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    White chocolate?
    Please. I love white chocolate to pieces.

    And as for the book . . . how about Across The Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn. I've already dropped the hint to dad (by picking up the entire series the shop had - four out of five, quite nicely, but not the first one) on Saturday as a Christmas pressie.
    Sure, why not?

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    Quote Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl View Post
    White chocolate?
    Please. I love white chocolate to pieces.
    There is no such thing as White Chocolate, by virtue of 'White Chocolate' not being chocolate.

    Anyway, Extra dark chocolate (at least 65%) is the best anyway.
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    I love music.

    Just...love music.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gezina View Post
    There is no such thing as White Chocolate, by virtue of 'White Chocolate' not being chocolate.

    Anyway, Extra dark chocolate (at least 65%) is the best anyway.
    But it tastes even better. So it counts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Recaiden View Post
    But it tastes even better. So it counts.
    It's a horrific thing, a blight to all of humankind, come to plague our tongues and warp them into things that should not be.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gezina View Post
    There is no such thing as White Chocolate, by virtue of 'White Chocolate' not being chocolate.

    Anyway, Extra dark chocolate (at least 65%) is the best anyway.
    You mean squid bones are not the only thing that is fictional? Madness!

    To be even more technical, White chocolate does exist. It is not, however, a misnomer, as the FDA (and probably a whole lot of other people) does not consider it chocolate. It does contain cocoa butter though. It is also delicious, and now I want some.
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    London - English (Indo - European family)
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    Llundain (Welsh) looks similar but sounds different.

    Welsh only really has translations for English cities that are close to Wales or are otherwise important, e.g. Lerpwl, Manceinion. Other English city translations don't relate at all; for example, Caer Efrog, Rhydychen, Amwythig and Croesoswallt.

    Even translated Welsh place names sound completely unrelated, like Treffynnon (Holywell).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Destro_Yersul View Post
    Madness!
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    THIS IS SPARTAAAAA!!!!!!!
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    GAAAUUUGGHH!!!

    *takes 3D20 meme damage*

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gezina View Post
    There is no such thing as White Chocolate, by virtue of 'White Chocolate' not being chocolate.

    Anyway, Extra dark chocolate (at least 65%) is the best anyway.
    HERESY!
    By the Chocolate Goddess; Chikalottie, thou art a blasphemer! 'Tis time that thou shouldst be punished.
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    Throw the heretic in!
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    @Destro: No squid bones. They don't exist, never have, never will.

    @Dihan: quick guesses:
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    Manceinion - Manchester
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doihaveaname? View Post
    Llundain (Welsh) looks similar but sounds different.

    Welsh only really has translations for English cities that are close to Wales or are otherwise important, e.g. Lerpwl, Manceinion. Other English city translations don't relate at all; for example, Caer Efrog, Rhydychen, Amwythig and Croesoswallt.

    Even translated Welsh place names sound completely unrelated, like Treffynnon (Holywell).


    *loves Welsh names*

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    Quote Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl View Post
    HERESY!
    @Dihan: quick guesses:
    Lerpwl - Liverpool
    Manceinion - Manchester
    No idea for the others.
    Correct. The others are:

    Caer Efrog: York
    Rhydychen: Oxford
    Amwythig: Shrewsbury
    Croesoswallt: Oswestry

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    I prefer the Irish, myself, or at least their music.

    Ugh, technical translation is the single most dull thing in the world.
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    *has Meme resistance 10*

    Though I must admit, I was playing Warcraft 3 the other day and was curious about this map (my brother gave me a whole bunch of them to play) but when I opened it, I got...Got.....*sobs*....I got Rick Rolled. T_T

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    Cool; but even if an Englisher like myself tries to pronounce those two it's fairly similar. None of the others even vaguely resemble the English name.

    I love Celtic mythology myself. Welsh; Irish; Cornish; I even know some Scottish stuff.
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    I love Dutch mythology, it's such an awesome mix of Celtic, Germanic, and local myths.

    And, the oldest complete piece of Dutch literature has an elf in it, and not even as a minor character.

    The piece is called "Karel ende Elegast", or, in English, "Charlemagne and Elf Guest"
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    It was always the Native American myths that caught my attention. Give me a story about Coyote and I'm a happy reader.

