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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread more help with trivia #2474 05/16/2000 11:27 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 jackiemw stranger jackiemw stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 For a trivia contest, I need to know what famous composer's name means "garden of beets" in Dutch. I've found the literal translations of the words but can't put them together in any combination that resembles a composer. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: more help with trivia #2475 05/17/2000 1:10 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass you mean it's NOT Beethoven?? http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ Copy Link to Clipboard Re: more help with trivia #2476 05/17/2000 2:32 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York *nudging tsu* ..... well, maybe it's Frescobaldi? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: more help with trivia #2477 05/17/2000 9:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 jackiemw stranger jackiemw stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Beethoven, of course, would be my guess, but I can't find anything to substantiate this. Thanks for your suggestion. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: more help with trivia #2478 05/17/2000 10:26 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass try this, search for beet and garden http://www.freedict.com/onldict/dut.html http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ Copy Link to Clipboard Re: more help with trivia #2479 05/18/2000 12:43 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Hello, Jackiemw, from just plain Jackie-- Being unable to resist this, having played considerable classical music, I delved on my own and also used Tsuwm's suggestion, and guess what? "biet" is listed as a Dutch word for beet, AND "hovenier" means gardener! By Jove, I think you've got it! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: more help with trivia #2480 05/18/2000 9:35 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 jackiemw stranger jackiemw stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Thanks, Jackie. I am going with Beethoven; your response convinced me. My reluctance resulted from my search of translating sites which said bietsuiker = beet and hof or tuin = garden. I couldn't quite make Beethoven from that. This is a world-wide language-related trivia contest, and I am one of four in the lead with five weeks to go so I'm not taking any chances. Check it out at englishconsulting.com! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: more help with trivia #2481 11/14/2000 5:23 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Geoff old hand Geoff old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA A Russian co-worker once told me that the name of the composer Mussorgsky was close to the word for "garbage." If true, that's a whole lot worse than "Beetgarden!" Can a Russian speaker confirm or refute this? Copy Link to Clipboard 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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