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("line honours" is probably only used in yachting ... note to self).

It'd make for an exciting finish, cougr , in the case of the handicap taking the form of a delayed start. The handicap winner would also be the rower who takes "line honours."

So you could finish last in the race, say 200 metres behind the winner (and much younger opponent), but by doing 5 seconds better than the age-dependent handicap you've been assigned, this could place you first in the handicap race. So, whereas "line honours" goes to the rower who crosses the...

It's counterintuitive and confusing ... Because it's a handicap race, "handicap" has come to be used here as a rating. The higher your "handicap" (in seconds), the slower you are at rowing. Similarly, in golf, the higher your handicap, the lower your ranking. This" handicap" is in fact a "time...

I just received this from a Chinese friend (and somewhat of an authority) ... "The earliest references to the visible planets was "wu xing," lit. “five stars” or better “five asters,” since anything in the heavens was called a “star” regardless of whether it moved or not, including comets and...

Following on from my above post ... This video helps illustrate the "retrograde motion" of Mars and why/how outer (or superior to earth) planets seem to wander from our perspective - hence πλανήτης (=wanderer)? "This phenomenon is known as retrograde motion, and it's why planets originally got...

While we're searching for the answer, we should also perhaps look at the word "pacer" and how it might apply to planetary motion (assuming for a moment that it does). (This is just guesswork as usual, of course, and just exploring the possibilities ... I'm more about questions than answers)...

(ΨΑΞΤΩ = ψάξτο στα κινέζικα).

ή ίσως ο κάθε πλανήτης φαίνεται να διανύει μια απόσταση (σε ένα ορισμένο χρονικό διάστημα) ανάλογα με το "βήμα" του ... με τον κοντινότερο πλανήτη να εχει το μακρύτερο βήμα (κτλ). Είναι σαν να βηματίζουν (και να "μετράνε" αποστάσεις) από αυτή την άποψη; Ψάξτω και βγάλε μας από την αγωνία...

planet ... 行星 pacer .... 起搏器 five steps ... 五步

Ναι, όμως, οι αστρονόμοι της δυναστείας των Tang χαρακτήρισαν αυτούς τους 5 πλανήτες ως "Pacers" (Five Pacers, ότι αυτό τυχαίνει να σημαίνει στη γλώσσα τους) ... και το Pacer μπορεί να σημαίνει κατι σαν το "περιπατητής" στα κινεζικά ... κάτι που εχει να κανει με το βήμα, με το περπάτημα, κτλ...

"πέντε βηματιστές," για να έχει η ζωή μας λίγη ποικιλία

Sounds like a "cock and bull" story.

Εντάξει, να μην πούμε και καμιά μαλ***α.

Αν εννοούσε αυτό, μια πιο συνήθης φράση που δεν θα μπέρδευε θα ήταν "broad definition" ... falls within the "broad definition" of a catalogue. But, I think there's a distinction being made between the "mere (Homeric) lists" that are very limited (have little to no scope) and those that can be...

Malakia (μαλακία, "softness", "weakliness") is an ancient Greek word that, in relation to men, has sometimes been translated as "effeminacy". The contrary characteristic in men was karteria (καρτερία, "patient endurance", "perseverance"). https://www.thebump.com/b/malakia-baby-name

Magpie barks like a dog. The abandoned/rescued magpie's story.