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Post by philster on Jul 21, 2005 19:25:45 GMT
Each day we probably learn something new... even if it is simply a word, phrase, or something similar.
For example, I just learned what the word "bilk" meant from Steve's latest Night Spider: Point of Origin chapter. Never heard of the word before. ;D
And of course Tsel had the amusing "Flaming Mushrooms" thread just a while ago. In that thread, too, somebody else learned what the word "expletive" meant.
So why don't we just start a thread and share what we've learned each day with other Cascaders, even if it is a word? Might be interesting.
Oh by the way -
bilk... \'bilk\ vb: CHEAT, SWINDLE. As in...
"Probably they were another bunch of frauds out to bilk the wealthy."
So, what did you learn today? ;D
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 21, 2005 20:04:28 GMT
Well... I learned that Phil didn't know what 'bilk' meant. Does that count? ;D
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Post by philster on Jul 21, 2005 20:57:26 GMT
Bah.  |
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Post by Shan on Jul 21, 2005 22:50:27 GMT
I learned something new today too. I learned how the Harry Potter book ended. ;D Yeah, I finally finished it.  Shan |
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Post by philster on Jul 21, 2005 23:16:54 GMT
Learn any new words, Shan? Have to look up something in the dictionary? Though with Harry Potter books, that's usually not necessary... |
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Post by philster on Jul 22, 2005 1:52:34 GMT
Well, my dad and I just played a game of Scrabble and he won, 302 to 274.
He used a word I had never heard of before, obi. I challenged him and lost a turn because of it. Looked like a fake word though!
obi n. {Jap} a broad sash with a bow in the back, worn with a Japanese kimono
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Post by hector on Jul 22, 2005 2:05:58 GMT
That's the kind of things one learns being a Star Wars obsessive.  |
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Post by philster on Jul 22, 2005 2:12:29 GMT
Actually, he said he learned that word from being such a crossword fanatic But that'd be funny if that was how he learned it, heh. |
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Post by hector on Jul 22, 2005 5:28:32 GMT
I was talking about myself. That's how I learnt what 'Obi' meant. |
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Jul 22, 2005 13:01:00 GMT
Obi Wan Kenobi is a sash on a kimono?  |
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Post by Shan on Jul 22, 2005 13:07:26 GMT
Yeah Glance, didn't you know that? ;D Someone took a wand (maybe Dumbledore) turned him into a person, gave him a light saber and that is how he got into the Star War movies. ;D Shan |
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Post by Shan on Jul 22, 2005 13:31:02 GMT
I am not good at Scrabble. We use to play some when I was in college. My husband would always come up with these really weird words that I had never heard of, I would challenge him and he would always be right. This happened even when he wasn't sure if it really was a word or not, he would try it, we'd look it up and it would be a word. I did know what the word obi meant though. I remember learning that when we studied Japan in grade school. Shan |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 22, 2005 14:00:19 GMT
As 'wan' means 'pale' and somewhat haggard, our old friend is in fact a rather worn and pallid sash on a kimono. Washed a few too many times, I suspect ;D
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Post by Shan on Jul 22, 2005 14:13:54 GMT
Very good, Elliot. I had never thought of that. Shan |
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Post by philster on Jul 22, 2005 17:02:37 GMT
I should have known, Hector... ;D * * * And Elliot, cool. That does describe him perfectly later in life... though he still had some fighting spirit left in him.  * * * I am not good at Scrabble. We use to play some when I was in college. My husband would always come up with these really weird words that I had never heard of, I would challenge him and he would always be right. This happened even when he wasn't sure if it really was a word or not, he would try it, we'd look it up and it would be a word. For me, it's having to deal with the fact that my dad will always, most certainly, find a way to put down a seven letter word EVERY game. It's amazing! For the last game, it was slender. Gave him a 40 point lead over me. I tried my best to catch up, but it won the game for him in the end.  Oh well, I'll get him next time. Apparently I was the only one who learned something new yesterday ;D |
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Post by Shan on Jul 23, 2005 15:02:31 GMT
Another reason I won't play scrabble with Chris any more. At least you have a chance of winning, I could never win at all against him. I refuse to play Risk with him, because I never could do a thing. He could wipe me out without even trying. Shan |
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Post by philster on Jul 23, 2005 15:48:19 GMT
Risk, that's another game I'm pretty good at ;D
But one game my parents refuse to play with me anymore is Buck Rogers: Battle for The 25th Century. I don't know if you guys have ever heard of it or played it, but for me it's one of the best games out there. And damn, am I good at it ;D
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Post by Shan on Jul 23, 2005 17:39:47 GMT
Maybe that is why they don't want to play it with you any more. ;D I wouldn't play Risk with you, and from what you have just said I wouldn't play Buck Rogers with you either. I like a game that I at least have a chance in. ;D Shan |
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Post by philster on Jul 23, 2005 18:39:34 GMT
Sometimes it's a curse to be so good. |
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Post by Alrik on Jul 23, 2005 18:47:25 GMT
We have here in Germany a chain of "Baumarkt" warehouses. They sell stuff you need when working on your house or garden, stones, plants, chimeys etc. . We have several of these chains of these specialized stores, and one has the name "Obi". (Another one has the name "Praktiker".)
By the way, Bilk is also a part of the town Düsseldorf, the capital of the German federal state Nordrhein-Westfalen.
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