+DamhuisClan Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 What is that word? Purple? Quote Link to comment
besem Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Purple? Good attempt! The little obscure word "curple" rhymes with it, though, which has a fun enough meaning to quote here: curple (plural curples) 1.) the hindquarters or the rump of a horse, a strap under the girth of a horse's saddle to stop the saddle from kicking forward 2.) (transf.) the rump, the posterior Quote Link to comment
besem Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) Meh. Double post. Edited April 24, 2009 by besem Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Here's a little bit of information I learnt yesterday - it is well known that there is no word in English that rhymes with the word "orange", but there is another English word with the same property. What is that word? Strangely enough this came up in conversation a few weeks ago, my daughter is learning rhyming at school. For them it's all about the sound and it doesn't matter whether the word exists or not. However she started asking words that rhyme with 'X and Y etc.' and occasionally I really struggled so it got me thinking and doing some research. A contentious question.... by definition it seems there are many more and depends on whether a strict rhyming sequence is applied or not. I'll just answer with the ones that I could recall as typical examples given before I started my research; orange, silver, month, pint, and purple although there are some obscure words that do rhyme with these Quote Link to comment
besem Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Strangely enough this came up in conversation a few weeks ago, my daughter is learning rhyming at school. For them it's all about the sound and it doesn't matter whether the word exists or not. However she started asking words that rhyme with 'X and Y etc.' and occasionally I really struggled so it got me thinking and doing some research. A contentious question.... by definition it seems there are many more and depends on whether a strict rhyming sequence is applied or not. I'll just answer with the ones that I could recall as typical examples given before I started my research; orange, silver, month, pint, and purple although there are some obscure words that do rhyme with these Globalrat has the stage! According to the Oxford website, "orange" and "silver" are the only words without a rhyming word (according to a fairly strict definition of rhyming). The two words *do* have the half-rhymes "lozenge" and "salver". One has to assume they're talking about the "proper" BBC pronunciation. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Who was known as the face that launched a thousand ships ? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Was that Helen of Troy? Quote Link to comment
+Skyjuggler Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I have to agree with Carbon Hunter on this one. It was indeed Helen of Troy. Following her abduction to Paris a thousand ships were launched to reclaim her. This was pretty much the start of the trojan war... Must have been one good looking lady!!! Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 NOTE: If it is Helen of Troy and I get the answer right - skyjuggler -would you please ask a question - I'm going to be off air for a while. Thanks - if not - no worries Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Was that Helen of Troy? Correct. Apologies for delayed response, internet was interrupted by a wonderful weekend in technology backwater... BLISS Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 OK = I'm back in circulation again. What was Blood River originally called before the battle? Quote Link to comment
+trevorh7000 Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 OK = I'm back in circulation again. What was Blood River originally called before the battle? an absolute flier here - The Sand River Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Nope = but a good try Quote Link to comment
+The Huskies Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 (edited) Ncome River Edited May 2, 2009 by The Huskies Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Yep - yopu're it Huskies - well done Quote Link to comment
+The Huskies Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Where in SA would you find "The Blue Mine" Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Would that perhaps be in Kimberley? I know that kimberlite is sometimes called bluestone? Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 Where in SA would you find "The Blue Mine" A flier from my side. Northern Cape, in Namaqualand. Close to the coast. They mined something there. Quote Link to comment
+The Huskies Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 DamhuisClan ... Almost there Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 (edited) Aggenys? Or maybe we should go with Springbok! Edited May 3, 2009 by cownchicken Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 How about Kooignaas? Chicken went there and Kleinsee quite often for work. Quote Link to comment
+The Huskies Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Aggenys? Or maybe we should go with Springbok! Witch one? Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Springbok as Aggenys is refered to as Black Mountain. Quote Link to comment
+The Huskies Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Thats right.....It is in town on the East side. Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Who was South Africa's first Olympic Gold Medallist? Ironically this person was not included in the Springbok Team, but the people of his/her Colony were so sure of a Gold Medal that they raised the fare money! Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Go for it Globalrat! Reggie Walker won the 100m's in 1908 in a time of 10,8sec. He was not included in the South African team of 14. The people of Natal (the Colony) were so sure that he would succeed that they paid for him to attend the Games. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Who was the first female South African to win an Olympic gold? Quote Link to comment
+DAN404 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Who was the first female South African to win an Olympic gold? Esther Brandt? Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Wasn't it Penny Heyns? I think she actually won 2 golds in Atlanta - not just 1. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Karen Muir? I'll try again Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 (edited) I think the lady's name was Joan Harrison, and it was for swimming. Edited May 7, 2009 by cownchicken Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Karen Muir? I'll try again If memory serves me correctly Karen Muir was the youngest World Record holder at the age of 12 or 13, but she never competed in the Olympics due to SA's exclusion in those days. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Who was the first female South African to win an Olympic gold? Esther Brandt? Dan404, correct you're up. Quote Link to comment
+DAN404 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 That answer came from the An part of Dan. Her question: Who painted Guernica and what does it symbolize? (She is an artist!) Quote Link to comment
+Discombob Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I will say Frieda Khalo It symbolises her struggle with Life, the universe and Everything! Quote Link to comment
+DAN404 Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Picasso Love & War The Spanish town Guernica was bombed by the Germans in 1937. This prompted Picasso to this black and white oil painting. Guernica was not a military target but civilian. The bombing took place in aid of Genl Franco. The painting is 3,5 meters tall and 7 meters wide! Picasso protests against the atrocities of war. You are on Huskies! Quote Link to comment
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