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Offline chopin-liszt

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Re: A bit of showing off
« Reply #20 on: January 20, 2013, 03:40:53 PM »
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Same latin root; yes, Paul.
I always have to stifle a giggle when folk say they want to see glass "in real life", given that's technically the opposite of what they mean...
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Offline flying free

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Re: A bit of showing off
« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2013, 03:45:22 PM »
Alexandrite also mentioned and a pic of a vase in Charles Hajdamach's British Glass 1800-1914 page 316 and page 318.
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Re: A bit of showing off
« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2013, 10:37:29 AM »
Nahhh Vitrol  its a kind of Marmite . ::)


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Re: A bit of showing off
« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2013, 11:27:36 AM »
You're thinking Virol, yum yum...


 

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