Balthazar - 16 bottles
Nebuchadnezzar - 20 bottles
Methuselah - 8 bottles
Salmanazar - 12 bottles
Balthazar - 16 bottles
Nebuchadnezzar - 20 bottles
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:46 am
OK, I admit I wasn't sure about a couple of them.......had to look them up!
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:46 am
Thank you, never know when that will come in useful.
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:35 pm
Trust Richard to know all about wine bottle sizes.
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:49 pm
I can look, but I can't afford.....J.R. wrote:Trust Richard to know all about wine bottle sizes.
Well, not the big ones, anyway!
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:48 am
spruit
• noun S. African - a small watercourse, typically dry except during the rainy season.
— origin Dutch; related to sprout.
• noun S. African - a small watercourse, typically dry except during the rainy season.
— origin Dutch; related to sprout.
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:49 am
Forgot to post this yesterday:
chaebol
• noun (pl. same or chaebols) (in the Republic of Korea) - a large family-owned business conglomerate.
— origin 1980s: Korean, literally ‘money clan’.
chaebol
• noun (pl. same or chaebols) (in the Republic of Korea) - a large family-owned business conglomerate.
— origin 1980s: Korean, literally ‘money clan’.
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:51 am
......and today's:
teraphim
• plural noun [also treated as sing.] - small images or cult objects used as domestic deities or oracles by ancient Semitic peoples.
— origin late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek theraphin, from Hebrew terapim.
teraphim
• plural noun [also treated as sing.] - small images or cult objects used as domestic deities or oracles by ancient Semitic peoples.
— origin late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek theraphin, from Hebrew terapim.
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:58 pm
.... and I thought they had hard shells and were found swimming around in ponds with angels !Richard Ruck wrote:......and today's:
teraphim
• plural noun [also treated as sing.] - small images or cult objects used as domestic deities or oracles by ancient Semitic peoples.
— origin late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek theraphin, from Hebrew terapim.
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:16 pm
I don't swim in pondsJ.R. wrote:.... and I thought they had hard shells and were found swimming around in ponds with angels !Richard Ruck wrote:......and today's:
teraphim
• plural noun [also treated as sing.] - small images or cult objects used as domestic deities or oracles by ancient Semitic peoples.
— origin late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek theraphin, from Hebrew terapim.
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:31 am
Took a bit of a break from this last week, but here we go again.....
entresol
• noun - a low storey between the ground floor and the first floor of a building; a mezzanine floor.
— origin early 18th cent.: French, from Spanish entresuelo, from entre ‘between’ + suelo ‘storey’.
entresol
• noun - a low storey between the ground floor and the first floor of a building; a mezzanine floor.
— origin early 18th cent.: French, from Spanish entresuelo, from entre ‘between’ + suelo ‘storey’.