+Carbon Hunter Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Yes it has to do with one of our offspring! South African Institute is correct, but of what? You lived in the town where this place is Cincol! OK - knowing cincol used to be in grahamstown I'll go with SA Inst of Aquatic Biology previously SA Icthyology? Knowing that the ceeocanth was from this area and the JLB Smith Intitute (hey maybe that was it)?
+cownchicken Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Actually The South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity, previously known as the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology. Go for it Carbon Hunter!
+Carbon Hunter Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Actually The South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity, previously known as the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology. Go for it Carbon Hunter! Thanks for the clue Why has Ruan Müller been in the news lately?
+Team Ginger Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 He died of Swine Flu. First SA death - Stellenbosch.
+cincol Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 He died of Swine Flu. First SA death - Stellenbosch. Eish - shame. The local mentality here is there are no pigs or pork products so we are safe from swine 'flu!!!!
+Team Ginger Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Several of the "Lion King" character names are based on Swahili words. 'Simba' means, lion. 'Rafiki' means friend and 'Pumba' means dusty. Where does the name 'Mufasa' come from?
+Jors Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Several of the "Lion King" character names are based on Swahili words. 'Simba' means, lion. 'Rafiki' means friend and 'Pumba' means dusty. Where does the name 'Mufasa' come from? Chief?
+DamhuisClan Posted August 25, 2009 Author Posted August 25, 2009 Several of the "Lion King" character names are based on Swahili words. 'Simba' means, lion. 'Rafiki' means friend and 'Pumba' means dusty. Where does the name 'Mufasa' come from? Leader? or Trish thinks Grandfather perhaps
+Team Ginger Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 nope.. ..though 'leader' may be a hint, Anton.
+Team Ginger Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 (edited) Yes, king is partly correct, although the word Mufasa doesn't mean 'king'. There's something more specific. Edited August 25, 2009 by Team Ginger
+Team Ginger Posted August 26, 2009 Posted August 26, 2009 ok. Although some of the names of characters are Swahili words, 'Mufasa' isn't a Swahili word. The question asks 'where the name comes from'. Think about ..Swahili as spoken language .. and about King.
+Discombob Posted August 26, 2009 Posted August 26, 2009 Ah i see what you are trying to say! Was Mufasa the name of a great Masaai king/warrior ?
+GEO936 Posted August 26, 2009 Posted August 26, 2009 Wild guess : "Oh Great One!" If it isn't swahili, could it be from one of the south african languages??
+Team Ginger Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 (edited) Was Mufasa the name of a great Masaai king/warrior ? You've got the right idea!! Mufasa was derived from the name Mustafa Kemal Pasha. Mufasa was reportedly the last king of the Bagada people (pre- English colonization of Kenya). They still speak a modern version of swahili in Zanzibar, Kenya. Discombob, you're it!! Edited August 27, 2009 by Team Ginger
+Discombob Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 Hooray What are the origins of the word cravat? (A fancy tie, in case you were wandering )
+DamhuisClan Posted August 27, 2009 Author Posted August 27, 2009 It looks somewhat like a crab, and cravat sounds a little like a scrap in some other language?
+anlufu Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 (edited) I remember reading someing about it once. Doesn't it mean "noose"? Edited August 27, 2009 by anlufu
Ding bat Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 Think it comes from England or France. A short tie or a wide necktie Ding bat (fingers crossed)
+Discombob Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 Think it comes from England or France. A short tie or a wide necktie Ding bat (fingers crossed) The word comes from france, but cravats do not - fairly obscure hint there
+anlufu Posted August 28, 2009 Posted August 28, 2009 Was it french slang word for the people who originally wore them?
+Discombob Posted August 28, 2009 Posted August 28, 2009 good thinking The word does indeed come from the french word for the people who originally wore them (sort of) Now that we have that sorted out, who were these people who invented cravats, and how did cravat derive from that word ?
+anlufu Posted August 29, 2009 Posted August 29, 2009 After lots of head scratching the only nationality that sounds anything like"cravat" is "Croat"?? Not sure if the French would call them that!
