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hope said:
Thanks for the explanation, now I get it. So agonum's posts were rather intriguing, and more like a cipher๐Ÿ˜… but I guess that's just for me๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€
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No. Me also. Agonum's post turned my brain to spaghetti. Not that it takes much, tbh!

Agonum said:
Oh, I didnโ€™t mean to criticize; it was merely a notice. Your post not only gives the etymology in English, but also is more detailed than what was in my post. Excuse my ambiguity.
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Agonum said:
Do I sense a space theme in the thread? Have we already given up on the robots? And how about the trains?
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I found a cool robot picture the other day and immediately lost it. ๐Ÿ™„

Space and trains will always be fascinating, don't you think?

Agonum said:
โ€A cipherโ€! ๐Ÿ˜…

Well, to be fair, I was posting in Swedish, and I do see how that might not be appreciated. At the same time, I cannot help but be fascinated by how languages are connected, and I guess a purpose of these possibly unappreciated posts of mine is for them to garner enough interest to merit a reply, which might highlight such connections. Or other types of connections, by all means!
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'Possibly' being the operative word, here. I think your posts kick off many conversations. I see that happening a lot.
 
You can see the Nissen huts in this photo

italian-chapel.jpg
 
zinniabooklover said:
oh fgs!

Well, the tweetX is @OrkneyUncovered so I think we can safely assume the Italian chapel is in Orkney. Using Google, I find this story. Which is quite dramatic and not at all what I was expecting. If I was a gambling person I would put money on you finding this little tale quite interesting.

www.orkney.com

The Italian Chapel | Orkney.com

The Italian Chapel consists of two Nissen huts transformed into a beautiful chapel by Domenico Chiocchetti and his colleagues, Italian prisoners of war captured in North Africa and transported to the Island of Lamb Holm in Orkney.
www.orkney.com www.orkney.com
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Quite the story! Gosh. The thievery angers me to no end.
 
Steglits.jpg

And this fellow is currently singing his heart out in the garden!

Carduelis carduelis โ€˜steglits,โ€™ EN. European Goldfinch, DE. Stieglitz, RU. ะงะตั€ะฝะพะณะพะปะพะฒั‹ะน ั‰ะตะณะพะป / ะพะฑั‹ะบะฝะพะฒะตะฝะฝั‹ะน ั‰ะตะณะพะป.
 
Agonum said:
No. I think you call it small tortoiseshell?
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No, I meant the family. Whenever I see a butterfly with lots of orange and brown I wonder if it belongs to the fritillary family. But I don't know butterflies so I invariably get it wrong. I do know there is such a thing as the Great Spangled Fritillary.

It's confusing! I just looked it up on Wiki - aka Oracle of Delphi :ROFLMAO:

"The great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) is a North America butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."


However, when I look up tortoiseshell butterflies, Butterfly Conservation tells me this:

"Size and Family​

  • Family: Nymphalids"

I give up!
 
Agonum said:
โ€A cipherโ€! ๐Ÿ˜…
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It was an emotional reaction))))
Agonum said:
Well, to be fair, I was posting in Swedish, and I do see how that might not be appreciated. At the same time, I cannot help but be fascinated by how languages are connected, and I guess a purpose of these possibly unappreciated posts of mine is for them to garner enough interest to merit a reply, which might highlight such connections. Or other types of connections, by all means!
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It's really interesting how words travel from one language to another. I especially remember the "train station" story

And sometimes it's surprising. For example, we have the word "kapot" AND it's a part of the body of a car(hood). In the narrow sense, it's the cover of the engine compartment of a car. And then there's a dress and a kind of hat. Nothing in common with the meaning described in your posts)))))
 
hope said:
It was an emotional reaction))))


It's really interesting how words travel from one language to another. I especially remember the "train station" story

And sometimes it's surprising. For example, we have the word "kapot" AND it's a part of the body of a car(hood). In the narrow sense, it's the cover of the engine compartment of a car. And then there's a dress and a kind of hat. Nothing in common with the meaning described in your posts)))))
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This is so intriguing!
 
zinniabooklover said:
No, I meant the family. Whenever I see a butterfly with lots of orange and brown I wonder if it belongs to the fritillary family. But I don't know butterflies so I invariably get it wrong. I do know there is such a thing as the Great Spangled Fritillary.

It's confusing! I just looked it up on Wiki - aka Oracle of Delphi :ROFLMAO:

"The great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) is a North America butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."


However, when I look up tortoiseshell butterflies, Butterfly Conservation tells me this:

"Size and Family​

  • Family: Nymphalids"

I give up!
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Yes, theyโ€™re the same family. โ€œFritillariesโ€ are species of the tribus (tribe) Argynnini.

So for the small tortoiseshell (lol), it goes:

family Nymphalidae​
subfamily Nymphalinae​
tribus Nymphalini​
genus Aglais​

Great sprangled fritillary:

family Nymphalidae​
subfamily Heliconiinae​
tribus Argynnini​
genus Speyeria​
 
Agonum said:
Yes, theyโ€™re the same family. โ€œFritillariesโ€ are species of the tribus (tribe) Argynnini.

So for the small tortoiseshell (lol), it goes:

family Nymphalidae​
subfamily Nymphalinae​
tribus Nymphalini​
genus Aglais​

Great sprangled fritillary:

family Nymphalidae​
subfamily Heliconiinae​
tribus Argynnini​
genus Speyeria​
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There is no chocolate left in the house. I've eaten all the chocolate. Dang it, I need chocolate! :eek:
 
hope said:
It was an emotional reaction))))


It's really interesting how words travel from one language to another. I especially remember the "train station" story

And sometimes it's surprising. For example, we have the word "kapot" AND it's a part of the body of a car(hood). In the narrow sense, it's the cover of the engine compartment of a car. And then there's a dress and a kind of hat. Nothing in common with the meaning described in your posts)))))
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That word always sounded a bit Russian to me! Somewhat similar to Sputnik.
 
hope said:
She has a very beautiful voice๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ And she lives in London))))))
But I don't really follow opera))
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Oh, I don't like opera at all. Carmen, a tiny handful of arias, a tiny handful of singers. That's about it. But she was interviewed in the Sunday Times today and I decided to check her out on YT and found a few bits that were interesting to me. :)
 
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