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Off-Topic Discussion - National spelling bee#14

@salmon_rushdie said in #13: > indeed, interesting supposed etymology for those words anyway. Agreed. I've always had interest in how words started.


HerkyHawkeye
Off-Topic Discussion - National spelling bee#12

@Noflaps said in #8: > Congratulations, nevertheless, @salmon_rushdie . Knowledge of geography is increasingly rare, it seems to me. And knowledge of history, even more rare than that. > > It ASTONISH…


HerkyHawkeye
Off-Topic Discussion - National spelling bee#11

@salmon_rushdie said in #7: > ' the word bee probably comes from dialectal been or bean (meaning "help given by neighbors"), which came from Middle English bene (meaning "prayer", "boon" and "extra se…


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Off-Topic Discussion - National spelling bee#6

Why are they called spelling bees? No one knows with certainty. Now, that is a bit of a paradox. P-a-r-a-d-o-k-s, paradox. Doh!


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Off-Topic Discussion - Famous last words#8

My life savings is kept in th........


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Off-Topic Discussion - During chess for my health,#3

Well, you could just stop. Do you play otb as well or just online?


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Off-Topic Discussion - "First & Last" - Classic Rock/Soul Song Lyrics#8

@The_Merry_Chesster said in #7: > Pretty difficult indeed but, thanks to a few movies, at least I got #14: Shuggie Otis/The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23 Very nice song indeed! I played "Get…


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Off-Topic Discussion - "First & Last" - Classic Rock/Soul Song Lyrics#5

@FinishMySentence said in #4: > this is a good game for my father. he would play me those classic old songs from the 2000s but I can't remember any of these :( "Classics from the 2000s" that made me l…


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Off-Topic Discussion - "First & Last" - Classic Rock/Soul Song Lyrics#2

I wont give any of them away, but #11 has always been a favorite of mine. It's bad man ;)


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Off-Topic Discussion - Military expressions.#8

@HiramHolliday said in #7: > Why do I attract lunatics? Do you mean "friendlys"?


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