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would love to belong
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All the following are place names in Scotland:-
1. Maternal parent is in the pink here apparently.
2. Dispose of the church for a price.
3. Town belonging to the lady from Troy.
4. Murder my hairdressing implement.
5. Assassinate the lady in white (orientally, that is).
6. A safe place for Mick Jagger maybe.
7. This place has an abbey and a pattern.
8. A place for the lungs.
9. Agitate the fish here.
10. Garbo would have embraced the new here.
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Sir Kevin
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I give up! I've only been to Scotland once although I do know a couple of people who live there.
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Chorister
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No 7 is Paisley?
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Stercus Tauri
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1. Motherwell
2. Kirkliston
3. Helensburgh
4. Kilmacolm
Hmm... still working on the others. Back after a beer.
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Scots lass
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2 is Selkirk
3 is Helensburgh
I know a few of the others, but suspect I have an advantage...
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Stercus Tauri
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6. Stonehaven
Yes - Selkirk was 2!
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Stercus Tauri
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5. East Kilbride
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10 is Gretna I think
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LeRoc
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From the top of my head, I can name 5 places in Scotland. So not much help from me here...
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Scots lass
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quote:
Originally posted by LeRoc:
From the top of my head, I can name 5 places in Scotland. So not much help from me here...
Just as long as none of them are Brigadoon, you're ok...
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Ariston
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Someone clearly forgot about the borosilicate bovine. For shame.
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Ariel
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The consensus backstage is that this would be more at home in the Circus, so off it goes.
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would love to belong
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Someone clearly forgot about the borosilicate bovine. For shame.
Glass cow?
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quote:
Originally posted by would love to belong:
All the following are place names in Scotland:-
1. Maternal parent is in the pink here apparently.
2. Dispose of the church for a price.
3. Town belonging to the lady from Troy.
4. Murder my hairdressing implement.
5. Assassinate the lady in white (orientally, that is).
6. A safe place for Mick Jagger maybe.
7. This place has an abbey and a pattern.
8. A place for the lungs.
9. Agitate the fish here.
10. Garbo would have embraced the new here.
All correct.
Answers:
1. Motherwell
2. Selkirk
3. Helensburgh
4. Kilmacolm
5. East Kilbride
6. Stonehaven.
7. Paisley
8. Ayr
9. Stirling
10. Gretna
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Albertus
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OK, here are 10 from Wales (they're all the English versions of the names)
1.Trashes bad actor?
2.X to hand
3.Geordie Hughes (or Williams)
4.Withdraw to the west- Farewell! says the Roman
5.Can’t hear the name of this place properly
6.A rather non-U fungus
7.Where you might find a toll, or when contract’s achieved
8.Water bailiff
9.It’s had a capital anointing
10. You, if you sort out this puzzle
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quote:
Originally posted by Albertus:
OK, here are 10 from Wales (they're all the English versions of the names)
1.Trashes bad actor?
2.X to hand
3.Geordie Hughes (or Williams)
4.Withdraw to the west- Farewell! says the Roman
5.Can’t hear the name of this place properly
6.A rather non-U fungus
7.Where you might find a toll, or when contract’s achieved
8.Water bailiff
9.It’s had a capital anointing
10. You, if you sort out this puzzle
6. Mold
7. Bridgend
9.Holyhead
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Stumbling Pilgrim
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1. Wrexham?
4. Ebbw Vale?
(cryptic clues I can do, sometimes - geography - ummm ...)
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Albertus
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All spot on so far except 5!
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Pearl B4 Swine
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Someone clearly forgot about the borosilicate bovine. For shame.
HA~ Got it. Glasscow. TY, Ariston
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The Rogue
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Is any of them Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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Albertus
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I tried doing that but there is not enough space on the entire internet to fit the clue in.
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Leorning Cniht
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quote:
Originally posted by Albertus:
10. You, if you sort out this puzzle
Laugharne?
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Hedgehog
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quote:
Originally posted by The Rogue:
Is any of them Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Isn't that #5? I certainly am unable to hear that properly...
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Albertus
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quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
quote:
Originally posted by Albertus:
10. You, if you sort out this puzzle
Laugharne?
A bit west of there
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quote:
Originally posted by Albertus:
quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
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Originally posted by Albertus:
10. You, if you sort out this puzzle
Laugharne?
A bit west of there
Heh - Solva?
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Albertus
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Bang on! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Only no 5 to go. Cameo role by Dustin Hoffman?
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Hedgehog
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The Mumbles.
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Albertus
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That's the one!
1.Wrexham
2.Tenby
3.Newcastle Emlyn
4.Ebbw Vale
5.Mumbles
6.Mold
7.Bridgend
8.Fishguard
9.Holyhead
10.Solva
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would love to belong
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Well-known world cities:-
1. The person in charge misses the start of spring with a huge load.
2. Student leaves ringer with no food.
3. This place is formed by the start of one Sunday lunch oyster.
4. Man, it represents French male with English article!
5. A loud report sounds like an early morning noisy creature in the Orient.
6. At this place in the States we might polish the topless ring of virtue.
7. Way up north, tether the years!
8. Prepare the grain in Italy without a trainee but with short girl.
9. Inferno precedes basin and I in this watery place.
10. This place in the South has had the boot put in it.
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Jonah the Whale
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Shall we do them in order?
1 is Boston.
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quote:
Originally posted by Scots lass:
Is 2 Belfast?
absolutel ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Hedgehog
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3. Oslo
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Jonah the Whale
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4 Manila
Is it worth saying how we reach the answer? Usually it is easy enough to see in retrospect, but not always. In this case it's Man + il (French for "he") + a (indefinite article).
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5. Bangkok
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Hedgehog
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Finally got it!
6. Buffalo
(to polish=buff. Ring of virtue is halo, but being topless it is just "alo")
I also know the next three, but I'll let somebody else play.
[ETA: "let"]
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Jonah the Whale
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Very good. I couldn't get that one.
I think 7 may be Anchorage.
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LeRoc
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I know number 9! I know number 9! Jump, jump, jump.
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Hedgehog
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
Very good. I couldn't get that one.
I think 7 may be Anchorage.
No doubt in my mind. Must be Anchorage.
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Hedgehog
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Oh, I can't stand to keep LeRoc just waiting.
I am 99% certain that 8. is Milan.
So, LeRoc, tells us 9!
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LeRoc
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Helsinki! (Only I don't know where the second l went.)
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Hedgehog
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And I have a theory on #10. Is it, perchance, Mobile?
(On my personal confidence scale, that answer scores around 75%...good enough to propose, but not good enough to be comfortable with it.)
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