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Re: Hangman
H,please
"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."
(все, что я понимаю, я понимаю только потому, что люблю)
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Three of those, Maria Esther.
+A++S / HA+E/ EARS / A++ / SHOES / HA+E / TO+++ES
+A++S / HA+E/ EARS / A++ / SHOES / HA+E / TO+++ES
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Maybe,
Faces have ears and shoes have....?
Faces have ears and shoes have....?
"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."
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Walls have ears and shoes have tongues? What is the source (if I'm right)?
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Well, you are absolutely right, Ilsa. It is the title of an EB short story originally published in The Evening Standard in 1949. It appears in the collection 'Rubbalong Tales' (this book was later retitled 'Shuffle the Shoemaker').
I think it might have been tough for you, Maria Esther, as I doubt the phrase 'Walls Have Ears' exists in Spanish. It means 'Be careful what you say - someone may overhear you'. It was much used on British propaganda posters in World War II. It can be traced back to 1620 in Britain. Some suggest it can be traced back to Syracuse in the pre-Christian era.
Some shoes (more so in the 1940s than now) really do have tongues, just not the sort you have in your mouth.
I thought this was an impressive bit of wordplay from EB.
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I think it might have been tough for you, Maria Esther, as I doubt the phrase 'Walls Have Ears' exists in Spanish. It means 'Be careful what you say - someone may overhear you'. It was much used on British propaganda posters in World War II. It can be traced back to 1620 in Britain. Some suggest it can be traced back to Syracuse in the pre-Christian era.
Some shoes (more so in the 1940s than now) really do have tongues, just not the sort you have in your mouth.
I thought this was an impressive bit of wordplay from EB.
Dave
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Thank you Dave.
_ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ / _ _ _
_ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ / _ _ _
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Sounds like a nice title!Daisy wrote:Walls have ears and shoes have tongues? What is the source (if I'm right)?
Thank you Dave for the information. Yes we do have a phrase like that I'm Spanish which of course it's not translated like that but with a literal translation it would like 'even walls speak', so I really did not associate that phrase which what you have written. Now I'm glad I know.. : DDomino wrote:I think it might have been tough for you, Maria Esther, as I doubt the phrase 'Walls Have Ears' exists in Spanish. It means 'Be careful what you say - someone may overhear you'. It was much used on British propaganda posters in World War II. It can be traced back to 1620 in Britain. Some suggest it can be traced back to Syracuse in the pre-Christian era.
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Let's start with T.
Thanks, Maria Esther, for telling me about 'Even walls speak'. That's actually quite close to 'Walls have ears'.
The French often have completely different expressions equivalent to English sayings. (For example: we say 'Practice makes perfect', but the French say 'C'est en forgeant qu'on deviant forgeron' = 'It is in forging that you become a blacksmith')
Dave
Thanks, Maria Esther, for telling me about 'Even walls speak'. That's actually quite close to 'Walls have ears'.
The French often have completely different expressions equivalent to English sayings. (For example: we say 'Practice makes perfect', but the French say 'C'est en forgeant qu'on deviant forgeron' = 'It is in forging that you become a blacksmith')
Dave
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A good start Dave.
T _ _/ _ _ _ _/ T _ _ _/ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ T _ / _ _ _
T _ _/ _ _ _ _/ T _ _ _/ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ T _ / _ _ _
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Yes, I also thought that was interesting that the Spanish saying about walls (and spreading secrets) is similar enough to the English one! As for shoes having tongues, most lace-up shoes do — i.e. the flap over the top of the foot that the laces go over. I always used to find it quite amusing when I was little, to think of shoes having "tongues". I haven't read the story Dave's phrase was taken from, but Enid did have a Mr Pink-Whistle story (Mr Pink-Whistle's Cat is Busy) in which Sooty the cat magically makes the tongues of a villain's shoes able to talk, so that the shoes tell everyone what bad things the wearer has done! A very Blytonesque idea indeed.
Back to Daisy's puzzle... can we have an E now, please?
Back to Daisy's puzzle... can we have an E now, please?
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Just 2 for you, (and just saw I omitted one T last time. Sorry)
T _ E/ _ _ _ _/ T _ _ T/ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ T _ / _ E _
T _ E/ _ _ _ _/ T _ _ T/ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ T _ / _ E _
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I, please.
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May we have an A then?
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Oh yes!
T _ E/ _ _ _ _/ T _ A T/ _ A _/ A _ A _/ T _ / _ E A
Not in: I
T _ E/ _ _ _ _/ T _ A T/ _ A _/ A _ A _/ T _ / _ E A
Not in: I
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