| dr bartolo
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| 991786. Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:51 am |
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| repost-see blwo
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| dr bartolo
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| 991789. Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:56 am |
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| AlmondFacialBar wrote: | | EXE wrote: | | In Chinese chess, not only is there a horse piece (not called a knight but similar obviously) but also an elephant piece. |
The elephant presumably having the place of the castle?
:-)
AlmondFacialBar |
Here is how a xiangqi set looks like:
As you can see, xiangqi pieces are simply little pieces of wood, like poker chips, engraved with the names of the peices in chinese. For example, the knight is marked 馬 - chinese for horse
As for the elephants( 象 / 相- the characters are written differently for the opposing sides ) , they take the place of the
bishops. The rook/ castle is replaced by a chariot ( 車). |
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| Jenny
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| 991796. Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:10 am |
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| That's interesting dr bartolo, and I will make a mental note of xiangqi for the X series, if we get that far. |
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| germananglophile
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| Spud McLaren
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| 998046. Mon May 20, 2013 6:08 pm |
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Jolly good!
If they do one on Kitchens, my life will be complete.
Until Thursday.
Or thereabouts. |
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| CB27
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| 998066. Mon May 20, 2013 9:42 pm |
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| Ooh, a kenigots episode :) |
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| Sadurian Mike
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| 998087. Tue May 21, 2013 4:22 am |
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| Go away, or I shall taunt you a second time. |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 998248. Tue May 21, 2013 1:24 pm |
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| As a matter of fact, my father did smell of elderberries. Well, he did when he'd been preparing the berries to make wine. |
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| Sadurian Mike
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| 998281. Tue May 21, 2013 2:44 pm |
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| And did your mother require an exercise wheel? |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 998302. Tue May 21, 2013 3:29 pm |
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Desperately, but she'd never have used it. Stubborn old bugger.
It was the way she used to store eggs & bacon in her cheeks that annoyed the rest of us. |
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| suze
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| 998345. Tue May 21, 2013 4:52 pm |
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Two shows have been recorded today.
The themes were Killers (yet more points for Spud), and Kinky (well done swotty).
Sandi Toksvig is in both of them. Any inference you draw from this is entirely down to you. |
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| Sadurian Mike
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| 998352. Tue May 21, 2013 5:06 pm |
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Having failed to get tickets to any recordings this year, I absolutely refuse to watch any episodes.
At least until later in the year. |
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| germananglophile
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| Spud McLaren
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| 998369. Tue May 21, 2013 7:06 pm |
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Ha! They'll be offering me a job next!
Well, I can dream, can't I? (Fain/Kahal) |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 998839. Thu May 23, 2013 7:32 pm |
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| Spud McLaren wrote: | | (Fain/Kahal) |
I just realised that I didn't know anything really about Irving Kahal, so a google session revealed that he co-wrote I'll Be Seeing You, one of the most tear-jerking songs ever, in my book; not necessarily for the words alone, but for the way they mesh with a very evocative tune and harmonisation.
Crikey. |
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