Talk:Mrs Beddowe's House - Revision history

Old Dickens: inflation

2023-03-29T04:58:54Z

inflation

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	:But does it actually say "Mousier" or just "M.", as in the other reference? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:17, 27 August 2017 (UTC)		:But does it actually say "Mousier" or just "M.", as in the other reference? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:17, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
	:Four years later, no one has an Assassin's Guild Diary! Can one be bought? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:05, 3 August 2021 (UTC)		:Four years later, no one has an Assassin's Guild Diary! Can one be bought? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:05, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
			: Yes, for CAD$70 - 150 (£41 - 89). Ouch. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:58, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Old Dickens: Mousier? Really?

2021-08-03T02:05:33Z

Mousier? Really?

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	mine's in German; I can pick through it with care and thought. I'm wondering how any intended pun would have come out in the German language... a pun in French inserted into English as a "bilingual bonus" coming back at us via German.... [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 21:44, 27 August 2017 (UTC)		mine's in German; I can pick through it with care and thought. I'm wondering how any intended pun would have come out in the German language... a pun in French inserted into English as a "bilingual bonus" coming back at us via German.... [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 21:44, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
	:But does it actually say "Mousier" or just "M.", as in the other reference? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:17, 27 August 2017 (UTC)		:But does it actually say "Mousier" or just "M.", as in the other reference? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:17, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
			:Four years later, no one has an Assassin's Guild Diary! Can one be bought? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:05, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Old Dickens at 22:17, 27 August 2017

2017-08-27T22:17:41Z

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	mine's in German; I can pick through it with care and thought. I'm wondering how any intended pun would have come out in the German language... a pun in French inserted into English as a "bilingual bonus" coming back at us via German.... [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 21:44, 27 August 2017 (UTC)		mine's in German; I can pick through it with care and thought. I'm wondering how any intended pun would have come out in the German language... a pun in French inserted into English as a "bilingual bonus" coming back at us via German.... [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 21:44, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
			:But does it actually say "Mousier" or just "M.", as in the other reference? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:17, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

AgProv at 21:44, 27 August 2017

2017-08-27T21:44:46Z

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	M. LeBalouard is also listed elsewhere as Dance and Deportment master. Although I concede the "Mousier" bit could have been noticed by a student with a better than usual grasp of Quirmian - it puns "monsieur", after all, and the saying is, you have mastered a foreign language when you can make punes in it. Perhaps the originator of the pun was warmly congratulated on his grasp of the language, and it was noted that with this ability to make punes, he had a glittering educational experience ahead of him... at the Fools' Guild School, who were always on the lookout for promising pupils. [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 23:11, 18 February 2013 (GMT)		M. LeBalouard is also listed elsewhere as Dance and Deportment master. Although I concede the "Mousier" bit could have been noticed by a student with a better than usual grasp of Quirmian - it puns "monsieur", after all, and the saying is, you have mastered a foreign language when you can make punes in it. Perhaps the originator of the pun was warmly congratulated on his grasp of the language, and it was noted that with this ability to make punes, he had a glittering educational experience ahead of him... at the Fools' Guild School, who were always on the lookout for promising pupils. [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 23:11, 18 February 2013 (GMT)
	:[[User:Dromandkass\|Dromandkass]] seems to have fled, leaving this little puzzle. Someone else must have a Yearbook...? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 01:00, 16 April 2013 (GMT)		:[[User:Dromandkass\|Dromandkass]] seems to have fled, leaving this little puzzle. Someone else must have a Yearbook...? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 01:00, 16 April 2013 (GMT)

			mine's in German; I can pick through it with care and thought. I'm wondering how any intended pun would have come out in the German language... a pun in French inserted into English as a "bilingual bonus" coming back at us via German.... [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 21:44, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Old Dickens: Assassins' Diary?

2013-04-16T01:00:28Z

Assassins' Diary?

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	M. LeBalouard is also listed elsewhere as Dance and Deportment master. Although I concede the "Mousier" bit could have been noticed by a student with a better than usual grasp of Quirmian - it puns "monsieur", after all, and the saying is, you have mastered a foreign language when you can make punes in it. Perhaps the originator of the pun was warmly congratulated on his grasp of the language, and it was noted that with this ability to make punes, he had a glittering educational experience ahead of him... at the Fools' Guild School, who were always on the lookout for promising pupils. [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 23:11, 18 February 2013 (GMT)		M. LeBalouard is also listed elsewhere as Dance and Deportment master. Although I concede the "Mousier" bit could have been noticed by a student with a better than usual grasp of Quirmian - it puns "monsieur", after all, and the saying is, you have mastered a foreign language when you can make punes in it. Perhaps the originator of the pun was warmly congratulated on his grasp of the language, and it was noted that with this ability to make punes, he had a glittering educational experience ahead of him... at the Fools' Guild School, who were always on the lookout for promising pupils. [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 23:11, 18 February 2013 (GMT)
			:[[User:Dromandkass\|Dromandkass]] seems to have fled, leaving this little puzzle. Someone else must have a Yearbook...? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 01:00, 16 April 2013 (GMT)

