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From: Jerry Avins on 29 Nov 2009 20:56 Stormin Mormon wrote: > Lock: Flintlock mechanism. A flintlock uses flint to make a spark. A matchlock uses a smoldering match (slow fuse) to set off the powder. A cap lock uses percussion caps. The lock consists of the moving parts of any muzzle loader. The skills needed to make one are those of any locksmith. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
From: Reinhard Zwirner on 30 Nov 2009 16:01 Jerry Avins schrieb: > [...] > Combinations of letters to make new sounds are common im many languages. > Modern Greeks call the letter we call " delta" "thelta" as in "then". > Theta makes the sound in "thin". Representing the initial sound in > "double" is done with a diglyph that I forget. ... IIRC nu/tau (nt = d). HTH Reinhard
From: Jerry Avins on 30 Nov 2009 16:14 Reinhard Zwirner wrote: > Jerry Avins schrieb: > [...] >> Combinations of letters to make new sounds are common im many languages. >> Modern Greeks call the letter we call " delta" "thelta" as in "then". >> Theta makes the sound in "thin". Representing the initial sound in >> "double" is done with a diglyph that I forget. ... > > IIRC nu/tau (nt = d). Thank you. I'm prone to forgetting arbitrary things I don't use much. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
From: Tim Williams on 1 Dec 2009 00:11 "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message news:tcp8h515eugdr3h15457tc9bhh08pnmcad(a)4ax.com... > The word is being rapidly debased. We were at the In-n-Out in Auburn > this afternoon, and the guy ahead of me ordered a #3 (Burger, fries, > drink) and the counter lady said "Awesome!" > > A #3 is awesome? Good, but not awesome. The burger at Zuni is awesome. Obviously, you have to get one of these. http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1749664 Tim -- Deep Friar: a very philosophical monk. Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms
From: JosephKK on 1 Dec 2009 23:23
On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:39:19 +0100, "Helmut Sennewald" <helmutsennewald(a)t-online.de> wrote: > >"JosephKK" <quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag >news:d4v3h515c3h4pkid6as4hgp7e6j415f518(a)4ax.com... >On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:31:10 +0100, "Helmut Sennewald" ><helmutsennewald(a)t-online.de> wrote: > >>"Tim Wescott" <tim(a)seemywebsite.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag >>news:pdudnebSoZaOVZXWnZ2dnUVZ_qpi4p2d(a)web-ster.com... >>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:47 -0800, Stupendous Man wrote: >>> >>>>>>"dieser krug ist gemacht dak man judbelt und lacht doch in geheimer >>>>>>kammer schlaft katzenjammer" >>>>> >>>>> More likely "daß" instead of "dak", and "jubelt" instead of "judbelt". >>>>> With >>>>> those substitutions made, as far as I can tell the gist of it is >>>> >>>> It looks like a K to me, but have a look, >>>> http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd236/arborigine/JugScript.jpg >>>> http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd236/arborigine/SederSet.jpg >>>> >>>> Thanks for , all my siblings want this set, but none of us know anything >>>> about it, and aren't of the Jewish faith. >>> >>> It's "daß" with a fancy eszett, not a 'k'. Gothic German can be hand to >>> decipher if you're not used to it. >>> >>> -- >>> www.wescottdesign.com >> >> >>Hello, >> >>I have it, in German. Let's hope you understand my translation. >> >>Dieser Krug ist gemacht, >>dass man jubelt und lacht. >>Doch in geheimer Kammer, >>schläft der Katzenjammer. >> >> >>This pitcher is made, >>to make people laugh and chear. >>But on the q.t., (But in private) >>sleeps the hangover >> >> >>The last sentence means that the next day the hangover will come. >> >>Best regards, >>Helmut >>A German in Germany >> > >Getting close. My high school German is too decayed to directly help, >but my American is damn decent. But what is left of my Deutsche saw >the pun. > > >Hello Joseph, > >There is a rhyme in the sentences. > >(gem)acht >(l)acht > >(K)ammer >(j)ammer > > >>Dieser Krug ist gemacht, >>dass man jubelt und lacht. >>Doch in geheimer Kammer, >>schläft der Katzenjammer. >> > >Best regards, >Helmut > I am not talking about the rhyme, there are perhaps multiple puns on top of idiomatic phrases. This jug is made that men can enjoy and laugh. But in your mind sleeps your epitaph. Now what was on the classes again? -- Transmitted with recycled bits. Damnly my frank, I don't give a dear ---------- |