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Offline Hadoque

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Re: How does this work?
« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2011, 19:26:54 »
Hmm-part 2 ...

My translater says "vine" is "wijnstok" or "wingerd" in Dutch/Flemish... ??? That's the thing were  grapes grow on! It can't be that, surely? Who grows grapes/grapevines on the wall of a pavillion... 8}

I'm rather certain a kind of "klimop" (Dutch word) is what Geobra intended the leaves to represent, and my translater says that the English word for it is "ivy"... ???
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Re: How does this work?
« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2011, 19:39:32 »
Both vine (druivenplant) and ivy (klimop) can be called klimplanten (=vine), according to wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine and click nederlands.
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Re: How does this work?
« Reply #22 on: November 11, 2011, 20:10:13 »
Vine is a genetic word for any plant that grows clinging to a wall or up the side of a tree, wrapping around a pole or trellis, etc. At least, that is how it is commonly used, whether it's entirely accurate or not.
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Re: How does this work?
« Reply #23 on: November 11, 2011, 20:16:44 »
Quote from: bonniebeth on November 11, 2011, 20:10:13
Vine is a genetic word for any plant that grows clinging to a wall or up the side of a tree, wrapping around a pole or trellis, etc. At least, that is how it is commonly used, whether it's entirely accurate or not.

Exactly my point! :D now i'm sure
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Re: How does this work?
« Reply #24 on: November 11, 2011, 22:04:50 »
Ah, thanks for explaining!
So "vine" is used for all kinds of similar climbing-up plants, now I get it.  :)

I know the word "vineyard", and "vino" (I studied Latin many years ago) means wine, plus my translator (he is fired now) referred only to grapes, so I was just thinking about grapevines.
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