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Well, in English you can say “right here” or “to hand”.

“right here”
“here”
“there”
“over there” / “yonder”

It sorta works :stuck_out_tongue:

PS. yes, ofc no-one has said yonder this century

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The Doctor used ‘yonder’ once when he explained stuff to Mr. Chesterfield.

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That particular reference is lost on me, I’m afraid. Are you talking about Ian Chesterton?

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Right, it’s technically a new day. That means I’ve gotta:

  1. Roll for a script of the day
  2. Read Sanonius’s post about demonstrative pronouns
  3. Make a grammar and vocabulary challenge
  4. Tidy the thread
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Hi! To find out what I can do, say @discobot display help.

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@discobot roll 1d60

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:game_die: 22

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@discobot roll 1d99

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:game_die: 33

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Wait, that doesn’t work :stuck_out_tongue:

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@discobot roll 1d9

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:game_die: 6

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The Script of the Day is Elbasan! (Seems like they don’t render on Firefox, though :expressionless: )

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When I look up on Wiki and the first sentence is:

In general linguistics, a reflexive pronoun , sometimes simply called a reflexive, is an anaphoric pronoun that must be coreferential with another nominal (its antecedent within the same clause.)

I see, you say I must first summon a helpful daemon with this spell and he will tell me what a reflexive pronoun is

Nah, they gave a clear explanation underneath so I can’t hate :wink:

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Just waiting for someone to finish editing the header, then I can get tidying. I’m going to delete my more off-topic posts and provide quick links to the past challenges and discussions.

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Tidying starts now :slight_smile:

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Can’t delete any more of my posts for two hours :expressionless: guess it’s time for link organisation

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Now, doesn’t the thread head look better?!

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Would sure be nice if we could delete the discobots. And yes, it’s Chesterton, of course. They’re inside the Tardis in that scene.

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Time for today’s workouts. The Vocab Workout is about treasure.

Vocab Workout

In the pirates’ treasure chest are:

  • Silver and gold coins
  • Inscribed rings
  • Purple dye
  • Pearl necklaces
  • Cut rubies and amethysts
  • Goblets
  • Saffron
  • Indian diamonds
  • Jade elephants
  • Ancient scrolls
  • Conches

The Grammar Workout is all about the English word “through”.

Grammar Workout
  • I looked through the window.
  • The oar slid through the water.
  • The elephant smashed through the spear-wall.
  • The procession passed through the streets.
  • The flour filtered through the sieve.

Solutions:

bugcat's Latin solution (vocab and grammar)

In arca gazae pīrātārum est:

I. Monēta argentea et aurāria
II. Torquēs īnscrībus esse
III. Purpura
IV. Monīlia margarītārum
V. Gemmae rubrae* et amethystī sculptus esse

(* I can’t find a Classical Latin word for ruby, but they probably had one.)

VI. Scyphī
VII. Crocus
VIII. Adamantēs Indiae*

(* India is marked as Late Latin, but the region was well known in Classical times.)

IX. Elephantī lapidis nephriticī
Or perhaps: Elephantī lapidis viridis

(* There seems to be no single word for jade.)

X. Pergamēna antīcae
XI. Conchae

I. Per fenestram perspicī.
II. Per aquam rēmus illāborat.
III. Per mūrus tēlī elephantus irrumpit.
IV. Per viās pompa trādūcit.
V. Per cōlum farīna cōlus.

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