Another little task

1. A simple anagram

Make an 8-letter word out of AEGIILSS. (OK, it's not an anagram, whatever...). (Googleable word)

If you're Spanish, it's Iglesias meaning churches, and also the surname of a singer.

Now see if you can guess why the Welsh Playwrite and Poet, Dylan Thomas, chose the name of
LLAREGGUB
for the fictional name of the village where he lived.

I'll try, oftenwrong, and well done with iglesias, but I want another word too, there is still more hidden in those letters.

I've left this one too long, with the inevitable result - I can't do it myself any more! Help, someone: all I remember is that it's some Greek character from the business of Troy and aftermath - a female, daughter or sister (or wife?) of some notable I think. It's in Google, for sure.

see if you can guess why the Welsh Playwrite and Poet, Dylan Thomas, chose the name of
LLAREGGUB
for the fictional name of the village where he lived..

Presumably because it was a backward place and there wasn't much to do there?

‘everybody has won, and all must have prizes.’

‘But who is to give the prizes?’ quite a chorus of voices asked.

‘Why, she , of course,’ said the Dodo, pointing to Alice with one finger; and the whole party at once crowded round her, calling out in a confused way, ‘Prizes! Prizes!’

Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water had not got into it), and handed them round as prizes. There was exactly one a-piece all round.

‘But she must have a prize herself, you know,’ said the Mouse.

‘Of course,’ the Dodo replied very gravely. ‘What else have you got in your pocket?’ he went on, turning to Alice.

‘Only a thimble,’ said Alice sadly.

‘Hand it over here,’ said the Dodo.

Then they all crowded round her once more, while the Dodo solemnly presented the thimble, saying ‘We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble’; and, when it had finished this short speech, they all cheered.



http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/carroll/lewis/alice/chapter3.html

[quote="gurthbruins"]1. A simple anagram

Make an 8-letter word out of AEGIILSS. (OK, it's not an anagram, whatever...). (Googleable word)[/quote]

In Greek mythology, Achilles (Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, Akhilleus, pronounced [akʰillěu̯s]) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War.

But he probably couldn't even spell his own name.

I knew stuff once....

Where does it come from, this stuff? We can't get the front door open for stuff.

GEILISSA

- nurse of Orestes, only son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.

I came across it in the novel The Return from Troy by Lindsay Clarke, a great read - much broader, more objective, mature and subtle, than his rather overdramatic and idiosyncratic Chymical Wedding. Enjoy!

Ah, right.

If you'd just mentioned the Oresteia to begin with, EVERYONE would have got it straight away.

Er... yes, of course....everyone.....





( Who?)

Consider these four words:

Barbara, Enid, Michael, Thomas

What do these words have in common? Many things, many of which are blatantly obvious, even banal.
The puzzle is to find the common property in my mind. (the one I am thinking of).

Please adopt the following tactics: (if you choose to play with)

Submit a list or lists of words (say a maximum of 20 words per player per day), then I will state which words are "correct", i.e. which belong to the class in my mind.

This way, when the penny drops and you think of the answer, you can prove that by submitting a list of say 3 correct words, when it will be obvious to me that you have solved the problem. But the other players will still not know the answer, and can go on playing, so they can also have the satisfaction of doing it.

Barbara Windsor, Enid Blyton and Michael Barrymore, noe, Thomas the Tank Engine didn't live there as well - did he??


Goes to wake up grandson!


(Well maybe not!! I'll then have him ALL DAY )

Lists please astra. No correct words among the 33 of your post, other than the 4 I already gave.

Delete this post.

Thanks for the link OW

I found this - sorry Ivan and Gurthbruins - it is in the wrong place but I cannot resist it with the present press furore!

http://www.luminarium.org/renascence-editions/defoe2.html

This is Daniel Defoe (of Robinson Crusoe fame) in 1704 AD!!

". Licentiousness of all sorts ought to be Restrain'd, whether of the Tongue, the Pen, the Press, or any thing else, and it were well if all sorts of Licentiousness were as easy to Govern as this; but to Regulate this Evil by an Evil ten times more pernicious, is doing us no service at all. "


Some things never change! Being talked about even then!

It's mwuch too late/early for serious thought! Happinz every 3 weeks

Be my guest, but words after the quota of 20 can not be considered.

Haliburton

Haliburton=invalid

Nice word, though.

A proper noun, Haliburton, with several convincing links corresponding to the clues provided.

Maybe the thought processes of the Originator contain a wayward element.

gurthbruins wrote:Consider these four words:

Barbara, Enid, Michael, Thomas

What do these words have in common? Many things, many of which are blatantly obvious, even banal.
The puzzle is to find the common property in my mind. (the one I am thinking of).

Please adopt the following tactics: (if you choose to play with)

Submit a list or lists of words (say a maximum of 20 words per player per day), then I will state which words are "correct", i.e. which belong to the class in my mind.

This way, when the penny drops and you think of the answer, you can prove that by submitting a list of say 3 correct words, when it will be obvious to me that you have solved the problem. But the other players will still not know the answer, and can go on playing, so they can also have the satisfaction of doing it.

Three days already, so all have had the chance to do it the really hard way.
It was recently cracked elsewhere (without divulging the secret) but admittedly 'they' had just a little bit more help: this clue:
A great knowledge of English is not needed, essentially anyone who has done one year of primary school successfully is qualified to succeed.

It's only fair to share this clue with you, too.