Comments on: Know Your Picture Characters Entry #9 http://wordsman.org/2010/06/14/know-your-picture-characters-entry-9/ Defending your brain from the scum of the Internet Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:35:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shirley http://wordsman.org/2010/06/14/know-your-picture-characters-entry-9/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Shirley Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:39:58 +0000 http://wordsman.org/?p=1539#comment-312 How many extra comments am I allowed? OF COURSE I meant to say that Gaul was an ancient name for France. I trust that anybody intellegant enough to read this delightful blog would be able to recognize that, but wanted to set the record straight. How many extra comments am I allowed? OF COURSE I meant to say that Gaul was an ancient name for France. I trust that anybody intellegant enough to read this delightful blog would be able to recognize that, but wanted to set the record straight.

]]> By: Shirley http://wordsman.org/2010/06/14/know-your-picture-characters-entry-9/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Shirley Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:41:09 +0000 http://wordsman.org/?p=1539#comment-308 I'm trying to leave another comment. I hope this works out. I have not allowed myself to read other comments until I write my own,since I began to worry that Dragon was influencing me too much. But in re Dragon's comment,everybody knows that Gaul is the ancient name for Gaul and that omnes Gaulia est devisis in partes tres, so that further reinforces Dragon. I don't pretend to remember how that was spelled in Latin, so ignore the spelling. I’m trying to leave another comment. I hope this works out. I have not allowed myself to read other comments until I write my own,since I began to worry that Dragon was influencing me too much. But in re Dragon’s comment,everybody knows that Gaul is the ancient name for Gaul and that omnes Gaulia est devisis in partes tres, so that further reinforces Dragon. I don’t pretend to remember how that was spelled in Latin, so ignore the spelling.

]]> By: Shirley http://wordsman.org/2010/06/14/know-your-picture-characters-entry-9/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Shirley Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:28:34 +0000 http://wordsman.org/?p=1539#comment-307 Can this be worked out by someone who has no idea how the characters sound in Japanese? I certainly can't, so I have to go with the not so sly hint "Or do they?" Alas, this doesn't really help. Oh well.... The first character could be an F that has lost something in translation. The second character could be Europe. Not that it looks a whole lot like Europe. France is in the western part of Europe. So, C. Can this be worked out by someone who has no idea how the characters sound in Japanese? I certainly can’t, so I have to go with the not so sly hint “Or do they?” Alas, this doesn’t really help. Oh well…. The first character could be an F that has lost something in translation. The second character could be Europe. Not that it looks a whole lot like Europe. France is in the western part of Europe. So, C.

]]> By: Theoman http://wordsman.org/2010/06/14/know-your-picture-characters-entry-9/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Theoman Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:23:08 +0000 http://wordsman.org/?p=1539#comment-303 Yeah, I am totally lost here. I'm going with B because to me, it looks the most like it might sound like "f". Yeah, I am totally lost here. I’m going with B because to me, it looks the most like it might sound like “f”.

]]> By: A Fan http://wordsman.org/2010/06/14/know-your-picture-characters-entry-9/comment-page-1/#comment-302 A Fan Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:23:31 +0000 http://wordsman.org/?p=1539#comment-302 Trick Question: They're ALL France. A is two rude French pedestrians bumping into each other on the sidewalk. B is a German tank pushing through the Ardennes on its way to conquer France (remember that Japan was an ally of Germany). C is part of a caricature of DeGaulle (that's his nose on the right). D, a recent addition, is every Frenchman's reaction when Steve Green let in that goal against the US. E is the Eiffel tower while they were still building it. F is the finsished Eiffel Tower. (If I had to pick one, though, it would be F). Trick Question:

They’re ALL France.

A is two rude French pedestrians bumping into each other on the sidewalk.

B is a German tank pushing through the Ardennes on its way to conquer France (remember that Japan was an ally of Germany).

C is part of a caricature of DeGaulle (that’s his nose on the right).

D, a recent addition, is every Frenchman’s reaction when Steve Green let in that goal against the US.

E is the Eiffel tower while they were still building it.

F is the finsished Eiffel Tower.

(If I had to pick one, though, it would be F).

]]> By: Dragon http://wordsman.org/2010/06/14/know-your-picture-characters-entry-9/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Dragon Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:22:45 +0000 http://wordsman.org/?p=1539#comment-301 All right. C has three lines coming up from that point in the bottom (two of which have other lines on top of them for reasons I can't quite identify). The French flag is divided into three sections. Some might point out that this is not an entirely unique quality among the world's flags, and I remind these people that there were three ideals of the French revolution: Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite (I don't know how to put accents on them). Plus there are probably other times the number three shows up in French history. Case closed. All right. C has three lines coming up from that point in the bottom (two of which have other lines on top of them for reasons I can’t quite identify). The French flag is divided into three sections. Some might point out that this is not an entirely unique quality among the world’s flags, and I remind these people that there were three ideals of the French revolution: Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite (I don’t know how to put accents on them). Plus there are probably other times the number three shows up in French history. Case closed.

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