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  • #76
    Yeah, it's possible that German borrowed Isabella from Italian and Elisabeth from English. But I do not know, it's just a speculation.

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    • #77
      Similar case:

      Ivan = John

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      • #78
        ...also Ian and Sean

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        • #79
          Originally posted by Waku
          I even met a german guy whose name was Manuel, I was so surprised that I had to ask him about it (that's my name too), he said he had not spanish blood, it was just that his parents liked that name
          my brother in law's name is manuel, it's not too rare too in german
          "The world is too small in Vorarlberg". Austrian ex-vice-chancellor Hubert Gorbach in a letter to Alistar [sic] Darling, looking for a job...
          "Let me break this down for you, fresh from algebra II. A 95% chance to win 5 times means a (95*5) chance to win = 475% chance to win." Wiglaf, Court jester or hayseed, you judge.

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          • #80
            Originally posted by Jay Bee
            Yeah, it's possible that German borrowed Isabella from Italian and Elisabeth from English. But I do not know, it's just a speculation.
            AFAIK, italians call Elisabeth I (of England) Elisabeta, but I don't know exactly.
            "The world is too small in Vorarlberg". Austrian ex-vice-chancellor Hubert Gorbach in a letter to Alistar [sic] Darling, looking for a job...
            "Let me break this down for you, fresh from algebra II. A 95% chance to win 5 times means a (95*5) chance to win = 475% chance to win." Wiglaf, Court jester or hayseed, you judge.

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            • #81
              One of my mother's names is Isabella ... And my mother is german!
              Trying to rehabilitateh and contribuing again to the civ-community

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              • #82
                Originally posted by Jay Bee
                Elisabeth from English
                More likely to be the other way round...us Brits are pretty much a mixture of Germans and Scandanavians...
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                • #83
                  Originally posted by Chris Wilkinson
                  More likely to be the other way round...us Brits are pretty much a mixture of Germans and Scandanavians...
                  As far as I know English is also strongly influenced by French and Latin and this german-roman-ic mixture is in fact what makes it unique (Am I right?)

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                  • #84
                    En euskera, Elisabete.
                    El pesimista tiene razón, el optimista es feliz

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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by Waku
                      As far as I know English is also strongly influenced by French and Latin and this german-roman-ic mixture is in fact what makes it unique (Am I right?)
                      Linguistically, you are correct. It's what makes English so learnable by speakers of Germanic and Romance languages, while at the same time making it so confusing. That said, the 200 or so most commonly used words in English are purely of english origin. The rest just adds color...

                      Blood ties are germanic, germanic, germanic, and a splash of the original inhabitants. You could divvy them into the Norse, Danes, Saxons, Angles, Normans, and so forth, but these are all germanic peoples. Altho the Normans may have been a mix of Frankish and Celtic, I really am not sure.
                      The first President of the first Apolyton Democracy Game (CivII, that is)

                      The gift of speech is given to many,
                      intelligence to few.

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                      • #86
                        Originally posted by Marquis de Sodaq
                        Linguistically, you are correct. It's what makes English so learnable by speakers of Germanic and Romance languages, while at the same time making it so confusing. That said, the 200 or so most commonly used words in English are purely of english origin. The rest just adds color...
                        You mean colour!

                        Blood ties are germanic, germanic, germanic, and a splash of the original inhabitants. You could divvy them into the Norse, Danes, Saxons, Angles, Normans, and so forth, but these are all germanic peoples. Altho the Normans may have been a mix of Frankish and Celtic, I really am not sure.
                        A lot of people seem to think that we have a lot of links with France (ie the Normans), but they were Viking - historically we have surprisingly few links with France.
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                        • #87
                          Originally posted by Chris Wilkinson
                          A lot of people seem to think that we have a lot of links with France (ie the Normans), but they were Viking - historically we have surprisingly few links with France.
                          IMHO historical links between France and Britain are more or less the same (in quantity not in quality) than Spanish-French hist. links but...

                          What happened with the Anjou-Plantagenet

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                          • #88
                            votes:

                            LEADER:
                            Male:
                            Pelipe II (2)
                            Fernando el Católico (2)
                            Carlos I

                            Female:
                            Isabel la Católica (4)

                            GENERALS:

                            Gran Capitán (4)
                            El Cid (4)
                            Cortés (4)
                            Viriato (3)
                            Pizarro (3)
                            Weyler (2)
                            Farnesio (2)
                            Gálvez

                            UNITS:

                            Conquistadores (2)
                            Tercio (2)
                            Almogávares

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                            • #89
                              Originally posted by Fiera
                              (I think Conquistadores were Great Leaders rather than a military unit).
                              Yes, but that´s the kind of representative units Civ 3 have (Samurais wasn´t also organized units). And if the Golde Age has to start when your special unit wins its 1st combat, Conquistadores is quite representative. The idea of "x2 bonus vs. Ancient Age units", if could be used (in Civ2 couldn´t), to customize an unit, is quite good to represent the unit´s advantages. The units should have big movement and exploration capabilities, as its represents few men who conquered huge empires helped by their diplomacy capabilities (at least in Cortes case).

                              El Cid, even being an historic caracter, operates much more as a myth, as it was one of the 1st and best know wrote story in spanish.

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                              • #90
                                Solo por incordiar....
                                La primera infantería de marina fueespañoa, en 1537 Carlos I dejó como fuerza de desembarco asignado a los barcos los primeros tercios.O sea mas de 450 años.
                                Esa fuerza no era moco de pavo, en la lucha por las Azores, contra franceses e ingleses que apoyaban el prior que quería ser rey de Portugal, en la isla Terceira organizaron e hicieron un desembarco que creó historia.
                                Así que si don Alfonso incluye esa unidad... claro salvo que solo se pueda añadir una... es que el civ3 es "virgen" para mí.
                                Eso potenciaría mas nuestra imagen...
                                Claro que si estuvieramos hablamdo en español solo, en esta carpeta, mejor... perdón si molesto.
                                El pesimista tiene razón, el optimista es feliz

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