Only in German, which capitalises all nouns. In English it's usually lower-case.
MUD CHANT
Dutchman
If I can, ANYONE CAN
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
July 11, 2006, 12:15
haberdasher
quote:
Originally posted by arnie:
quote:
That'd be VALKYRIE, mit ein Upper-case V
Only in German, which capitalises all nouns. In English it's usually lower-case.
MUD CHANT
Dutchman
If I can, ANYONE CAN
annoyance
but a BLEAT LORE one, I hope.
I've only seen Valkyrie, a mythological figure always capitalised, in the context of Wagner or Bullfinch.
It's hard to vote by Google (if that's worth anything), since the Net is mostly case-insensitive. Having said that, I note that of the first sixty g-hits, fifty-nine are capitalized; the lone exception is Wikipedia, whose authoritative stature has been impugned by some.
July 11, 2006, 21:07
KHC
BLEAT LORE
Mary had a little lamb... no, I mean tolerable ...
July 11, 2006, 21:07
KHC
Where do the lost lambs at The Citadel sleep?
PLEBE SHACK... 2 words
July 12, 2006, 05:48
haberdasher
PLEBE SHACK
black sheep
ASIA BOND (which is a far cry from ARA'S TABLE)
July 12, 2006, 21:07
KHC
I have no idea about ASIA BOND, but I do find
ARA'S TABLE.... alabaster!
If you're in the woods with drugs, look out for the TREE NARC.
July 18, 2006, 15:14
haberdasher
Back from visiting kidlets :-) !
Re: ASIA BOND -- if alabater* is white, What color/mineral would be the furthest from that?
[Edit: That's "alabaster," of course. Some days I just can't type worth a durn. /Edit]
TREE NARC is entrance, he said, hypnotized.
And where in France might you arrange to meet a NERVOUS ZED ?This message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
July 22, 2006, 13:40
haberdasher
Oops - another spelling error. "ASIA BOND" should have been ASII BOND
July 29, 2006, 21:54
KHC
ASII BOND
Now, you're making sense... obsidian
July 29, 2006, 21:55
KHC
Please check the reindeer histories:
ELKS BIO
July 30, 2006, 01:44
arnie
ELKS BIO
obelisk
Personal organiser? PALM DIARY
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
July 31, 2006, 13:56
wordmatic
could've sworn I posted this yesterday, but I guess the changeover lost it?
PYRAMIDAL
Those tourists are so messy!
NIX TRASH, PEG
July 31, 2006, 14:34
haberdasher
NIX TRASH, PEG
Great Sphinx
And where in France might you arrange to meet a NERVOUS ZED ?
August 01, 2006, 01:48
arnie
NERVOUS ZED
rendezvous
After his flight, he might be met by an AIRLINE LIMO
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
August 01, 2006, 06:01
haberdasher
AIRLINE LIMO
millionaire
They planned the negotiating strategy in a smoke-filled UNION DEN
August 02, 2006, 21:00
KHC
UNION DEN
innuendo... The End Motel
It rained on your hammers in the cave??
GET DRY TOOL
August 04, 2006, 03:09
arnie
GET DRY TOOL
troglodyte
Lucky penny? TRUSTED COIN
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
August 04, 2006, 07:16
wordmatic
TRUSTED COIN
destruction,
and all because of that
DAME DRAGON
August 04, 2006, 10:54
haberdasher
DAME DRAGON
Armageddon
...to be followed, we hope, by an INSANE SCARE
August 04, 2006, 19:42
KHC
INSANE SCARE
... a renaissance
Who will be first to attempt a TRICOT BUNION wrap?
August 04, 2006, 19:47
haberdasher
TRICOT BUNION
contribution
...Gratefully, DEEP "C" CAT
August 05, 2006, 19:56
KHC
DEEP C CAT
accepted
New Univ of Florida football recruit:
GATOR SIGNEE
August 06, 2006, 01:44
arnie
GATOR SIGNEE
segregation
Most kids? TOY MISUSER
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
August 15, 2006, 19:46
KHC
TOY MISUSER
mysterious
It's late at the pub... like ET...
NO MEN PHONE home...
August 16, 2006, 01:20
arnie
NO MEN PHONE
phenomenon
Formic book? ANT'S EDITION
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
August 18, 2006, 18:35
haberdasher
ANT'S EDITION
destination
Bothered by mosquitoes? Just touch A METALLIC ONION to the bites (two words)
August 18, 2006, 20:29
KHC
A METALLIC ONION
Dab on a bit of calamine lotion...
His plane was ID'd... NO PILOTS EGO involved...