    Yes, I realize I just horribly generalized the rich diversity of Native American legend...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cristo Meyers View Post
    It was always the Native American myths that caught my attention. Give me a story about Coyote and I'm a happy reader.

    Yes, I realize I just horribly generalized the rich diversity of Native American legend...
    I think you just horribly insulted the Aztec culture, myself being a amateurish knower of it. Not to mention the other ones....


    Also, London is not only called Londen in Afrikaans but also in Dutch. Afrikaans is based on dutch, only then throw in english, french, german and street language and some garbled stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dallas-dakota View Post
    I think you just horribly insulted the Aztec culture, myself being a amateurish knower of it. Not to mention the other ones....
    No doubt.

    It's been way too long since I've been able to actually read up on these things...

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    Quote Originally Posted by dallas-dakota View Post
    Also, London is not only called Londen in Afrikaans but also in Dutch. Afrikaans is based on dutch, only then throw in english, french, german and street language and some garbled stuff.
    I think you just horribly insulted Afrikaans, which is a full fletched language that developed from an ancestor of Modern Dutch. Neither one is based on the other, instead both of them evolved from a common ancestor (Republic Era Dutch).
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    My dad works for an Indian (Native American...but they prefer Indian, pronounced in-din) tribe and he and some anthropologists worked on a "tribal placenames atlas" that includes the names of the places, what they were used for, and the myths behind the naming. Whenever we're driving around, he'll point them out.

    "And that spot? the story behind the river there is that a young maiden of the coastal tribes was engaged to be married to an inland chief's son, and she made the journey back to the coast and when she arrived she was dirty and tired and he treated her badly. The next morning she got up, washed, and dressed in her bridal clothes, and he came out and sucked up to her about the night before. She was put off by his arrogance and she ran away. She cried all the way home and the river was formed by her tears as she traveled back to her father."

    Only he told it much better than that.

    But stuff like that is very cool.

    Though there's one place where the English explorers asked what it was called, and as a joke their guides told them "it's called ___", which is the word for *ahem* a man's parts, just as a joke. :) And it got written down on the official maps.

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    Interesting fact: after Latin and Greek literature, Irish has the oldest written literature.
    And I've been wonderfully stealing Celtic (in general) myths for my ships. There's so much scope. I'm even reading the Mabinogion for the newest one.
    Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman is based on, I think, West Indian/Jamaican mythology - Anansi is their trickster god, or so Gaiman says.
    And in the book I had, he said that Coyote was the Native American equivalent of Anansi in an nterview thingy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl View Post
    1) My parents went to bed at nine o'clock! YES! Nine!
    Nice. My parents go to sleep after I do, mostly...

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    Oh Mark Kermode! You are by far the best critic out there. Even if you hate films I like. Woooo! Ok I'll stop watching the reveiws now.

    just one more...

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    Watched Armeggadon(spelling?)(movie) tonight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dragonrider View Post
    Though there's one place where the English explorers asked what it was called, and as a joke their guides told them "it's called ___", which is the word for *ahem* a man's parts, just as a joke. :) And it got written down on the official maps.
    Ah, the fine old naming traditions that gave us the Forest of Skund, and Mount Oolskunrahod.

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    Meh. This looks like the right place to put this...

    I was just listening to Duel of the Fates, by John Williams. At the same time, my sister was playing I Just Want To Be With You from High School Musical Three. Normally, I'd just try to drown out her music. But this time I decided to listen to them together. What was wierd was that... they... actually sounded kinda good together.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beholder1995 View Post
    Meh. This looks like the right place to put this...

    I was just listening to Duel of the Fates, by John Williams. At the same time, my sister was playing I Just Want To Be With You from High School Musical Three. Normally, I'd just try to drown out her music. But this time I decided to listen to them together. What was wierd was that... they... actually sounded kinda good together.
    I'm sorry, but nothing can make the latter sound 'kinda good'.
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    I'm sorry, but nothing can make the latter sound 'kinda good'.
    It was supplemental.
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    I'm sorry, but nothing can make the latter sound 'kinda good'.
    I concur. High School Musical, whether it be 1, 2, or 3, is just plain BAD.
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