Pub Quiz thread
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yorkshirehornet
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Is this the Orange Order banning the use of R.I.P. because it is a Papist slur on God?
yorkshirehornet
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Yes,, ,that is right...... they say you either go to heaven or hell... and god decides.... so we shouldnt say RIP
over to you
Thanks, BB.
Mano, kid, tûzen, dausend.
What is the question?
What is the answer?
Mano, kid, tûzen, dausend.
What is the question?
What is the answer?
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yorkshirehornet
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What is next in this sequence of numbers ? The answer - 10,000 ? The language looks to be a constructed one - Orc language from Lord of the Rings ? All of this is wild guessing.
Both of you are partly correct. It has something to do with numbers and West Fresian is involved..
yorkshirehornet
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There are indeed Yorkie but 'tüzen' is the West Frisian word for a thousand (the upturned v accent doesn't exist on my keyboard and is old Germanic - replaced by 'ü'. The North Frisian word for a thousand is 'duusend' so I think we're on the right track - never seen either of the other 2, and they don't look similar to German or Dutch - as Frisian generally does.
Yes. You are nearly there. West Fresian and Luxembourgian are two of them. Actually the languages are not important.
So, we have 2 words there both meaning a thousand - so the mano kid might mean 'take away' or 'add on' or multiply but I have no idea of the language.
I think the question might be 'are they all the same' ? In which case the answer would (probably) be yes. Mani appears to be the Maori word for a thousand - and 2 of the others are Luxembourgish and West Frisian for the same but I have no idea where 'kid' comes from.
You've got it Cologne. I wouldn't expect you to know in which language kid means a thousand. It is Pingelapese which is spoken by about 250 people in an atol that is part of the Federated States of Micronesia. I had to choose a thousand in Pingelapese because the same lower order number has different words depending on what they are counting.
yorkshirehornet
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Cheers NZ. As is well known bumblebees leave a scent on flowers which they have pollinated which is detectable to other pollinating insects - this is presumably so that their own species do not waste time if there is no nectar left there. They would then be forced to wait until the flower had replenished its nectar - the rate at which flowers do this varies from species to species. For which flower would a British bumblebee have to wait the shortest time - in other words which British flower replenishes its nectar supply in the shortest time.
Can it be the lupin cologne? Not sure that this is a British flower and my wife tells me the seeds have been used for culinary purposes since Roman times. She is the plants person in this house. 
Not the lupin Frenchie. The flower I am thinking of is not a native of the UK. but has established itself there on both sides of the garden fence. The lupin reproduces its nectar quickly but not as quickly as this plant.Can it be the lupin cologne? Not sure that this is a British flower and my wife tells me the seeds have been used for culinary purposes since Roman times. She is the plants person in this house.
Hmm. Bees are colour blind for some colours, but can see and go for yellows, whites and blues. So a yellow flower in gardens and in the wild. Next guess Dandelion.