Lost in Translation
Looking for meanings in words, images and sounds
Thursday’s Special: Inflated
Inflated is a word that lends itself to quite a few interpretations:
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Blown up, puffed out
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Raised, escalated
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Exaggerated, overstated, embellished
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Pompous, pretentious
Use these or some other meaning of inflated to show it in picture.
This is Romeo. He is so full of himself.
(this bar is not for decorative purposes; you are supposed to click on it to listen)
This is my challenge for this Thursday. I look forward to seeing your interpretations and participating posts. Happy Thursday!
P.S: The deadline for this challenge is 17th May. Please, read this notice.
Here is what the participating bloggers have offered for this challenge. Click on the links bellow:
Blowing Big Bubbles In Bishop’s Castle By Tish Farrell
Windy day at Porto by Debbie Smyth
Inflated storm clouds by Patricia
Fresh Icelandic Mountain Air by Cardinal Guzman
Airborne mood by Le Drake Noir
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Oh, I do like Romeo!
Brilliant match for your theme, Paula, and the music has me smiling
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🙂 The song is in Istrian dialect (part of Croatia). It is even funnier when one understands the lyrics. Thank you for lending your ear, Debs.
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Very good. “La grenouille qui voulait se faire plus grosse que le boeuf (La Fontaine)
😉
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Oh yes – most definitely!
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Hi Debbie. Just browsed through your blog. I have a lot of catch up to do. great eye.
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Merci de me l’avoir rappele 🙂
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How cool is Romeo! Love the brilliant pond colours and looks so great zoomed in, eye to eye – which I hope everyone will do!
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🙂 many thanks, Patti
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what an amazing capture Paula! I love it! 🙂
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That’s very nice to hear. Thank you, dear. I look forward to your entry.
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I have never seen a “Romeo” before. He is quite cheeky.
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😀 Great comment on him, Patricia. Cheers!
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Oh my goodness he looks like he is going to explode like a bubble gum bubble. What a capture Paula!
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Yes, like a bubble gum. Great imagery, Sue 🙂 Thank you.
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Astonishing image. His surrounding are as beautifully capture as his inflatedness. May you only encounter inflated frogs – inflated people have no charm!
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😀😀
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Very true my dear 🙂 I found Romeo in a place that you also know – in the botanical garden of Zagreb. Thank you for your kind comment, Meg.
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Even if my comment is totally illiterate? Try “surroundings” and “captured”! I could visit the botanical gardens in Zagreb a million times and I’d never get a shot like this.
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Yes, you would with the right lens. xx
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Great capture. My son is obsessed with frogs.
Here’s my entry this week https://artishorseshit.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/thursdays-special-inflated/
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😀 I can picture him chasing frogs. Thanks for the cans, Max.
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Love the photo of Romeo and his bubblegum cheek sacs! Another tricky prompt, well done!
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Cute fellow, probably an accomplished trumpet player… 😀
Very well captured… 🙂
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😆 cheers Drake!
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Incredibilmente bella!
Romeo e’ un tipo simpatico….,ma i fondali ,che splendore!
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Grazie tanto, Anna.
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what a capture!!
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🙂
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That’s a fascinating composition, Paula. He’s looking you straight in the eye too. You didn’t kiss him did you 🙂
Great track too. Now I need to go and inflate brain cells.
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No, not this time 😀
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Your frog made me think of magic, which reminded me of this: http://wp.me/pKVAM-1Q3 Have an uplifting day, Paula.
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Your entry touched me, and made me remember a scene I have long forgotten. Thanks, dearest Tish.
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What a great capture… It is just magical…
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🙂 I’m happy you think so, Lor. Have a great day!
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Happy Thursday to you too, Paula!
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Love Romeo and his air sacs. I’m glad I’m not there to listen to his singing all night though.https://irenewaters19.com/2016/05/12/inflated-thursdays-special/
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Fabulous. A to Z about inflatables – you covered them all. That sheep rocks!
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Oh I love frogs and toads, such a great picture!
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The world of fairy tales, right? I am coming over to see what you’ve got 🙂
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Absolutely… 🙂 You are welcome!
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Well captured Paula, well worth enlarging to see those bubblegum cheeks – makes me want to pop them!
Mine’s a case of not being inflated enough! https://smallbluegreenwords.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/thursday-special-5/
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What fun music, Paula. Romeo has such a cheeky face. Love him. ❤ Here's my entry: https://anotherday2paradise.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/thursdays-special-inflated-to-the-max/
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And yours is not cheeky but adorable 🙂
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A fun one to come home to, Paula. 🙂 I’ll be a day or two getting back on track and you’ve already seen my Bristol Hot Air Balloons so I may not make the deadline. Hope you’re well, and not too stressed? I see you’ve been making more blog work for yourself. 🙂 I’m ambivalent about your idea, hon. Often there are several entries that I totally love and usually very different from each other. I don’t think I want to vote on them.
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That’s fair, Jo and I can understand. Thank you for telling me.
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I just read through the comments on the post, Paula, and I appear to be out of step, but that’s fine. I have to be honest with you. I didn’t leave my comment over there to save me time, but I did note you’re just as overworked as ever. No surprise there. Hugs, darlin’ 🙂
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Yes, and under the weather too. Thank you for honesty and caring.
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Nature is so amazing!
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Love your Romeo. Hope he finds his Juliet. My contribution is a bit different but somehow seemed to fit into the inflated definition, at least for people with a strange sense of humor. (Me) 🙂 https://3rsofretirement.com/2016/05/13/thursdays-special-inflated/
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I’ve just posted my contribution……..
Thanks for all, a big hug!
http://unavistadisanfermo.wordpress.com
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Wow. Love it
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🙂 😀
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This was either a very lucky shot, right place right time, or you have incredible patience. Great capture.
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Patience 🙂
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Even better. Congratulations on the shot.
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here is mine:
http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2016/05/inflated.html
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Hi Paula, What a fun photo and the music is perfect. I hope you are doing well? I haven’t had a chance to come around in a while.
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I love your shot – very unusual. The weather hasn’t been great here so I haven’t been able to get out much – so its one from my archive this week https://sonyavdg.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/thursdays-special-inflated/
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Terrific 🙂
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Just had to blow Romeo up and he is very inflated, well caught and love the music too. I almost missed out this week, where did it go too. But here I am and I noticed your new addition to our enjoyment for next week. Hope it isn’t going to be too much overload for you. https://memoriesaremadeofthisblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/inflated/
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Well, Romeo certainly seems to be showing off! Lively music (even though I don’t understand the lyrics)! 😄
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Amazing looking guy. I’m not sure about the concept of voting, but I’ll leave that to you. The idea of receiving votes would not necessarily encourage me to participate.
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