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  • Robert
    Commissioner
    • Feb 2008
    • 5163

    #196
    Hi Carol

    I'm afraid that I'm the one who's missed something - namely, Maybrick! My knowledge of him is vanishingly small - but I do like puzzles.

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    • Carol
      Detective
      • Aug 2008
      • 443

      #197
      Originally posted by Robert View Post
      Hi Carol

      I'm afraid that I'm the one who's missed something - namely, Maybrick! My knowledge of him is vanishingly small - but I do like puzzles.
      Hi Robert!
      I love puzzles too. I'm with you - I miss Maybrick and 'his' Diary. Of course, there is still the mystery over whether Maybrick was murdered or just died 'naturally' from arsenical poisoning.
      Hope you're having better weather than we are. It's really wet, miserable and autumny here in Gothenburg!
      Carol

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      • Robert
        Commissioner
        • Feb 2008
        • 5163

        #198
        Carol, is Gothenburg the same as Goteburg? There was a chess variation in the Sicilian Defence named after Goteburg.

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        • Phil Carter
          Commissioner
          • Oct 2009
          • 4270

          #199
          Hello Robert

          Gothenburg, in Scandinavian is variously spelt, and named Gøteborg. The "ø" or in Swedish the o with 2 dots over(I haven't got the correect keyboard) is o and e.. sounding like the "er" in Gershwin, with a flat sounding "r". I think Carol will confirm this too.

          best wishes

          Phil
          Chelsea FC. TRUE BLUE. 💙


          Justice for the 96 = achieved
          Accountability? ....

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          • Stephen Thomas
            Chief Inspector
            • Feb 2008
            • 1728

            #200
            Copenhagen is pronounced Copen-harn by the locals.
            allisvanityandvexationofspirit

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            • Victoria
              Detective
              • Feb 2008
              • 151

              #201
              Stephen Thomas

              'allisvanityandvexationofspirit' ....

              great signature, I like it.
              "Victoria Victoria, the queen of them all,
              of Sir Jack she knows nothing at all"

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              • Carol
                Detective
                • Aug 2008
                • 443

                #202
                Originally posted by Phil Carter View Post
                Hello Robert

                Gothenburg, in Scandinavian is variously spelt, and named Gøteborg. The "ø" or in Swedish the o with 2 dots over(I haven't got the correect keyboard) is o and e.. sounding like the "er" in Gershwin, with a flat sounding "r". I think Carol will confirm this too.

                best wishes

                Phil
                I can confirm this, Phil! Gothenburg is the English version of what is known as Göteborg to us locals.
                Carol

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                • Stephen Thomas
                  Chief Inspector
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 1728

                  #203
                  Originally posted by Victoria View Post
                  'allisvanityandvexationofspirit' ....

                  great signature, I like it.
                  Why thankyou, Victoria

                  Might I say that I've lived in London for 45 years (all my adult life) and have never happened to meet an Australian person that I didn't like.
                  allisvanityandvexationofspirit

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                  • Robert
                    Commissioner
                    • Feb 2008
                    • 5163

                    #204
                    Thanks all. The Goteburg variation is a very dangerous variation to play as black.

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                    • Victoria
                      Detective
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 151

                      #205
                      Fame or Infamy

                      Hello to one and all ..

                      I am wondering if anyone here can tell me of the current whereabouts, as in
                      who has current ownership of the watch associated with the fake
                      JTR diary.

                      Many thanks.
                      "Victoria Victoria, the queen of them all,
                      of Sir Jack she knows nothing at all"

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                      • glyn
                        Inactive
                        • Jun 2011
                        • 41

                        #206
                        I believe the Watch is now in the possession of the president of the Flat Earth society,and currently displayed at the Leonardo Da vinci appreciation societys HQ in Madrid.

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