My profile login | | Directory | Search | FAQs | Board home   Printer-friendly view   » Ship of Fools   »   » Oblivion   » Alternative Alphabets (Page 3) Email this page to a friend or enemy.   Pages in this thread: 1  2  3  4  5  6    Source: (consider it) Thread: Alternative Alphabets Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        Q is for the "quick and the dead". And sometimes God has granted me quick thinking on the road in order that I might stay "quick" and not be dead. -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Leorning Cniht Shipmate # 17564 Posted                        R is for Redemption. And Revelation. And maybe even Reformation. Posts: 5026 | From: USA | Registered: Feb 2013  |  IP: Logged AndyB Shipmate # 10186 Posted                           N is for Not here which probably applies to most of the parish, and certainly applies to Amanda's post on the previous page. Back on schedule, S is for salvation, sacred, singing, standing, sitting, speaking... Posts: 149 | From: Belfast | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        T is for the Trinity by which God plays hide-and-seek with us and tangles our poor brains. [ 05. June 2013, 19:23: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ] -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        U is for Unconditional Love. Which means that God and my little dog are quite similar. -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged churchgeek Have candles, will pray # 5557 Posted                           V is for Variety. The diversity in God's creation protects us from boredom and enriches our lives. -------------------- I reserve the right to change my mind. My article on the Virgin of Vladimir Posts: 7773 | From: Detroit | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       W is for Westminster Abbey, the hotel God stays in when he's visiting the Queen. -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        Into the Quotes File you go, Miss Amanda! -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       You're very kind. So let's move this round on to its conclusion: X is for Chi Ro, which would be God's avatar if he were a Shipmate. [ 06. June 2013, 12:52: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ] -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        Y is for You, which is not the correct way to address God. -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        Z is for Zoological Gardens which God gave us through the Divine example of Noah. Next Alphabet: Speaking of zoo, can you name an animal, bird, reptile, etc., mentioned in The Bible, AND give a brief reference (NO, not chapter & verse, please) ? I'll start with A A Asp upon whose hole the child may play -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       B is for Bat, as unclean as the stork, heron or lapwing. -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        C is for Camels of Midian -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Sir Kevin Ship's Gaffer # 3492 Posted                           D is for donkey of Bethlehem -------------------- If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession. Posts: 30517 | From: White Hart Lane | Registered: Oct 2002  |  IP: Logged Stetson Shipmate # 9597 Posted                       D is for Dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan. Posts: 6574 | From: back and forth between bible belts | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        E is for eagles. Deuteronomy says do NOT eat eagles! -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       F is for Fishes and Loaves -- need we say more? -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        G is for Goats who will be in the Wrong Place on Judgement Day. -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged The Rogue Shipmate # 2275 Posted                        H is for Heron which, along with the bat, stork and lapwing, will not attract the attention of the Israeli hunters. -------------------- If everyone starts thinking outside the box does outside the box come back inside? Posts: 2507 | From: Toton | Registered: Feb 2002  |  IP: Logged Chorister Completely Frocked # 473 Posted                          Ibis - mentioned twice in the Old Testament, and worshipped by the Egyptians. -------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change. Posts: 34626 | From: Cream Tealand | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                        J is for Juda's Lion who won the fight, according to the St. John Pssion. [ 08. June 2013, 10:46: Message edited by: jacobsen ] -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        K bring a Kid of the goats- a male without blemish... -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Stetson Shipmate # 9597 Posted                       Lions, lambs, lying down. Or at least that's the popularized version of it. link Posts: 6574 | From: back and forth between bible belts | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        M is for Mule, like unto which (along with the horse) be ye not, for they have no understanding (in the Psalms). -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                        N is for Noah's menagerie, which was pretty comprehensive in its day. