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Re: Warrior Rabbits and Queen Cleo's vehicle (was Re: 5824 - the inside story)
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lugnet.castle
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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.
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> From www.m-w.com:
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> 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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