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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Istanbul
Posts: 228
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It also seems to me a criticism to the surgeons of those days ![]() P.S. In Turkish, the idiom of lighting a candle and search for something with it in the dark means vigorously looking for something difficult to find. |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG)
Posts: 1,142
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- in France "look for the 5 legs sheep" - in English "look for the white elephant" ... as well as the surgeons was scarce ![]() à + Dom |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 608
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Am I correct in assuming the pronunciation of "yanarsin" and "ararsin" rhyme? If so, then maybe the choice of a surgeon is simply a convenient literary device?
Either way, a beautiful kindjal / kama with an awfully cool inscription.
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