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In this image (a fragment of a screenshot of M (1931 film)) we see a German gentleman, using a smoking pipe. The other men at the same social gathering are smoking too, but they are using fairly ordinary tobacco pipes or cigars. But this man, rather than having conventional tobacco packed into the bowl of his pipe, appears to have a candle-like pellet (at least 2 inches long) protruding from the bowl of his (apparently conventional) pipe. It might not be evident from the still picture, but moving we see that the "candle" itself is smouldering (it doesn't appear to be a hollow pipe extension). The man draws from it as one would do an ordinary tobacco pipe. Perhaps a little comically, he looks like a Räuchermann toy (who really do "smoke" scented pellets). I'm guessing that the "candle" is some form of compressed tobacco (perhaps with spices or aromatics for flavour). What is the name of this kind of candle thing, and what (other, presumably, than tobacco) might it typically contain? 87.113.196.43 ( talk) 10:00, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Has there ever been a person bearing a name (be it a stage name) with letters from at least two different alphabets (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic etc.; not counting the same alphabet incorporating letters from different roots as e.g. Icelandic Árni Þór Sigurðsson)? -- KnightMove ( talk) 12:11, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Would you count Jennifer 8. Lee which combines Latin alphabetic letters with an Arabic numeral? 98.210.48.122 ( talk) 16:54, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
There was also a musician known at one time as " image:Prince_logo.svg". 98.210.48.122 ( talk) 17:10, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
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In this image (a fragment of a screenshot of M (1931 film)) we see a German gentleman, using a smoking pipe. The other men at the same social gathering are smoking too, but they are using fairly ordinary tobacco pipes or cigars. But this man, rather than having conventional tobacco packed into the bowl of his pipe, appears to have a candle-like pellet (at least 2 inches long) protruding from the bowl of his (apparently conventional) pipe. It might not be evident from the still picture, but moving we see that the "candle" itself is smouldering (it doesn't appear to be a hollow pipe extension). The man draws from it as one would do an ordinary tobacco pipe. Perhaps a little comically, he looks like a Räuchermann toy (who really do "smoke" scented pellets). I'm guessing that the "candle" is some form of compressed tobacco (perhaps with spices or aromatics for flavour). What is the name of this kind of candle thing, and what (other, presumably, than tobacco) might it typically contain? 87.113.196.43 ( talk) 10:00, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Has there ever been a person bearing a name (be it a stage name) with letters from at least two different alphabets (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic etc.; not counting the same alphabet incorporating letters from different roots as e.g. Icelandic Árni Þór Sigurðsson)? -- KnightMove ( talk) 12:11, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Would you count Jennifer 8. Lee which combines Latin alphabetic letters with an Arabic numeral? 98.210.48.122 ( talk) 16:54, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
There was also a musician known at one time as " image:Prince_logo.svg". 98.210.48.122 ( talk) 17:10, 11 August 2018 (UTC)