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  • teamsaint
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 25210

    #31
    Sexist stuff is all around us, as is lots of other -ist stuff.
    Much of it is fostered by those with powerful interests to divert attention from what the vast majority of us REALLY need, which is identification with a class struggle.

    We ALL suffer from the artificial shortages of work, housing, transport etc, as well as diminishing wages and pensions. Those things originate from those at the top.
    I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

    I am not a number, I am a free man.

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    • teamsaint
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 25210

      #32
      Originally posted by french frank View Post
      Anyway, I have made MaƮtre Caliban appear to be a right-on bloke. Even if he is a lawyer.
      He's spending a lot of time on this sub forum recently.

      Allegedly.

      (in french , would Rumpole have a circumflex?)
      I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

      I am not a number, I am a free man.

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26540

        #34
        Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
        He's spending a lot of time on this sub forum recently.
        And bloody hard work it is too!



        Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
        (in french , would Rumpole have a circumflex?)
        Possibly

        Unlike "Rumsteack" - one of the most ludicrous words in French https://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=e...w&ved=0CB4QsAQ

        Although being a 'Rosbif' (one of the other most ludicrous words <yikes>) it's not totally irrelevant...
        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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        • Serial_Apologist
          Full Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 37705

          #35
          Originally posted by teamsaint View Post

          (in french , would Rumpole have a circumflex?)
          Not if he was Jewish.

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26540

            #36
            Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
            Not if he was Jewish.
            Saltbif rather than Rosbif, alors...
            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • Serial_Apologist
              Full Member
              • Dec 2010
              • 37705

              #37
              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
              Saltbif rather than Rosbif, alors...
              I wasn't th.... oh never mind - probably just as well...

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              • Eine Alpensinfonie
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 20570

                #38
                Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                Sexist stuff is all around us, as is lots of other -ist stuff.
                Not all -ist stuff is necessarily suspect. You can be a HIPPist or a traditionalist without facing a legal challenge.

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                • ahinton
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 16123

                  #39
                  Originally posted by jean View Post
                  No attempt - it's an interesting relic of the Westminster pronunciation, which differs (particularly in the way exemplified) from both Italianate Latin as found (where Latin is found at all) in Catholic Churches, and the reconstructed Classical pronunciation found (where Latin is found at all) in academic institutions.
                  Yes, I know, but I couldn't resist posting that anyway!

                  Originally posted by jean View Post
                  Disgusting I grant you.

                  (But how do you know it's not mine?)
                  Because you're not an "interesting relic" of anything, jean! Interesting, of course, but...

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                  • ahinton
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 16123

                    #40
                    Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                    HIPP English pronunciation of Byrd/Tallis Latin is an ear-opener.
                    Ave Verum Corpus becomes "Ayvee vee-rum corperss". Odd bits this pronunciation have remained in the language, e.g. Jesu is usually pronounced as Jeezyoo, rather that Yayzoo.
                    I thought that "Ave" was supposedly pronounved "Oy-Vay" but one learns something new every day...

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                    • jean
                      Late member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 7100

                      #41
                      Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                      Not all -ist stuff is necessarily suspect. You can be a HIPPist or a traditionalist without facing a legal challenge.
                      And a feminist, of course.

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                      • Serial_Apologist
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 37705

                        #42
                        Originally posted by ahinton View Post
                        I thought that "Ave" was supposedly pronounved "Oy-Vay" but one learns something new every day...
                        Only in Birmingham.

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                        • Serial_Apologist
                          Full Member
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 37705

                          #43
                          Originally posted by jean View Post
                          And a feminist, of course.
                          Being an apologist can get you into trouble, if you overdo it.

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                          • teamsaint
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 25210

                            #44
                            Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                            Being an apologist can get you into trouble, if you overdo it.
                            You don't want to fall into that trap, and end up being a Trappist.

                            Incidentally, on the rare occasions that I read a "newspaper", i find that the biggest improvement over the years has been the introduction of those little photos of the jourmalists.

                            I Wonder if london photo booths have a "broadsheet journalist" setting ?
                            I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                            I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26540

                              #45
                              Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                              I wasn't th.... oh never mind - probably just as well...
                              I know you weren't ... I was just trying to clean up your act! :bigwink:
                              "...the isle is full of noises,
                              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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