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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member
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    Foragers?
     
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  2. colognehornet

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    Not foragers Frenchie. This is a word for something which we use on a daily basis. It was first used with the modern meaning by George Eliot, and has been further adapted for something we use daily.
     
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  3. colognehornet

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    A word for something whcih we use on most days - but which has changed from its origin meaning, though there are some similarities. I used it about ten minutes ago.
     
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  4. yorkshirehornet

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    A pure guess..
    Forage?
     
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  5. colognehornet

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    Nope sorry Yorkie. A word for something you recently used - but which in days gone by meant something rather different. Or maybe not quite so different - what does a forager have to do before actually choosing what he takes ?
     
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  6. yorkshirehornet

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    Just to summarize. It is something which all of us on here recently used - otherwise we would not be on here. It used to mean ''a person who cuts the leaves and twigs of trees to use as food for animals in winter''. Prior to doing this an element of choice was involved which involved ..........? The first use of this word in anything like it's modern sense was by George Eliot in 'Romola'. Now used in computing - and, like so many computing words, has gone through another slight shift in meaning.
     
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  8. yorkshirehornet

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    Browser is what I was looking for Yorkie. Another of those words which IT. took over. First used with it's modern meaning in George Eliot's Romola to describe people browsing in a museum. In old English it meant looking for fodder. Over to you.
     
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  10. yorkshirehornet

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    Phew..
    How did Blackburn beat an American train robbery by four years?
     
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    I saw this one recently - the first Western was filmed in Blackburn 4 years before the film the Great Train Robbery.
     
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  12. yorkshirehornet

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    Yes 1899 and made in Blackburn..

    Over to you
     
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  13. colognehornet

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    Cheers Yorkie.
    What do ''Oben am jungen Rhein'' and ''Kongesangen'' have in common ?
     
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    Are these two anthems that have the same tune as the Uk national anthem?
     
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  15. colognehornet

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    All yours Frenchie. ''Oben am jungen Rhein'' is the national anthem of Liechtenstein and ''Kongesangen'' is the royal anthem of Norway - both have the same tune as the UK national anthem.
     
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    Thanks cologne. What links Shakespeare's Henry the Fourth with a football team?
     
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  17. yorkshirehornet

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    Henry Percy.. Also known as hotspur?
     
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    That didn't last long. You are of course correct.
     
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  19. yorkshirehornet

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    What martial had a mixed reception?
     
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