Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Hans J on February 15, 2008, 04:22:28 PM
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Hi @ all ,
Here are a lot of Galanthophiles and so I would like to start a little quizz for snowdrops :
Who knows what is the common name in Greek for snowdrop ?
:) Hans :D
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γάλανθος ? ;D
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;D no Ashley ;D
I dont mean the scientific name written in greek letters ......
only the common name for it ....
a typical pic from the wild
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What about:
Hellas Bellas 8)
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Presumably not plúirín sneachta so maybe milkflower? ::)
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What about:
Hellas Bellas 8)
Sorry Thomas - Bella is italian :P
Presumably not plúirín sneachta so maybe milkflower? ::)
Ashley : which lanuage is "plúirín sneachta" ? scottic ? irish ?
We have to wait for Maggi and the other ladies .....they maybe will know it ::) ::) ::)
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I was going to guess 'Milk flower'
but as that has already been taken
how about 'church flower'? Or 'Snow piercer'?
John
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I was going to guess 'Milk flower'
but as that has already been taken
how about 'church flower'? Or 'Snow piercer'?
John
Sorry John -but you are wrong too !
Snow piercer is it in France and Italy ( Perce Neige + Bucaneve )
the greek people plant it not on churches and graveyards ....
Sorry friends - but Google will not help you 8) 8) 8)
I wait for our specialists like snowdropman , dropoholic and our private snowdropman !
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I wait for our specialists like snowdropman , dropoholic and our private snowdropman !
over to the specialists then.
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Maybe this Γάλανθος της ?
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What's about
little Tsatsiki Flower? ;D
Gerd
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What's about
little Tsatsiki Flower? ;D
Gerd
:D ;D :D
Very good Gerdk.
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Gerd ,
Sorry - but the fragrance of snowdrops is very differnet from Zaziki
no point for germany :P
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Leucojum?
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Arne : I can read a little greek -you wrote also Galanthus
Sorry Chloe -no point for Portugal ....
and what says our hopeless Galanthophile ?
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What about:
Hellas Bellas 8)
;D ;D ;D
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Another try: σκουλαρίκι
Will there be a prize for me? ;D
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Arne : my compliment !!!
but please wait with the translation ;D
do you have greek friends ?
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(Hat mir ein Vöglein zugezwitschert... 8) )
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wahrscheinlich eine Elster ;D
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Elstern sind schöne Vögel. ;D
I am sorry, I have to write English again: I said that madges are nice birds and are also very intelligent...
Hans: But I really have a Greek friend from Thessaloniki.
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and sometimes they have stolen pretty things ::) ::) ::)
you must have greek friend - it is really difficould
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So, I must have a guess.....
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I found another way. I was not told by the Greek friend.
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Maggi, I would say nearly. ;D
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and the winner is :
Arne M.
the second winner is
Maggi ( you have not dissapointet me )
the greek people says to snowdrops : Skoulariki - Earrings
.....I think the ladies prefer more such earrings ::)
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Maggi - did you google?....
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Process of elimination...... little birds twittering in ears, and the talk of clever Magpies who steal pretty things..... I am not a Maggi Magpie for nothing!! I spend quite a lot of time looking for really good snowdrop earrings... and, as my Father liked to say, the Greeks always have a word for it!
So : σκουλαρίκι = "skoulariki" =ear-ring ? Fascinating!
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I suppose one CAN google in Greek? :-\ Or any other language... ??? I have enough bother in English!
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Maggi :
are you relatet with Miss Marple ?
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Maggi :
are you related to Miss Marple ?
Hans, I am a pupil of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot 8)
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and Sherlock Holmes too ???
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Yes, I am a great admirer of Mr Holmes !
But I have a greater puzzle in the Galanthus events page.... I am not sure about a word there..... ???
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;) ask Dr. Watson ;D
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ask Dr. Watson
It is too expensive to ask a Doctor's opinion at this time of night.... Dr Watson works in the private sector! ;)
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It was not very complicated. There was a page about Greek flowers on google.gr and so I found all information. Then I checked the name in images. ;D
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So, Arne, I use cunning and you use brains... we would make a good pair, don't you think? 8)
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As a translator I know very well never to trust an on-line dictionary ;D but I thought, what the hell, it would be a nice joke if a snowdrop was a leucojum in Greek :D
Chloë
who ought to know a bit more Greek, with that name ...