August 19, 2006, 08:08
haberdasher
...You don't suppose an expert in Gaol Management is a POENOLOGIST ?
Edit - after a little research I aver that if it isn't, it should be.
Have you seen my beautiful GOOSE RUG ?
August 19, 2006, 20:50
KHC
I forgot.. as usual.. to say 2 words. I was thinking of
STOOL PIGEON, but I'm happy you found another answer.
August 19, 2006, 20:52
KHC
Your beautiful GOOSE RUG is
gorgeous!
August 19, 2006, 20:58
KHC
The entire herd fell down...
MOOR FAINT
August 19, 2006, 23:36
arnie
MOOR FAINT
formation
Don't kill it! GILT GOOSE
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
August 20, 2006, 05:15
haberdasher
geologist
MC TIME, HARPO ! Rock 'em!
August 20, 2006, 17:38
wordmatic
Hammer, op. cit? Hammer, picto? Topic, Hammer?
that was A TRUE UMPH
August 21, 2006, 03:38
arnie
MC TIME, HARPO
metamorphic
I don't have a clue about A TRUE UMPH, though.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
August 21, 2006, 04:45
wordmatic
Mt. Ruapehu.
I got hung up on the comma in MC TIME, HARPO, thinking there had to be a comma in the answer (and also the MC part, thinking there had to be a "hammer." And if that were true, I should have put a period in my clue. I also should have said "2 words" sorry.
Try NUTATA BLISS
August 21, 2006, 06:16
arnie
I also suspect some knowledge of NZ geography would be required. I had to Google to find out that it's a volcano in New Zealand.
NUTATA BLISS
substantial
Ignoring GRID READINGS?
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
August 21, 2006, 10:30
wordmatic
My sister lives near there; I've actually eaten lunch on Mt. Ruapehu. It's just south of Tongariro and Ngauruhoe. The three volcanoes line up in a spectacular row in the middle of a desert plain. Every one of them has so many vowels that it's difficult to make anagrams out of them at all!
August 21, 2006, 14:32
haberdasher
GRID READINGS
disregarding
and close letterwise, but totally unrelated, is
ID READINGS
(Do they make you a Freudian fortune-teller? Maybe if you embellish them a little bit?)
August 22, 2006, 07:41
wordmatic
ID READINGS dead rising
Maybe better luck reading TEA LEAVES.
(we needed an easy one for variety's sake!)
August 22, 2006, 16:40
haberdasher
ID READINGS dead rising
Maybe better luck reading TEA LEAVES
Hmm...well, TE LEAVES is "elevates" but you want something with one more A...
And ID READINGS can be made into one word (British spelling, if you must)
EDIT: No it can't, Hab, you dummy! You meant to write GA READINGSThis message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
August 22, 2006, 19:43
KHC
Where's the simplicity of all this?? I'm very confused.
I still can't solve TEA LEAVES.
And now I should solve GA READINGS?
Is it: aged grains or grade gains? sigh...
August 23, 2006, 04:03
arnie
I'm lost too! I can make nothing of either ID READINGS or TEA LEAVES.
(or GA READINGS, come to that.)
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
August 23, 2006, 05:05
wordmatic
I messed up on Tea Leaves--I meant "elevates," but it does have an extra "a." So I withdraw that one.
I can't solve GR Readings either--for a sec, I thought AGGRANDISE, but missing an "a" and too many "r"s.
Do we have to solve it before we admit it's just ALIEN OLD US?
August 23, 2006, 06:17
arnie
Aha! One I can get!
ALIEN OLD US
delusional
Sir Guinness's [Sic] paint? ALEC'S EMULSION
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
August 23, 2006, 18:02
haberdasher
I meant GA READINGS to be aggrandise - did I misspell it again? No, I think I got it right, this time. Finally.
ALEC'S EMULSION looks like MISCELLANEOUS.
Children love to draw and color and ALSO TRACE.
August 23, 2006, 19:54
KHC
If I were in England, and I wish I were, aggrandize would be aggrandise....
August 23, 2006, 19:55
KHC
ALSO TRACE
escalator
August 23, 2006, 19:58
KHC
My tiny antique rose has a
MINUTE PETAL...
August 24, 2006, 19:16
wordmatic
quote:
Posted Wed Aug 23, 2006 18:02 I meant GA READINGS to be aggrandise - did I misspell it again? No, I think I got it right, this time. Finally.
And I'm the one who misspelled it, substituting GR for GA. My bad. Just now I have to attend to other things, so I'll try another one later.
I had to Google to find out that it's a volcano in New Zealand.
One I can get!