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  1. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member
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    As my name suggests I have German origins. I was knighted by Queen Victoria. I have paintings in the national collection at the Tate. I am buried in St.James churchyard, Bushey.

    Who am I?
     
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  2. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Hubert von Herkomer ?
     
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  3. oldfrenchhorn

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    Correct cologne. It's all yours. ;)
     
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  4. colognehornet

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    O.K. It has been observed that foxes often try to nip at the heels of cattle. Ultimately only the fox knows why he does this - but animal behaviour experts believe they know the reason. Is the fox just trying to be annoying because that is his nature ? Has he developed a taste for small portions of beef ? Or is there another reason - if so what ?
     
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  5. NZHorn

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    To try to direct them?
     
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  6. colognehornet

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    Nope, sorry.
     
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  7. Bolton's Boots

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    Trying to get them to move, giving the fox access to burrowing animals nearby?
     
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  8. yorkshirehornet

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    To put their scent on them?
     
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  9. hornethologist a.k.a. theo

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    They have a developed a taste for Hock?
     
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  10. colognehornet

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    Not there yet, BB is the closest.
     
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  11. Bolton's Boots

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    Hmm - it makes the cattle run and the noise/vibrations frighten burrowing animals out of their burrows, making them easy prey for the foxes?
     
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  12. colognehornet

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    Close enough BB, it irritates the cattle and their consequent stamping on the ground forces mice and other rodents out of their holes. Over to you.
     
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  13. Bolton's Boots

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    Which current language has the smallest alphabet and where is it spoken?
     
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  14. Busy Being Headhunted

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    Norfolk
     
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  15. colognehornet

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    Lutonian ?
     
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  16. Bolton's Boots

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    Grunting doesn't count as language... <laugh>
     
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  17. yorkshirehornet

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    Rotokas, PNG?
     
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  18. hornethologist a.k.a. theo

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    I believe Inuit, the language of Eskimo people, has quite a bit fewer than English...only three vowels I think. Spoken at the top end of Canada...
     
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  19. Bolton's Boots

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    That's the one - spoken on the island of Bougainville, to the east of New Guinea. It only uses eleven letters, five vowels and six consonants - so either they don't say very much or use their hands a lot. :)

    Over to you..
     
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  20. yorkshirehornet

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    erm...... which..... not606er posts under two names ? ;)
     
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