(and children with Greek names)
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Chloë, enough to learn Greek if one has a Greek lover!
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Hi Chloë
here is a bit comfort :
they grows in german woods side by side with Galanthus
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So, Arne, I use cunning and you use brains... we would make a good pair, don't you think? 8)
For sure we would make a good pair. 8)
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Bonnie ( Maggi) + Clyde ( Arne ) -the new edition !
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I have spent the last ten minutes in google.gr and found only about Arne Strid, from Gothenburg 8), making an interview with a Greek site about his work with the Flora of Greece! :o ???
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Bonnie ( Maggi) + Clyde ( Arne ) -the new edition !
Very nice. ;D
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I have spent the last ten minutes in google.gr and found only about Arne Strid, from Gothenburg 8), making an interview with a Greek site about his work with the Flora of Greece! :o ???
You have to choose "pages from Greece" or how it is called there. Here it is called "seiten von Greece" (bad translation...).
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Arne, I have tried this also... no success! :-\ I get nothing in English that is the equivalant of 'seiten von Greece'.... only the same in GREEK! I will have to stick with my methods! ::)
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anyway :
I have to say "Yamas" to our both winner !!!
Kalinichta
Hans
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Ashley : which lanuage is "plúirín sneachta" ? scottic ? irish ?
Yes Irish Hans, and perhaps similar in Scots Gaelic.
Well done Arne & Maggi - I'm impressed!
Thanks for the fun Hans ;D
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Thank you Ashley -it was a pleasure for me too ;D
Here a other small puzzle :
Who knows what is the word for snowdrop in Croatia ?
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visibaba ???
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a nice name is also given to the drops in DK. What is it?
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visibaba ???
Yes Hagen - you are correct !
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Oh Hans, I belief, this is a party of only the continentals, because all islemen and -women are looking galas today.
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Hagen :
Du weißt ja:
.....wenn die Katze aus dem Haus ist - tanzen die Mäuse .....
as you know :
.....if the cat is out of the house the mouses dancing on the table .....a old german word
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Nicht alle Katzen sind weg 8)
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Brian :
but it seems the big one ;D
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Nicht alle Katzen sind weg 8)
Oh, what an awful shock ;D ;D ;D. There is someone who is able to speak our difficult language.
Wir müssen vorsichtiger sein - psst!
Gerd
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Gerd, Ich muss zugeben, die Umsetzung alles über Google übersetzen vielleicht so müssen Sie sich nicht allzu vorsichtig. ;D
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STOP IT! I have no idea what you are saying about me..... ;D ::)
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Gerd ,
I believe here are a lot of people who speak our language very well ......
and it is really funny for they .....
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Sorry, not funny for me - I have no idea what has been said!
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Hello John,
we whispered low, that our terrible english must be a fun for you!
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Oh Brian, google translater and srgc are always opentogether, when I take a post. Not all is easy. So my texts are only short. Sometimes pics can say more than words.
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But is there nobody, who knows the danish word for snowdrops. I havn`t seen a right answer!
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our terrible english must be a fun for you
Hagen... Aber nicht so schlimm, wie unsere deutschen.
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together nobody can beat us ;) ;) ;)
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Hagen :
Vintergæk
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bingo Hans!!!
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STOP IT! I have no idea what you are saying about me..... ;D ::)
Absolutely nothing about you, Kent gardener, it was only German nonsense. ;D
Brian,
You are a dazzler - but, ' nicht alle Katzen sind weg ' was an excellent translation! ;D
Gerd
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Oh Gerd, a good german with a better english :)
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Hagen and Gerd Thank you for brightening up my afternoon. ;D
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Oh Gerd, a good german with a better english :)
Not at all. Only a moron with a good translation opportunity - www.dict.cc/ :)
Try it and you'll be able to affect good English too.
Gerd
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Guten Morgen Gerd,
here is the fool on the hill, my translater is: http://dict.leo.org
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Oh Gerd, a good german with a better english :)
Not at all. Only a moron with a good translation opportunity - www.dict.cc/ :)
Try it and you'll be able to affect good English too.
Gerd
Very good page, I often use it for school.