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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
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In lugnet.castle, Mike Steele writes:
> Here's some photos of my palanquin:
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~mesteele/castle/Emporer/palanquin.html
Cool! Much better looking than my tiny version (see here:
http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/royalty.html )
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
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"Mike Steele" wrote...
> 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!
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 palanquin out for the rest of us
vocabularly
disabled. *grin*
// Eric (also learning)
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