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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Gravelotte #118451 12/29/2003 2:15 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From Of Human Bondage Philip is living with a German teacher who has severnteen boarders. It is so noisy at dinner that Philip compares it to artillery at Gavelotte. That was an important battle in Franco-Prussian war. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gravelotte/Gavelotte #118452 01/01/2004 12:44 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... My knowledge of history is truly horrible, so I have no idea which was your typo, Bill. Was it 'Gravelotte' in the thread heading or 'Gavelotte' in your text? I'm guessing it was probably the subject heading. Is there anything of significance I should know about this battle? Anything distinct about it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gravelotte/Gavelotte #118453 01/01/2004 1:23 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Gavelotte is the typo http://www.lbdb.com/TMDisplayBattle.cfm?BID=314&WID=23 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gravelotte/Gavelotte #118454 01/01/2004 2:08 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Thank you, Faldage. I just read that very brief account of the battle and was immediately struck why I cannot stand reading such accounts--statistics, turns, places, numbers down--and I may as well be reading a manual on how to operate some kind of instrument. It would be so much better to be taken inside the battle rather than view it from such as statistical kind of account. In other words, I have no idea of anything distinctive about this battle other than the results were 'inconclusive.' Oh, well. I suppose war is finally and always about numbers. 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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