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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 7 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Re: those pesky Ferengi tsuwm #183610 03/15/09 07:16 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 Chocolate on my mind since it was mentioned by DZjeem. In the sixties-seventies my husband used to take home Godiva chocolates from chocodrome Brussels. Only just now I learn that Godiva is since quite a while no longer Belgian at all. Maybe that's what changed the taste. Now one of the favorites is a handmade Australian chocolate. Godiva Never knew what chocolate had to do with the Godiva legend. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: those pesky Ferengi BranShea #183616 03/15/09 10:17 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Originally Posted By: BranShea Only just now I learn that Godiva is since quite a while no longer Belgian at all. Maybe that's what changed the taste. The justification for profit is profit Ferengi rule of aquisition number 202 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: those pesky Ferengi Faldage #183617 03/15/09 10:18 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... L latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast L Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... Originally Posted By: Faldage Originally Posted By: latishya Originally Posted By: zmjezhd Where'd you get "ferengi"? Same place the writers for ST:TNG got it: history (link). Is the consonantal similarity between firangi and foreign just coincidence? Yup. For one thing, the G in foreign wasn't added till after ME. The word is from Latin foranus. Feringhi is from Frank from Latin francus, ultimately of Germanic origin. Thank you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: those pesky Ferengi BranShea #183633 03/16/09 05:12 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: BranShea Chocolate on my mind since it was mentioned by DZjeem. In the sixties-seventies my husband used to take home Godiva chocolates from chocodrome Brussels. Only just now I learn that Godiva is since quite a while no longer Belgian at all. Maybe that's what changed the taste. Now one of the favorites is a handmade Australian chocolate. Godiva Never knew what chocolate had to do with the Godiva legend. Neither did I! I love the big old clock in Coventry. Quite a legend, if legend it be. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: those pesky Ferengi LukeJavan8 #183635 03/16/09 05:31 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont naked women and chocolate. what's to not understand? ;¬ ) formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: those pesky Ferengi Buffalo Shrdlu #183649 03/16/09 11:00 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Godiva is from OE godgifu, 'God's gift'. The active ingredient in chocolate is theobromine; close enough in my book. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: those pesky Ferengi Faldage #183651 03/16/09 11:51 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh OE godgifu, 'God's gift' German Gift 'poison' (cf. English dose). theobromine From Greek theos 'god' + broma 'food'. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: those pesky Ferengi LukeJavan8 #183660 03/17/09 09:03 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 Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Quite a legend, if legend it be. Link godgifu- interesting contradiction. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: those pesky Ferengi BranShea #183668 03/18/09 05:42 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 107 USA, North Carolina P PastorVon member PastorVon member P Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 107 USA, North Carolina Originally Posted By: BranShea Chocolate on my mind since it was mentioned by DZjeem. In the sixties-seventies my husband used to take home Godiva chocolates from chocodrome Brussels. Only just now I learn that Godiva is since quite a while no longer Belgian at all. Maybe that's what changed the taste. Now one of the favorites is a handmade Australian chocolate. During World War II, my sister and I were favorites on the block because our dad, who was stationed in the South Pacific, sent us Australian chocolate periodically. We were the only kids on the block who had chocolate throughout the war. We shared it out. It was rich and dark. Sometimes the surface was dusted with alkali powder that had leached out in transit. But we just brushed it off and ignored it. There is a scene in "Band of Brothers" that occurred during Operation Market-Garden. An American G.I. shares some of his chocolate candy ration with a young Dutch child, whose father says that his child had never had chocolate candy before. Isn't the Netherlands right next door to Belgium? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: those pesky Ferengi PastorVon #183670 03/18/09 09:14 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Isn't the Netherlands right next door to Belgium? You could call it a duplex. Last edited by BranShea; 03/18/09 09:16 AM. 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