AgProv at 23:11, 18 February 2013

2013-02-18T23:11:37Z

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	These are difficult to edit because the source material is scarce. Are we sure we mean "Mousier" le Balourd? (Whatever the honorific, the name is difficult for an Assassin: it's Quirmian for "oaf" or "dolt". --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:15, 18 February 2013 (GMT)		These are difficult to edit because the source material is scarce. Are we sure we mean "Mousier" le Balourd? (Whatever the honorific, the name is difficult for an Assassin: it's Quirmian for "oaf" or "dolt". --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:15, 18 February 2013 (GMT)

			M. LeBalouard is also listed elsewhere as Dance and Deportment master. Although I concede the "Mousier" bit could have been noticed by a student with a better than usual grasp of Quirmian - it puns "monsieur", after all, and the saying is, you have mastered a foreign language when you can make punes in it. Perhaps the originator of the pun was warmly congratulated on his grasp of the language, and it was noted that with this ability to make punes, he had a glittering educational experience ahead of him... at the Fools' Guild School, who were always on the lookout for promising pupils. [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 23:11, 18 February 2013 (GMT)

Old Dickens: check the honorific?

2013-02-18T22:15:58Z

check the honorific?

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These are difficult to edit because the source material is scarce. Are we sure we mean "Mousier" le Balourd? (Whatever the honorific, the name is difficult for an Assassin: it's Quirmian for "oaf" or "dolt". --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 22:15, 18 February 2013 (GMT)

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	:But does it actually say "Mousier" or just "M.", as in the other reference? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:17, 27 August 2017 (UTC)		:But does it actually say "Mousier" or just "M.", as in the other reference? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:17, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
	:Four years later, no one has an Assassin's Guild Diary! Can one be bought? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:05, 3 August 2021 (UTC)		:Four years later, no one has an Assassin's Guild Diary! Can one be bought? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:05, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
			: Yes, for CAD$70 - 150 (£41 - 89). Ouch. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:58, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

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	mine's in German; I can pick through it with care and thought. I'm wondering how any intended pun would have come out in the German language... a pun in French inserted into English as a "bilingual bonus" coming back at us via German.... [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 21:44, 27 August 2017 (UTC)		mine's in German; I can pick through it with care and thought. I'm wondering how any intended pun would have come out in the German language... a pun in French inserted into English as a "bilingual bonus" coming back at us via German.... [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 21:44, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
	:But does it actually say "Mousier" or just "M.", as in the other reference? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:17, 27 August 2017 (UTC)		:But does it actually say "Mousier" or just "M.", as in the other reference? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:17, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
			:Four years later, no one has an Assassin's Guild Diary! Can one be bought? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:05, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

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	M. LeBalouard is also listed elsewhere as Dance and Deportment master. Although I concede the "Mousier" bit could have been noticed by a student with a better than usual grasp of Quirmian - it puns "monsieur", after all, and the saying is, you have mastered a foreign language when you can make punes in it. Perhaps the originator of the pun was warmly congratulated on his grasp of the language, and it was noted that with this ability to make punes, he had a glittering educational experience ahead of him... at the Fools' Guild School, who were always on the lookout for promising pupils. [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 23:11, 18 February 2013 (GMT)		M. LeBalouard is also listed elsewhere as Dance and Deportment master. Although I concede the "Mousier" bit could have been noticed by a student with a better than usual grasp of Quirmian - it puns "monsieur", after all, and the saying is, you have mastered a foreign language when you can make punes in it. Perhaps the originator of the pun was warmly congratulated on his grasp of the language, and it was noted that with this ability to make punes, he had a glittering educational experience ahead of him... at the Fools' Guild School, who were always on the lookout for promising pupils. [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 23:11, 18 February 2013 (GMT)
	:[[User:Dromandkass\|Dromandkass]] seems to have fled, leaving this little puzzle. Someone else must have a Yearbook...? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 01:00, 16 April 2013 (GMT)		:[[User:Dromandkass\|Dromandkass]] seems to have fled, leaving this little puzzle. Someone else must have a Yearbook...? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 01:00, 16 April 2013 (GMT)

			mine's in German; I can pick through it with care and thought. I'm wondering how any intended pun would have come out in the German language... a pun in French inserted into English as a "bilingual bonus" coming back at us via German.... [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 21:44, 27 August 2017 (UTC)