LEGO SYSTEM Castle : 2993


Castle / 2993	2992 \| 2994

Subject:	Re: Warrior Rabbits and Queen Cleo's vehicle (was Re: 5824 - the inside story)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.castle
Date:	Fri, 3 Mar 2000 00:14:25 GMT
Viewed:	2202 times

In lugnet.belville, Jeff Johnston writes: > By the way, the conveyance that Queen Cleo uses to get around is called a > palanquin. > > From www.m-w.com: > > Main Entry: pa·lan·quin > Pronunciation: "pa-l&n-'kEn, -'kwin, -'kin, 'pa-l&n-"; p&-'la[ng]-kw&n > Function: noun > Etymology: Portuguese palanquim, from Malay or Javanese pelangki, of > Indo-Aryan > origin; akin to Bengali pAlanka bed > Date: 1588 > : a conveyance formerly used especially in eastern Asia usually for one person > that consists of an enclosed litter borne on the shoulders of men by means > of poles Wow! I expanded my vocabulary today. I built one of these things two days ago and didn't know what it was called. Today, I'm reading old messages from a month ago that I missed, and I find this posting. What an odd coincidence. LUGNET isn't just entertaining, it's also educational! Here's some photos of my palanquin: http://home.earthlink.net/~mesteele/castle/Emporer/palanquin.html Mike Steele

Message has 2 Replies:

		Re: Warrior Rabbits and Queen Cleo's vehicle (was Re: 5824 - the inside story)
(...) (URL) ) I can't afford to spare many soldiers for my palanquin, I don't have enough soldiers as it is... I like your Oriental palanquin and will be expecting the castle teased in the bkgnd ;) -Shiri (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)

		Re: Warrior Rabbits and Queen Cleo's vehicle (was Re: 5824 - the inside story)
"Mike Steele" wrote... (...) days ago (...) a (...) coincidence. (...) Great thing, this LUGNET, isn't it. While you're still sitting with your dictionary, try checking up the spelling of the word emperor. =) BTW, thanks for pointing the word (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)

Message is in Reply To:

		Warrior Rabbits and Queen Cleo's vehicle (was Re: 5824 - the inside story)
(...) Well, we always thought that the yellow Classic Space guys were pretty tough, going out into space with nothing but a helmet, some air tanks, and a tattoo of the LEGO Space Force symbol on their chest... By the way, the conveyance that Queen (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle)

23 Messages in This Thread:

Entire Thread on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact

Custom Search