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Posted: 16 November 2005 06:29 AM

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I have been fascinated by riddles ever since I can remember; I think there is a wildly interesting relationship between a riddle’s vocabulary, content, objective and subjective meanings, points of reference, context, etc. and its geographic and cultural origin, first usage, etc. which bespeaks that the way different peoples search for meaning in life and answers to the most fundamental questions of existence is influenced to an enormous degree by language.

What stays in the corner and travels all around the world?

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Posted: 16 November 2005 06:56 AM

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Death?

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Languages rule!

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Posted: 16 November 2005 07:10 AM

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[quote author=Brazilian_dude link=board=idiom;num=1132172986;start=0#1 date=11/16/05 at 15:56:29]Death?

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What corner?

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Brazilian_dude

Posted: 16 November 2005 07:13 AM

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Everyone’s?

Je donne ma langue au chat.

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Posted: 16 November 2005 07:50 AM

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[quote author=Brazilian_dude link=board=idiom;num=1132172986;start=0#3 date=11/16/05 at 16:13:46]Je donne la langue au chat.

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Posted: 16 November 2005 08:02 AM

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Tu trouves ça dégueulasse?

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Posted: 16 November 2005 08:22 AM

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C’est dégueulasse rouler une pelle avec un chat, oui.

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melissa

Posted: 16 November 2005 10:56 AM

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Ouais, c’est bien dégueulasse.

What corner?

Northwest, usually. Had to think about that one ...
Too bad riddles have fallen out of favor, I think the Irish were especially known for them, as well as poetry.

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Posted: 16 November 2005 11:34 AM

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Good job answering it without divulging the answer.

(Now that you solved it, you have to pose one of your own - it’s da rules)

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Posted: 16 November 2005 01:48 PM

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I didn’t know if I should post this or not but Northwest really confused me! You must have been facing West when you looked at it, melissa. I was facing North, so for me it was the Northeast.

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Posted: 16 November 2005 02:01 PM

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I would like to know the meaning of the word harbinger

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melissa

Posted: 16 November 2005 05:24 PM

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Yes, what’s green, hangs on the wall and whistles. Northeast is an answer, too. but too easy. Most riddles have more than one answer.

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Posted: 16 November 2005 07:16 PM

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A motionsick construction worker whose ladder falls away from under him, leaving him hanging on an unfinished wall, while he sees a pretty woman walking past the contruction site.

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Posted: 17 November 2005 02:07 AM

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Herring.

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Posted: 17 November 2005 03:02 AM

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Hi Bellator,
I think that close to what you were saying is the limiting influence language has on thought. I wonder how many of us think in words, either knowingly or not. Does language limit our conceptualizing to things that we can verbalize or explain?
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Posted: 17 November 2005 04:58 AM

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Hi shakushinnen,

You may find the following threads interesting:

http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/agora/agora.cgi?board=omni;action=display;num=1130680122;start=17#17

http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/agora/agora.cgi?board=wordsuggest;action=display;num=1131125366;start=2#2

http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/agora/agora.cgi?board=translate;action=display;num=1131760599;start=16#16