Apologies - wrong topic, now posted here! What an ingeneous lot you are. A high quality selection for you, votes to me by Thursday 2.00 pm GMT, which may allow some of you early risers in US to vote on Thursday. I am away Friday hence the early voting. I may get another round in (if I can think of a word), but then I am away for 3 weeks so I'll have to pass it over anyway. Good luck! Rod.
saraad 1 - A fine levied by ancient Welsh courts and paid in cattle. 2 - The whip used by jockeys riding racing camels. 3 - From Arabic. A war fought merely to fight, as opposed to a jihad, which is holy. 4 - A colorful East African beetle prized as bait for fishing. 5 - A livestock pen constructed of rush- or osierwork. 6 - A group of rituals performed by a Muslim bride and groom with the help of their wedding attendants and the elders of the community. 7 - A deliberative body composed of Bedouin chieftains. 8 - An uncut and unstitched garment worn by head of households in India, counterpart of the sari worn by the matriarchs. 9 - A narrow sand bank at the outlet of a river. 10 - A tassel traditionally attached to a Bible or Koran as a built-in bookmark. 11 - A formal greeting by persons of the opposite sex. 12 - A Scottish word for frightened, alarmed.
just for fun (and 'cuz I'm bored with thinking about conspiracies) heres a play-by-play analysis: 1) possibly... 2) do they really race camels?? 3) aren't all Arabic wars considered to be holy, or at least blessed by Allah? 4) that sounds like a scarab 5) I don' thin' so 6) ... 7) ... 8) a good one, but I don't believe it 9) I'm sure there's a word for this, but this ain't it... 10) another tassel? nope... [but I wish I knew the word for this, it'd be a good wwftd] 11) ...naah. 12) maybe...
there's a lot of sentiment here for "southern" concepts, but I kind of like the north... I think it's one of the bookends, 1 or 12. I'm going to say 12.
I'm convinced that all these Muslim and Asiatic definitions are red herrings, so I've got it narrowed down to no. 1 and no. 5. I really like five, but I'm voting for no. 1.
Standing shoulder to shoulder with Max, huh? Well, that surely counts as the triumph of hope over experience, but you'll be in engaging company at least
I think this is the best batch of bluffs yet, and I've no idea which is right, so I'll just pick the first one that made me laugh - 1 - didn't take long.
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