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Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby rohan » Tue May 10, 2022 7:31 am

HalfManHalfTitanium wrote:
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Sgurr wrote:Do I even have the right word, as in Loch? Maybe everyone has diverted onto quordle.[/quote

When I first started with Wordle I also started on other language versions (French and Gaelic) and the number version (nerdle) but what I do like about Wordle is that it only takes a few minutes and wakes my brain up (as far as it can ever wake up!) and that it is for another day.

In summary as it this has been around for a few weeks.

The BG is unique in Scotland. The BG was moved from near Loch Leven to Edinburgh { this element solved by Sgurr}. At the time I set the puzzle, the BG had just been mentioned on another forum on WH. I also mentioned Caberfeidh. Picture clue tomorrow.


Is this the “Ballachulish Goddess” figure which was found in 1880 and dried out too quickly I think, and warped and cracked?

Tim


It is indeed and fitting that this returns to you as I was just stepping in when you couldn't. Back to you, Tim.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Tue May 10, 2022 7:50 am

Thanks rohan! - much appreciated.

N, K, M or P?
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Glengavel » Tue May 10, 2022 7:29 pm

HalfManHalfTitanium wrote:
rohan wrote:
Sgurr wrote:Do I even have the right word, as in Loch? Maybe everyone has diverted onto quordle.[/quote

When I first started with Wordle I also started on other language versions (French and Gaelic) and the number version (nerdle) but what I do like about Wordle is that it only takes a few minutes and wakes my brain up (as far as it can ever wake up!) and that it is for another day.

In summary as it this has been around for a few weeks.

The BG is unique in Scotland. The BG was moved from near Loch Leven to Edinburgh { this element solved by Sgurr}. At the time I set the puzzle, the BG had just been mentioned on another forum on WH. I also mentioned Caberfeidh. Picture clue tomorrow.


Is this the “Ballachulish Goddess” figure which was found in 1880 and dried out too quickly I think, and warped and cracked?

Tim


What has a warped and cracked ancient relic got to do with Caberfeidh? :shh:
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Tue May 10, 2022 8:06 pm

:clap: :lol: :clap: :lol:
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby rohan » Wed May 11, 2022 11:34 am

What has a warped and cracked ancient relic got to do with Caberfeidh? :shh:


Brilliant, love it! An unintentional implication on my part but he did post info about the Ballachuilish Goddess on the "Where's the picture- Scotland?" forum on April 10th, 2 days before I posted the puzzle

Sgurr- I hope the auction went well.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Thu May 12, 2022 4:41 pm

Clues -

M and P are not specifically Scottish. And like K, they are generic nouns, not individuals.

N was doubly involved in a major Scottish international sporting event.

Ks have probably become much better known quite recently.

P is/are very much older that either K or M.

K can be regarded as a sub-group of M.

Some would say that N is not so much a M as a H. H is also a generic noun, not specifically Scottish, and is often known these days as FN.

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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Thu May 19, 2022 11:34 am

N is known more formally as LNM

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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Mon May 23, 2022 1:11 pm

Further clue - the subject of this puzzle is one of Scotland's most famous (indeed, iconic) residents. Using the word "residents" very loosely.

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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Mon May 23, 2022 1:23 pm

Are they statues and is K kelpies?
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Mon May 23, 2022 1:29 pm

Sgurr wrote:Are they statues and is K kelpies?
Sgurr wrote:Are they statues and is K kelpies?


Great to hear from you, Sgurr. I hope you are keeping well.

K is indeed Kelpies!

But the answer is not a statue, and I am not referring to the Falkirk Kelpies or anything like that.

Rather, Kelpie is one of the suggestions put forward for the identity of N / LNM.

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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Mon May 23, 2022 4:10 pm

N is Nessie and LNM the Loch ness Monster?


I am very well thanks HMHT. All my time recently has been devoted to getting the house into what daughter calls "Gracious Living Mode. I took all the day before yesterday evicting 6 bookshelves and assorted stuff from R's study and turning it into the one you see 2 below. All the other rooms are getting the same treatment. Am just pausing before tackling the cellar . Aaaargh. 1/4 the books have gone to students and 80 bags to charity shops after the dealers came.

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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Mon May 23, 2022 4:25 pm

Sorry I didn't answer the original questions
N, K M or P
Nessie, Kelpie, Monster or Plesiosaurus????
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Mon May 23, 2022 6:27 pm

Wow what a clear-out!

it is a good feeling to be clear stuff out. Even when I helped my sister in law and so it wasn't my house, the sight of a well-filled skip at the end of a hard day was very cheering.

Yes of course, you are right with all the answers, Nessie etc!

Over to you!

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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Mon May 23, 2022 6:35 pm

WYGLG


Certainly.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Tue May 24, 2022 10:11 am

Robert Tannahill's verse Will Ye Go Lassie Go (the Braes o' Balquhidder) - more famous these days I think for The Corries version?

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