Talking Turkey
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11/23/15 09:39 PM
11/23/15 09:39 PM
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Posts: 52,985 Upstate NY
Pandora
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Despite some daunting-looking spellings and unfamiliar letter combinations, quite a few Turkish words bear a striking resemblance to their English counterparts. Can you match them up below? Feel free to take two each. -1. akvaryum -2. dosya -3. elektrikli -4. fantaziye -5. isteri -6. istimbot -7. jilet -8. kebab -9. kismetli -10. kolej -11. lastikli -12. manken -13. muskir -14. otocar -15. paspas -16. perili -17. pikap -18. purdeli -19. sansur -20. sinema filimi -21. sirk -22. sivil -23. sultani -24. viyolonsel -25. zurafa -a. automobile -b. cello -c. censorship -d. circus -e. college -f. imaginative display -g. doormat -h. file -i. fishtank -j. giraffe -k. hysteria -l. imperial -m. intoxicating, pungent -n. live wire -o. lucky -p. movie -q. plainclothesman -r. record player with tone arm -s. roast -t. rubber -u. safety razor -v. scarecrow -w. sinister -x. steamboat -y. veiled, perplexing
The moon is actually more useful than the sun since the moon gives us light at night when it's dark. The sun only gives us light during the day when it's already bright out.
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Re: Talking Turkey
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11/24/15 12:59 AM
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BobH
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6/x 14/a Interesting puzzle!
Bob As I've grown older, I've found that my memory is not as good as I used to think it was.
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Re: Talking Turkey
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11/24/15 02:15 PM
11/24/15 02:15 PM
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Lex
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4d? (What's turkish for stupidly shooting down a Russian jet??)
Last edited by Lex; 11/24/15 02:16 PM.
Life is what happens while you're making other plans.
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Re: Talking Turkey
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11/25/15 07:15 AM
11/25/15 07:15 AM
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Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 17,630 The Outer Limits
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23/L 16/W
Did you ever stop to think and then forget to start again?
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