New York is AMBITION, Rome is SEX... Most of us heard it from "Eat Pray Love": but what's the right WORD for GENEVA?!
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"Every City has a Word!"
Mar 9, 2011 @ 23:41
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New York is AMBITION, Rome is SEX... Most of us heard it from "Eat Pray Love": but what's the right WORD for GENEVA?!
Evgenia KondrakhinaMar 9, 2011 @ 23:41
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 00:59
Money
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 01:08
Money
Mar 10, 11 00:59
Partly agree! As it's not an easy task to find another city with such amount of nice cars ;)
But at the same time PARIS is the most EXPENSIVE city to live, see http://www.economist.com/node/15659589
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Partly agree! As it's not an easy task to find another city with such amount of nice cars ;)
But at the same time PARIS is the most EXPENSIVE city to live, see http://www.economist.com/node/15659589
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Evgenia Kondrakhina, Mar 10, 2011 @ 01:08
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 08:31
Calvinism? Work hard, play seldom. ;-)
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 09:44
Jan 1, 70 01:00
Merci))
From thesaurus.com
Main Entry:
opulent
Part of Speech:
adjective
Definition:
rich, luxurious, profuse
Synonyms:
= money => PARIS again???
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Merci))
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Main Entry:
opulent
Part of Speech:
adjective
Definition:
rich, luxurious, profuse
Synonyms:
= money => PARIS again???
Evgenia Kondrakhina, Mar 10, 2011 @ 09:44
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 09:54
Monaco = Money
Geneva (and myabe Zueri) = Gnomes
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Monaco = Money
Geneva (and myabe Zueri) = Gnomes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8534936.stm
Charlie, Mar 10, 2011 @ 09:54
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 09:57
Paris = Passion
London = Tradition
New York = Opportunity
Hong Kong = Hectic
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Paris = Passion
London = Tradition
New York = Opportunity
Hong Kong = Hectic
Charlie, Mar 10, 2011 @ 09:57
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 09:49
Calvinism? Work hard, play seldom. ;-)
Mar 10, 11 08:31
Calvinism... hmm.... really hard and effective work)))
For me an orthodox and tolerant person to all religions it has sense as calvinism has sense for each protestant person wherever they are)
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Calvinism... hmm.... really hard and effective work)))
For me an orthodox and tolerant person to all religions it has sense as calvinism has sense for each protestant person wherever they are)
Evgenia Kondrakhina, Mar 10, 2011 @ 09:49
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 18:50
Monaco = Money
Geneva (and myabe Zueri) = Gnomes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8534936.stm
Mar 10, 11 09:54
Charlie, thanks for a historically based and just an interesting article....
.........ahaaaaa i like this:
"Some ZURICH bankers took to answering the phone to British callers with "hello, GNOME speaking".)))
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Charlie, thanks for a historically based and just an interesting article....
.........ahaaaaa i like this:
"Some ZURICH bankers took to answering the phone to British callers with "hello, GNOME speaking".)))
Evgenia Kondrakhina, Mar 10, 2011 @ 18:50
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 19:13
Paris = Passion
London = Tradition
New York = Opportunity
Hong Kong = Hectic
Mar 10, 11 09:57
Paris = Passion - good!))) I thought about LOVE , LOSS of MIND or even ROMANTICISM, but PASSION is definitely for Paris!! thanks
London = Tradition - or Education ;)
New York = Opportunity - sorry can't comment this place ;)
Hong Kong = Hectic - even Boiling!
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Paris = Passion - good!))) I thought about LOVE , LOSS of MIND or even ROMANTICISM, but PASSION is definitely for Paris!! thanks
London = Tradition - or Education ;)
New York = Opportunity - sorry can't comment this place ;)
Hong Kong = Hectic - even Boiling!
Evgenia Kondrakhina, Mar 10, 2011 @ 19:13
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 20:34
Charlie, thanks for a historically based and just an interesting article....
.........ahaaaaa i like this:
"Some ZURICH bankers took to answering the phone to British callers with "hello, GNOME speaking".)))
Mar 10, 11 18:50
Years ago I knew a Züri banker who gleefully claimed to do this. What’s more, at barely 1m50 he actually looked like one. Always wondered what potential clients thought when they met him for the first time.
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Years ago I knew a Züri banker who gleefully claimed to do this. What’s more, at barely 1m50 he actually looked like one. Always wondered what potential clients thought when they met him for the first time.
Ritchie, Mar 10, 2011 @ 20:34
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 21:31
Jan 1, 70 01:00
Geneva - transitoriness!!!! mostly!!! And still for someone Geneva becomes the city of the whole life))) TRANSITORINESS again fits Paris as it is the most visited city in the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism#Most_visited_cities_by_international_tourist_arrivals
Paris - FOREVER!!! proved above!!!
Rio - irreverence! what Rio do u mean??
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Geneva - transitoriness!!!! mostly!!! And still for someone Geneva becomes the city of the whole life))) TRANSITORINESS again fits Paris as it is the most visited city in the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism#Most_visited_cities_by_international_tourist_arrivals
Paris - FOREVER!!! proved above!!!
Rio - irreverence! what Rio do u mean??
Evgenia Kondrakhina, Mar 10, 2011 @ 21:31
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Mar 11, 2011 @ 10:11
Years ago I knew a Züri banker who gleefully claimed to do this. What’s more, at barely 1m50 he actually looked like one. Always wondered what potential clients thought when they met him for the first time.
Mar 10, 11 20:34
Wow!! He must've been a successful one! and very ambitious!
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Wow!! He must've been a successful one! and very ambitious!
Evgenia Kondrakhina, Mar 11, 2011 @ 10:11
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