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#Post#: 19063--------------------------------------------------
Guess the words in multiple languages
By: Nikola Date: August 10, 2019, 1:09 pm
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Here's something new I thought we could try, a cooperative
guessing game. The last riddle I posted made me realise that
even our members with very advanced English might still struggle
with words that are not so frequently used. Here's what I'd like
to try: look at the following pictures, you should be able to
name the different things in your native language. Write a list
of words matching the pictures but not in the right order. This
will allow others to guess which word matches which picture.
[img width=300
height=200]
HTML https://img26.rajce.idnes.cz/d2603/16/16180/16180660_21afdc90e26c5b326ea7e3912d8aeac9/images/variousthings1.jpg?ver=0[/img]
Use the numbers below the pictures for your guesses (number one
is the object, not the stream of water).
Here are the Czech words in a random order:
žezlo, lenochod, žalud, hadice, sup, kovadlina
Could one of our native speakers of English write a list in
English, please (without revealing what is what)? I'd do it but
there's one thing I'm not 100% sure about). Thanks :)
#Post#: 19072--------------------------------------------------
Re: Guess the words in multiple languages
By: Nikola Date: August 11, 2019, 7:43 am
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OK, I'm going to write the English words and hope they're all
correct. So which one's which?
acorn, vulture, anvil, sceptre/scepter (BrE/AmE), sloth, hose
#Post#: 19077--------------------------------------------------
Re: Guess the words in multiple languages
By: Aliph Date: August 12, 2019, 12:39 am
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This is really too hard. I wasn’t able to find the words in my
two natives languages (sigh). Should I go to Germany and spend
some times at the Goethe Institut or go to Florence to
“risciacquare i panni in Arno” (= brush up my Italian)?
But I succeeded in French. The reason : one of my friends just
spent her vacation in Costa Rica and send me a postcard with the
picture of a cute lazy animal.
Vautour
Paresseux
Sceptre
Tuyau
Gland
Enclume
#Post#: 19079--------------------------------------------------
Re: Guess the words in multiple languages
By: Aliph Date: August 12, 2019, 1:50 am
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In italiano:
Avvoltoio
Incudine
Scettro
Ghianda
Bradipo
Tubo
#Post#: 19080--------------------------------------------------
Re: Guess the words in multiple languages
By: Nikola Date: August 12, 2019, 3:01 am
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Thank you so much Sofia, this is perfect. Now we can get down to
business ;D
A kind friend of EGP provided these German words:
Szepter
Geier
Amboss
Schlauch
Faultier
Eichel
#Post#: 19083--------------------------------------------------
Re: Guess the words in multiple languages
By: Aliph Date: August 12, 2019, 4:19 am
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A subsidiary question to those who speak English at C2 level .
The German term Eichel and the French gland refer also to an
anatomical term. They define the front part of the ****/the male
sexual organ. What about the English equivalent?
The word p*e*n*i*s isn’t allowed on this board :o
#Post#: 19084--------------------------------------------------
Re: Guess the words in multiple languages
By: SuKi Date: August 12, 2019, 5:04 am
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Sofia, in answer to your question:
The English equivalent is 'glans' ( or usually 'glans p - - - -
s') It's a medical/anatomical term, though. Only classical
scholars would be aware of the connection between this word and
acorns.
You wouldn't use it in everyday contexts, either. Gentlemen
usually have their own more informal terms for such parts.
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Re: Guess the words in multiple languages
By: Nikola Date: August 12, 2019, 5:43 am
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[quote author=Sofia link=topic=1324.msg19083#msg19083
date=1565601588]
A subsidiary question to those who speak English at C2 level .
The German term Eichel and the French gland refer also to an
anatomical term. They define the front part of the ****/the male
sexual organ. What about the English equivalent?
The word p*e*n*i*s isn’t allowed on this board :o
[/quote]
How interesting. The Czech word žalud also refers to the same
part.
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Re: Guess the words in multiple languages
By: Aliph Date: August 12, 2019, 6:54 am
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[quote author=Nikola link=topic=1324.msg19085#msg19085
date=1565606616]
How interesting. The Czech word žalud also refers to the same
part.
[/quote]
If you look at the picture of the fruits of the oak it isn’t
surprising.
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Re: Guess the words in multiple languages
By: NealC Date: August 12, 2019, 7:04 am
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It wouldn't be the front of the p e n I s, it would be the "top"
or "tip", and acorn is far too feminine. We gentlemen don't
talk about the tip of our penis very often, most often we think
of it as a complete package. But I have heard it referred to as
"helmet".
Or are we talking about the scepter?
This conversation is far too saucy for 730 AM :-)
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