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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Nut oil...
Tuck: Robin. Nut oil. What nut is that? Peanut, hazelnut, walnut or almond?
The Sheriff had gallons of it in the cellar.
Robin: Boiling oil. We can use it.
Tuck: No, no, no, no, no.
I can do better than that. The nut oil is a base compound.
That, my friend, is Byzantine fire.
The Sheriff had gallons of it in the cellar.
Robin: Boiling oil. We can use it.
Tuck: No, no, no, no, no.
I can do better than that. The nut oil is a base compound.
That, my friend, is Byzantine fire.
Top answer
I suppose whatever nuts were common to the area - certainly not peanuts. Walnuts, maybe? I hadn't realized that nut oil was a commodity in Merrie Olde England.
- I suppose whatever nuts were common to the area - certainly not peanuts.
- Walnuts, maybe?
- I hadn't realized that nut oil was a commodity in Merrie Olde England.
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I suppose whatever nuts were common to the area - certainly not peanuts. Walnuts, maybe?
I hadn't realized that nut oil was a commodity in Merrie Olde England.
I hadn't realized that nut oil was a commodity in Merrie Olde England.
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Hi Del,
After watching an episode the other evening on the BBC Channel, I wouldn't expect any kind of historical verisimilitude from this show. In particular, their English is very modern and colloquial in a way that, for me at least, makes it hard to believe in the characters.
The Merry Men all seem to be cynical and disillusioned.
Maid Marion goes out at night as a
After watching an episode the other evening on the BBC Channel, I wouldn't expect any kind of historical verisimilitude from this show. In particular, their English is very modern and colloquial in a way that, for me at least, makes it hard to believe in the characters.
The Merry Men all seem to be cynical and disillusioned.
Maid Marion goes out at night as a
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Oh, my.
Well, I am enjoying the respite from Clark Kent, at any rate
Well, I am enjoying the respite from Clark Kent, at any rate
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