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Adam G.
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Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 71 Location: England, Bristol
[Flame Set] #006 - Winning Lines For 2 points signed by Garnet
Text reads-
1 vorrei baciarti!
2 [upside down ?]vamos a bailar?
3 ik hou van mijn fiets - hou jij van mir?!
4 on mange chinois ou chez toi?!
5 du weckst den tiger in mir!
6 vad du är söt!
Von was out in a bar one night and secided to try a new approach to picking up women. Given the recent fad for everything Earth-related, maybe the earth chat-up lines he'd read about would work. Sadly, he never got around to looking up their meanings, and shockingly, none of them worked - even with Von's Charm.
what languages did he attempt to woo the ladies with?
(if any one could tell me where an upside down ? is, i couldnt find it in my symbols page, I will be happy to change it when i can) (and sorry no scanner for use)
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:17 am
Mathematician
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Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 13 Location: Sturminster Newton
With a little bit of googling I got:
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1. Italian
2. Spanish
3. Dutch
4. French
5. German
6. Swedish
Acepted as a confirmed solve.
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:42 am
spugmeistress
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Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 460 Location: manchester, uk
for anyone who's interested, i babelfished the meanings (except for the last one since babelfish doesnt do [that one])
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1) i would like to kiss you
2) we are going to dance?
3) something about a bicycle. no idea...
4) we eat chinese or your house? (seems to be missing a few words, or a bit awkwardly translated)
5) you wake the tiger in me (rawr ;) )
6) no idea, anyone know?
rach =)
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:45 am
Mima
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Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 260
Best guesses:
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3. I like my bicycle - do you like mine?!
4. What you ? haze!
Not sure that helps much more!
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:41 pm
manicgiraffe
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Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 1
For the sake of interest, tidied up the meanings.
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1. I want to kiss you
2. Let's Dance
3. I love my bike - do you love me?!
4. Chinese (as in meal) or my place?!
5. You wake the tiger in me!
6. You are sweet!
Poor Von, some of these would have got me .
Also I may be wrong, but
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The Dutch one doesn't seem quite right
"Ik houd van mijn fiets — houd jij van mij?" would seem to be correct. Babel accepts this.
MG
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:31 pm
spugmeistress
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Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 460 Location: manchester, uk
just found this, possibly an inspiration for the card?
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/posts/7188.htm
rach =)
Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 11:51 am
Fuseunderground
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Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 151
That looks like two cards based on articles in 'The Sun' then...
We know what newspaper they read at MC
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 12:03 pm
sledgecallier
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Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 414 Location: Behind the Sofa...
Ok, I just tried the supplied answers and got an incorect response. Any ideas? (And yes, i checked the spelling and all...)
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:20 am
Sentinel
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Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 109 Location: St Helens
how was the answer for the last one arrived at? I searched for ages and couldnt find a thing.
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:25 pm
mama_needs_a_new_car
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Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 33
I work at Swedish Hospital in Seattle - so named because the hospital was founded by members of the Seattle Swedish-American community a hundred years or so ago. Many employees and patients are of Swedish descent, and confirmed the last line as "You are cute"
Maybe cute/sweet little a dimunitive form of endearment?
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:08 am
Arkai
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Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 74 Location: London
The upside-down ? is ¿. I could only find it on Microsoft Word symbols...
and here's a scan from Card Catalog;
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:26 pm
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