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Does it have something to do with political independence?
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Ancient Mariner
Was it orginally Hawai'i but changed to Hawaii to make it easier to pronouce for mainland Americans?
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Nope, nope and nope.
A clue: Hawaii and Hawai'i are basically the same thing: An abbreviation. Find out what for!
A clue: Hawaii and Hawai'i are basically the same thing: An abbreviation. Find out what for!
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Anonymous
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I think i got it:
hawai'i is a shortened version of Hawaiki where the traditional islanders claim to hail from. these islanders emigrated and named their new places of dwelling Hawaiki. the islanders now call it Hawaii without the apostrophe because over the years the k has been forgotten about.
hawai'i is a shortened version of Hawaiki where the traditional islanders claim to hail from. these islanders emigrated and named their new places of dwelling Hawaiki. the islanders now call it Hawaii without the apostrophe because over the years the k has been forgotten about.
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You're close enough, conor.
Hawai'iki is the legendary cradle of Polynesian civilization (nowadays often thought to be Samoa), and Hawaii was indeed named after it.
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Hawai'iki is the legendary cradle of Polynesian civilization (nowadays often thought to be Samoa), and Hawaii was indeed named after it.
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This one might take a bit of time doing maths...
if you add together all the years that the current line up of Iron Maiden were born in, you will get a 5 digit number. Correspond each number with a letter of the alphabet (1=a, 2=b etc) to get a 5 letter word.
What is that word? (It does not make any sense, its just 5 random letters)
if you add together all the years that the current line up of Iron Maiden were born in, you will get a 5 digit number. Correspond each number with a letter of the alphabet (1=a, 2=b etc) to get a 5 letter word.
What is that word? (It does not make any sense, its just 5 random letters)
national acrobat
Ancient Mariner
1958+1956+1956+1957+1957+1954=11738
11738 - AAGBH
Is that right?
11738 - AAGBH
Is that right?
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[!--QuoteBegin-national acrobat+Aug 18 2005, 09:34 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(national acrobat @ Aug 18 2005, 09:34 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]
11738 - AAGBH
Is that right?
no, 11738 - AAGCH
learn the alphabet man [!--emo&
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Black Ace is correct in comparison with what I got. I suppose different websites may have different years etc. but AAGCH is what I found.
11738 - AAGBH
Is that right?
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[/quote]no, 11738 - AAGCH
learn the alphabet man [!--emo&
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--]Black Ace is correct in comparison with what I got. I suppose different websites may have different years etc. but AAGCH is what I found.
national acrobat
Ancient Mariner
[!--emo&
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/blush.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'blush.gif\' /][!--endemo--] Wow, what a mistake to make. I guess I was pretty sleepy when I did it last night.
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/blush.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'blush.gif\' /][!--endemo--] Wow, what a mistake to make. I guess I was pretty sleepy when I did it last night.
For shame, national acrobat. You're from the UK - it's your native language! I mean, Ace is from Romania, and he knew it better than you! [!--emo&
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Or in other words...
[span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\'][span style=\'color:red\']PWNED![/span][/span]
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--] Or in other words...
[span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\'][span style=\'color:red\']PWNED![/span][/span]
national acrobat
Ancient Mariner
Oh dear. Yeah, my head is well hung in shame. On goes the brown paper bag; gonna lie low for a while.
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Österreich - the Eastern Empire
Austria - from the Latin "australis", southern
Is that it?
Austria - from the Latin "australis", southern
Is that it?
[!--QuoteBegin-charlotte+Aug 24 2005, 02:37 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(charlotte @ Aug 24 2005, 02:37 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Österreich - the Eastern Empire
Austria - from the Latin "australis", southern
Is that it?
That would be exactly what I was thinking! Excellent job!
Austria - from the Latin "australis", southern
Is that it?
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[/quote]That would be exactly what I was thinking! Excellent job!
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Come to think of it more, Ostern actually means Easter, which, according to some scholars, is etymologically connected to a (Germanic?) goddess associated with spring, called Eastre. Both Ost and East are akin to it. Interesting.
[!--QuoteBegin-charlotte+Aug 24 2005, 02:52 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(charlotte @ Aug 24 2005, 02:52 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Come to think of it more, Ostern actually means Easter, which, according to some scholars, is etymologically connected to a (Germanic?) goddess associated with spring, called Eastre. Both Ost and East are akin to it. Interesting.
I think it may have something to do with the fact that spring is a season of rebirth, much like each new day is reborn in the East where the sun rises. Or maybe not....I dunno.
Both words definately have a common etymology.
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[/quote]I think it may have something to do with the fact that spring is a season of rebirth, much like each new day is reborn in the East where the sun rises. Or maybe not....I dunno.
Both words definately have a common etymology.
Time to revive this thread:
In Winston Churchill's famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech (the one with which Aces High opens), what is significant about the diction, considering the context of the time in which the speech was given?
transcript:
[!--QuoteBegin--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle...[/quote]
In Winston Churchill's famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech (the one with which Aces High opens), what is significant about the diction, considering the context of the time in which the speech was given?
transcript:
[!--QuoteBegin--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle...[/quote]