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October 21st 14, 05:52 AM
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October 21st 14, 06:14 AM
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On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 6:52:16 AM UTC+1, Simon S wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/we...erm-means.html Not easy! 7/10 by knowledge, deduction and a lucky guess! |
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October 21st 14, 06:24 AM
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"Simon S" wrote in message ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/we...erm-means.html 60%. Not great. There were several terms I had never heard of so just had to guess. Cat's nose indeed! -- Col Bolton, Lancashire 160m asl Snow videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg |
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October 21st 14, 08:49 AM
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:52:16 -0700 (PDT)
Simon S wrote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/we...erm-means.html 60%, but mainly guesswork. I'd argue with one of the definitions, "mizzle", as that was also common in Northamptonshire. When I was a child, I made up the word from "mist" and "drizzle" not realising that I'd been beaten to it ages before. Found out many years later that the word originates on the near continent, for instance Low German "miseln". -- Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'. "Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they're open". - Lord Dewar (1864-1930) |
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October 21st 14, 09:51 AM
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In message ,
Simon S writes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/we...ess-what-the-w eather-term-means.html I scored 60%, though I only actually knew three for certain (haar, mizzle and St. Martin's summer). It seemed more a test of one's knowledge of local dialect words and historical terms than of the weather. -- John Hall "Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own." Nelson Algren |
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October 22nd 14, 12:56 PM
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John Hall wrote:
In message , Simon S writes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/we...ess-what-the-w eather-term-means.html I scored 60%, though I only actually knew three for certain (haar, mizzle and St. Martin's summer). It seemed more a test of one's knowledge of local dialect words and historical terms than of the weather. ------------------------------------------- Yes, me too. Not the best quiz I've ever seen. |
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