Kakistocracy.
I wonder why!?
I wonder why!?
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Tough one, Dave ...Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. -
I'm relieved (I think) to discover that it doesn't mean rule by the cast of 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum'.Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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Careful now ...Originally posted by LMcD View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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....Dorothea: "I am afraid Rev Casaubon is in the kakistry - conjuring the election of the kakistocrats...."bong chingComment
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It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Yesterday I came across Harridan, presumably horsemeat (not in the OED). The Revd. James Woodforde had it for dinner one day in1798 and described it as 'neither mutton nor lamb. ' He resolved not to have it again.Comment
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In what context was the word used - the meaning I would associate with it is entirely different!Originally posted by smittims View PostComment
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I was sufficiently intrigued by Harridan to download Parson Woodforde's Diary - the copy which had been in Rudyard Kipling's library has been scanned into the "Internet Archive". I didn't find the reference in 1798 but that was because I was skim-reading - can Smittims supply the date? It would be most unlikely to have been horsemeat, as there was a general taboo against eating horses in England, certainly until later in the 19th century. Doing so was seen as a sign of desperation, indicative of famine. I doubt if Woodforde had ever experienced famine, if the consumtion recorded in his diaries is any guide!Comment
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