OK, lemmme grab this by the tail and give it a good shake…
I like K, but I think it was generated from association with ‘shite’ – did Nordic /k/ morph to ME /c/ … Perhaps this was from Fong?!
J: Good try, but it looks like it came from the letter combination of s+c+y+t+e (and anyway, there has never yet been one of these “intricate decorations” come true, has there?!) Was this you, Ms J, or perhaps oftroy...?
I: Very good! But whoever it was, you missed out mention of Uranus :)
H: hmmm, I’m only a Limey but I played a bit of semi-serious basketball when a kid… don’t remember this one… Delightfully phrased, straightfaced, sports mad ~ gotta be Spartakiss, surely?
G: Very cunning. You can almost hear John (Fish Called Wanda) Cleese seducing someone with this…. Hmmmm… We all know the associations this side of the pond, but would it travel? I suspect Dixbie!
F: Did this just come from the ale ending? But the sound seems right – sort of Viking English… Is beer mashed? But mebbe that’s American for brewed, given mention I saw somewhere of including chocolate and cherries in beer!!
E: Very clever! Yes. Far too clever? I think so. Good try, Nordic Monkey? Maybe!
D: Well, this one has TEd’s paw prints all over it!
C: ah, another classical pickup. Well, I guess it does sound Greek maybe, but is that how the old doctor’s name is spelled? And isn’t the caduceus only a medical symbol in the States (did we discuss that ages ago?), because I seem to remember it as the symbol for Hermes, messenger god… so who made this up… Betsy maybe?
B: mmm… well, I’m bound to be wrong, but I can’t buy this. Smoke signals and prayer – and did the tribes recognise prayer, really? Don’t know.
A: ooo, nice. Another git bearing Greek! This is good. But hang on, you’d kind of have to be disguised as a town native, wouldn’t you? And weren’t their cities so small they would know all individual inhabitants?
OK, a final reflection or seven before I choose. :)
