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Post by whatagain on Jun 25, 2023 18:13:20 GMT
Panama. Country with a canal that decided of the size of US warships.
Foreign language is used in a 0.001 pc of the discussions, as an aside Or sometimes i just don’t know that Delphes is French and Delphi English… major issue .
Here another.
Quousque abutere guys patientia nostra?
Making a fuss of a few words…
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 25, 2023 18:29:19 GMT
A simple trick for this game or the famous people game is to quickly check your entry against google, both for spelling, accuracy, & the chance to garner an extra fact or two. Louisiana -- a US state with a uniquely rich culture that has tragically gone over to the political dark side.
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Post by whatagain on Jun 25, 2023 18:33:21 GMT
A simple trick for this game or the famous people game is to quickly check your entry against google, both for spelling, accuracy, & the chance to garner an extra fact or two. Louisiana -- a US state with a uniquely rich culture that has tragically gone over to the political dark side. I do/did yet I still misspelled Wilhelmina adding a second h. That somebody immediately noticed and corrected… I guessed I am hopeless.
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Post by onlyMark on Jun 25, 2023 20:53:51 GMT
fumo, it wasn't a problem. But then recently there are a spate of non-English phrases and mainly the issue of what language the geographic names should be in. Mick said he thought the language should be English and you disagreed. I pointed out using a different language isolates and excludes forum members. There has to be a consensus as to is it a free for all or not. Was the abusive post directed at Mick taken down?
لم تكن مشكلة من قبل ، لكنها ستحدث بسبب عضو واحد سيفعل دائمًا ما يريد.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 26, 2023 2:11:25 GMT
Siam - exotic old name for Thailand
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 26, 2023 3:19:54 GMT
Osian -- ancient town in the Jodhpur District of Rajasthan, India famous for the cluster of ruined Hindu and Jain temples dating from the 8th to 12th centuries
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Post by whatagain on Jun 26, 2023 8:02:50 GMT
Chiang Mai. Nice city in Thailand.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 26, 2023 13:50:55 GMT
Thiais - southern suburb of Paris containing the largest cemetery for Parisians, the only attraction being that it costs 4 times less than being buried inside Paris
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Post by whatagain on Jun 26, 2023 16:19:17 GMT
Thorembais les Béguines. Village in Wallonia with one of the biggest vineyards in Belgium. 4 ha or about 25 000 bales a year.
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Post by bjd on Jun 27, 2023 6:30:48 GMT
Thonon-les-bains Small French city near the Swiss border on Lac Léman
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 27, 2023 13:27:44 GMT
Lesbos - popular island in Greece
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Post by whatagain on Jun 27, 2023 15:38:40 GMT
Bosphorus. River separating Europe from Asia.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 27, 2023 16:29:31 GMT
Russia - big Eurasian country causing a bit of concern
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Post by whatagain on Jun 28, 2023 7:33:16 GMT
Brussels. Or Bruxelles or Brussel as locals will say. But the x will pronounced as a double s.
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Post by mossie on Jun 28, 2023 14:27:44 GMT
Elsenham - Essex village. Jam was produced there and marketed as " the most expensive jam in the world"
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 28, 2023 15:25:10 GMT
Seneca (New York) - town in the centre of the state, of little note
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Post by whatagain on Jun 28, 2023 17:08:18 GMT
Venezuela. Country with petrol and dictators.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 28, 2023 17:19:39 GMT
Cap Gris-Nez - the closest point in France to England (30.3 km). Most Channel swimmers leave from that point, and migrants have also died leaving from that point.
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Post by whatagain on Jun 28, 2023 19:45:11 GMT
Cap blanc-Nez. Obviously... a few kms from gris nez.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 29, 2023 6:00:15 GMT
Lanzarote - one of the Canary Islands
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Post by whatagain on Jun 29, 2023 6:11:37 GMT
Rothenburg ob den Tauber. Small beautiful town in Germany.
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Post by bjd on Jun 29, 2023 6:39:16 GMT
Denmark Scandinavian country attached to northern Germany
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 29, 2023 7:19:10 GMT
Mar-a-Lago - little corner of paradise in Florida
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Post by mossie on Jun 29, 2023 14:29:18 GMT
Mount Ararat - where Noah parked his mobile zoo to let the animals disembark. There is an old Arab story that says that Noah had a special lobby at the entrance where all the male animals had to hand in their wedding tackle because the barge could not cater for new arrivals on board. When the animals left, the donkey fancied something bigger than God had provided and pushed his way in first and grabbed the largest. This belonged to the camel who was disgusted to find what he was going to get and stomped off in a rage. Noah, realising that there would be no more camels, grabbed the donkey bits and threw them after the camel where they stuck on back to front. This is why the camel got the hump, and why should never stand behind one!!
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 30, 2023 5:50:51 GMT
Saudi Arabia - desert kingdom
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Post by whatagain on Jul 2, 2023 18:12:20 GMT
Ajdabiya. Town in Libya where Rommel and the 8th battled hard.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 3, 2023 6:24:48 GMT
Abidjan - largest city in Côte d'Ivoire
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Post by whatagain on Jul 3, 2023 16:20:20 GMT
Rio de Janeiro. Beautiful capital of Brazil.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 3, 2023 19:05:51 GMT
(It's not the capital!)
Rhodes - largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 3, 2023 21:57:15 GMT
Odessa -- port city on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine
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