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        O is for your neighbor's oxen, which you may not covet any more than you may covet your neighbor's wife. -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged North East Quine Curious beastie # 13049 Posted                        P is for peacock, arriving by ship From Tarshish they came on a one-way trip. Posts: 6414 | From: North East Scotland | Registered: Oct 2007  |  IP: Logged Sioni Sais Shipmate # 5713 Posted                        Q is for quail, which came with manna (but without the complaint the latter generated). -------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor" (Paul Sinha, BBC) Posts: 24276 | From: Newport, Wales | Registered: Apr 2004  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        R is for the rooster that crowed three times on Maunday Thursday -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged ArachnidinElmet Shipmate # 17346 Posted                        R is for Raven, the first bird to leave the Ark. -------------------- 'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka Posts: 1887 | From: the rhubarb triangle | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       S is for Serpent -- and we all know where that one got us! -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        T is for Turtle(dove), whose voice shall be heard in the land (Song of Solomon) -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        U is for Unicorn. As any fule doth knowe, the lovely unicorn is Our Blessed Lady's favorite pet. How anyone could imagine her cuddling a rhinoceros or ox on her lap is beyond me. -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       V is for Viper, eating the eggs of which will cause death (at least according to Isaiah). -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged The Rogue Shipmate # 2275 Posted                        W is for the Whale which did not swallow Jonah. -------------------- If everyone starts thinking outside the box does outside the box come back inside? Posts: 2507 | From: Toton | Registered: Feb 2002  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        Yes it did - but it spat him out again. [devious answer alert] X is the Roman numeral for 10, the number of plagues, which must have been some sort of wee beastie or other ... -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        Y (with liberties): So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job. . . . blah blah, and a thousand yoke-of-oxen. . That's a lot of beef. -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        Z is for Zebra; if there hadn't been a couple of them in the Ark, there wouldn't be any now, would there? How about an alphabet for musicians? A is for Allegro: for a musician it means quite fast, for a motorist it ... doesn't. -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged Mamacita Lakefront liberal # 3659 Posted                        B is for Bass: an instrument, a voice, a clef. Also a fish, but that's for another game. -------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        C is for Counter-tenor, a terribly difficult register to sing in. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        D is for diminuendo: Fade away, fade away . . .fade away all. -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       E is for Etude, so tricky to play. -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Sarkycow La belle Dame sans merci # 1012 Posted                        F is for forte, the decibel level beginners normally excel at -------------------- “Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.” Posts: 10787 | Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        G is for glissando, a gentle shimmering cascade of notes (and so especially appropriate for Baptists). Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        H is for harpers harping on their harps. -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        I is for Interval, the distance between notes; or the bit in the opera when the gentlemen of the chorus go down the pub (well they did when our local lot in Orkney did Iolanthe). Fully dressed as the House of Peers. -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        J is for Janacek, a composer who wrote some pretty darned good stuff including From the House of the Dead, a rather disturbing opera. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Smudgie Ship's Barnacle # 2716 Posted                        K is for Key signature - a quick glance and a prayer that it won't have too many squiggles in it and be totally impossible to play... especially for the first hymn. -------------------- Miss you, Erin. Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002  |  IP: Logged The Rogue Shipmate # 2275 Posted                        L is for Led Zeppelin -------------------- If everyone starts thinking outside the box does outside the box come back inside? Posts: 2507 | From: Toton | Registered: Feb 2002  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        M is for Mendelssohn whose Octet is one of my all time favourite pieces. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Pages in this thread: 1  2  3  4  5  6    Printer-friendly view Go to: Select a board: Category: Ship's business -------------------- The Styx Category: Community discussion -------------------- Heaven Purgatory Hell All Saints Category: Special interest discussion -------------------- Ecclesiantics Kerygmania The Circus Dead Horses The Eighth Day Category: Ship's Locker -------------------- Glory Limbo Category: Things we did -------------------- Nativity Play Auctions The Laugh Judgment The Da Vinci Code Chapter & Worse Contact us | Ship of Fools | Privacy statement © Ship of Fools 2016 UBB.classicTM 6.5.0