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Post 41

Icy North

Ok then.

Caveat lector ...


1. Hungarian ("B * TER" = bARGAIN HUNter)
2. Greek ("BAC * N" = bacK GREEn)
3. Welsh ("F * OUND" = fLESH Wound)
4. Norwegian ("D * N" = dINNER WAGOn)
5. Spanish ("COR * TY" = corNISH PASty)
6. Gaelic ("AN * LLY" = anGELICAlly)
7. Italian ("B * ES" = bANALITIes)
8. Danish ("M * LE" = mISHANDle)
9. Armenian ("PO * S" = poMERANIANs)
10. Icelandic ("I * ES" = iNDELICACIes)
11. Catalan ("S * US" = sANTA CLAus)
12. French ("T * OOT" = tRENCH Foot)
13. Russian ("RE * G" = reASSURINg)
14. Polish ("S * D" = sLIPSHOd)
15. Finnish ("U * ED" = uNFINISHed)


Friday Quiz - Words on a Theme

Post 42

Icy North

Did anyone spot the clue?


Friday Quiz - Words on a Theme

Post 43

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

smiley - doh


Friday Quiz - Words on a Theme

Post 44

Gnomon - time to move on

I didn’t spot the clue


Friday Quiz - Words on a Theme

Post 45

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

Is that a trick question?

Run, spot, run.


Friday Quiz - Words on a Theme

Post 46

Recumbentman

"The language has not been mentioned so far" -- the furthest-away European language?

Or maybe the clue was in your name: Icy North?


Friday Quiz - Words on a Theme

Post 47

Icy North

No, it was the tongue-out smiley smiley - tongueout


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Post 48

Recumbentman

Tongue out because of the laborious grammar? http://9gag.com/gag/aRgQRAA?ref=pn


Friday Quiz - Words on a Theme

Post 49

Gnomon - time to move on

The tongue out wasn't a clue to "Icelandic", it was in Posting 1 and was a clue to the theme of the quiz: tongues.


Friday Quiz - Words on a Theme

Post 50

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

smiley - doh

Now I have to .

Enjoy your time off, icy, while I try to gather up my few remaining brain cells in preparation for the quizzes when you come back.


Friday Quiz - Words on a Theme

Post 51

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

Sorry, I meant smiley - blush

Obviously I have one more thing to smiley - blush about.


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