+Discombob Posted August 29, 2009 Posted August 29, 2009 Bingo!! The croatians invented ties, and the French liked them so they took up the idea. The name does not actually derive from Croat though, but from the croatian work for Croatia, which is Hrvatska. The French then frenchified the word Hravtska to make Cravat. So in fact, cravat actually means croatia! And on that note, I am going on a 8 day sailing cruise around the croatian islands next month! Oh Yeah
+trevorh7000 Posted August 29, 2009 Posted August 29, 2009 Bingo!!And on that note, I am going on a 8 day sailing cruise around the croatian islands next month! Oh Yeah I think we should insist on you posting a pic of a Croat and his Cravat!
+anlufu Posted August 31, 2009 Posted August 31, 2009 And on that note, I am going on a 8 day sailing cruise around the croatian islands next month! Oh Yeah And we're not jealous!!! No - not me!! Okay's - keeping it local. Where the Outiniqua Pass was being renotavted a group of volunteers from the very new South Cape Herbarium went on a rescue mission to save plants from the blasting and bulldozers. As a result a "new" fynbos was discovered and saved. What was it?
+the pooks Posted August 31, 2009 Posted August 31, 2009 Lupenjulia capensis... now does that make it clear that I have no idea?
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 Perhaps a species of erica previously thought to be extinct? Have no idea what theough?
+anlufu Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 Perhaps a species of erica previously thought to be extinct? Have no idea what theough? You're on the right track. It is an erica and if it would have been extinct before it had been discovered! The plant found is still growing in the grounds of the George Museum. But what did they call it?
+anlufu Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 Outeniqua Fynbos ? Nope - I'm looking for one particular species.
+CapeDoc Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) Erica Verticilata? (the only Erica I know about.....and it was thought to be extinct) Edited September 1, 2009 by CapeDoc
+Discombob Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 perhaps they named it after the prodigal sun - erica prodigus ?
+Team Ginger Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) Erica of George? Erica Outeniqua? some wild guesses here. Edited September 2, 2009 by Team Ginger
+anlufu Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) Erica of George? Erica Outeniqua? some wild guesses here. I don't think anyone is going to get closer - you're it Ginger - and funnily enough it was found very close to your Outiniqua cache. The plant is callled Erica Georgica Edited September 2, 2009 by anlufu
+Team Ginger Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 wow!!! lucky guess. ... wanted to also guess "Erica Georginia" - would have been even closer. hehe OK. Question time... Why do people say that they will do something 'in a jiffy’ if it can simply be done 'quickly'?
+Discombob Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Does it have something to do with cockney ryhming slang? Speaking of jiffys, there used to be a condom brand called jiffy (I think in the 60s maybe) Two of their marketing slogans were: Play it safe, play it cool, wear a Jiffy on your tool. and If she's game and wants your plonker, wear a jiffy, so you can bonk 'er Could that have something to do with "doing something in a jiffy" Perhaps it refers to a certain problem certain men have while "doing something in a Jiffy"?
+Team Ginger Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 um.... <blush> wow - that's waaaaay before I was born, never mind knowing anything about condoms. knowing what a 'jiffy' means - shame - hope the bonking didn't last 'only for a jiffy'.
+DamhuisClan Posted September 2, 2009 Author Posted September 2, 2009 Oh my ... one I think I know. A jiffy is an actual unit of time, and it is very short moment of time. Therefore doing something in a 'jiffy' literally means doing it very quickly.
+Team Ginger Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 A jiffy is an actual unit of time, and it is very short moment of time. Well done!! Do you know the actual 'unit of time'? IOW Define 'short moment'.
+tomtwogates Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Does it have something to do with cockney ryhming slang? Speaking of jiffys, there used to be a condom brand called jiffy (I think in the 60s maybe) Two of their marketing slogans were: Play it safe, play it cool, wear a Jiffy on your tool. and If she's game and wants your plonker, wear a jiffy, so you can bonk 'er come on Bob - the sixties - you're much to young to remember condoms in the sixties!!
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