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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10ir56f$6su6$1@dont-email.me>,   
   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"?   
   >   
   >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??   
      
   You might have a point.   
      
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   >Daniel70   
      
      
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