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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Cordon Bleu #172710 01/21/2008 4:29 PM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 DarrylT stranger DarrylT stranger Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 I find it interesting that in many competitions, in the US, a blue ribbon only marks the entry as above average; Grand Champion ribbons are purple, and then there is reserve champion, before one reaches down to blue. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cordon Bleu DarrylT #172819 01/23/2008 5:15 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Champion and reserve champion sound like animal show terms. Maybe the merely above average become cordon bleu rather than earning a blue ribbon?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cordon Bleu DarrylT #172840 01/24/2008 12:58 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Is that in all kinds of sports? purple ribbon Apperently a purple ribbon is also one of what I found are "awareness ribbons". And there is a blue one as well. (Ha!Zed! ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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