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delusianne,
I'll take another tack and say "ta" is from the Hindi language. I'm still not clear what word it may be from. Of course, "ta ta" is often used for our "goodbye." If from the Hindi language, I would guess it has something to do with the movie Gandhi.
No, move northwest.
Hint #3: Out of Africa has an extremely strong connection to the movie that I commented uses this word a lot. It's not a unique connection, there is one similar instance (AFAIK), but the OOA connection is stronger and more impressive.
Hint #4: The word is homely, common and short, but not an article. It's used less often than "the" but more often than "goodbye."
Hint #5: It's believed the original word came to English via early settlers, not the Romans. I found one unreliable source that speculates the word became corrupted to "ta" in the northern part of Great Britain.
Hint #6: The Oscar-winning movie that's strongly connected to OOA is not an English-language film.
Bonus points for staying home from work tomorrow to figure this out.
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Hint #3: Out of Africa has an extremely strong connection to the movie that I commented uses this word a lot. It's not a unique connection, there is one similar instance (AFAIK), but the OOA connection is stronger and more impressive.
Hint #4: The word is homely, common and short, but not an article. It's used less often than "the" but more often than "goodbye."
Hint #5: It's believed the original word came to English via early settlers, not the Romans. I found one unreliable source that speculates the word became corrupted to "ta" in the northern part of Great Britain.
Hint #6: The Oscar-winning movie that's strongly connected to OOA is not an English-language film.
Bonus points for staying home from work tomorrow to figure this out.
I'll give it one more go. The word "ta" is used by the Shetland Islanders as an auxiliary verb "to be." Apparently, it's derived from Gaelic and Old Norse (Norn)). Its equivalent in our Engish is "to have." I found that ta is used in the Yorkshire dialect as "thanks" and elsewhere as "take." You can tell I'm not a linguist, but I'll admit this has been an interesting odyssey. Someone else on the board may have better insight into it. We watch quite a few foreign movies, in fact, I prefer them for their realism, but I can't think of the one that would fit this situation. We saw a Danish film called "Babette's Feast," but I can't see a connection with this.
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Reason: change name of movie to Babette's Feast
We saw a Danish film called "Babette's Feast," but I can't see a connection with this.
Ding ding ding, that's the film! Its connection to OOA gives you the language, and if you know the meaning of "ta" in Great Britain, the word we're looking for just means the same as "ta." That's all!
The Hittites were thought to be a mythical people until archaeologists found in the 1870s that they actually existed. They ruled an empire largely centered on a plateau in this country. Name the country and the plateau.
This lady(c. 375-415 BC) was a brilliant mathematician and philosopher in a city known for its library and as a center of learning. She was killed by religious zealots. Name the lady and the city where she lived and died.
Where did the Minoans live and how was their civilization destroyed in about 1650 BC?
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This lady(c. 375-415 BC) was a brilliant mathematician and philosopher in a city known for its library and as a center of learning. She was killed by religious zealots. Name the lady and the city where she lived and died.
Mention of a well known library would make me say Alexandria but have no clue who the woman was. Not sure if religious zealotry fits in with Alexandria tho
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Where did the Minoans live and how was their civilization destroyed in about 1650 BC?
Do you know what language "ta" comes from, and its original form in that language?
Hint #1: It's practically every other word in an Academy Award-winning film from the mid-80s. Bonus points for naming the film.
Sorry, time's up! "Ta" comes from the Danish word "tak," which means "thank you." I was sure ">bowing<" would give it away! Thanks to the lovely Karen Blixen who wrote the story Babette's Feast. Thanks to all for playing, and accept our exciting tak gifts.
Mention of a well known library would make me say Alexandria but have no clue who the woman was. Not sure if religious zealotry fits in with Alexandria tho
Crete?
Earthquake?
burdell,
Alexandia is correct. There were competing pagan and Christian movements
underway at the time. She contributed important work to the development of mathematics, especially conic sections, and Newton and others later expanded on it. Hint: The first two letters of her name are: "Hy"
Crete is correct. I'm sure an earthquake and a tsunami were involved here, but something much more horrific happened that affected weather as far away as China.
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burdell,
Alexandia is correct. There were competing pagan and Christian movements
underway at the time. She contributed important work to the development of mathematics, especially conic sections, and Newton and others later expanded on it. Hint: The first two letters of her name are: "Hy"
This one is a real stumper
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Crete is correct. I'm sure an earthquake and a tsunami were involved here, but something much more horrific happened that affected weather as far away as China.
To be that far reaching I'd have to say volcanic eruption
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