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Re: Warrior Rabbits and Queen Cleo's vehicle (was Re: 5824 - the inside story)
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Date: 
Fri, 3 Mar 2000 00:14:25 GMT
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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



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 (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)

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  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 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle)

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