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   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   Daniel70  wrote:   
      
   > On 28/12/2025 7:41 am, Sam Plusnet wrote:   
   > > On 27/12/2025 18:50, athel.cb@gmail.com wrote:   
   > >> lar3ryca  posted:   
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   > >>> And they meet at -40, which happens occasionally around here.   
   > >>   
   > >> Most of France is starting each day at -2°C or so at present (which you   
   > >> probably wouldn't call cold in Regina), but not here: in Marseilles we   
   > >> do our shivering at 8°C or so.   
   > >>   
   > >> One consequence of the cold is that I learned a new word today: greloter   
   > >> means shiver.   
   > >   
   > > Does it also have the other meaning of "shiver" - to break into small   
   > > fragments as in "shiver me timbers"?   
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   > Might that be because the Water would get into the wood and, on a cold   
   > day, the water might freeze and, as ice takes up greater volumn than   
   > water, the 'timber' would crack .... disabling the ship??   
      
   That is not the correct explanation,   
      
   Jan   
      
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