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Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:59 pm
by FreeFlier
Death from above!
. . .
Double-barrelled death from above!
. . .
Can she open out into a
ribbon parachute for a soft landing?
--FreeFlier
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:58 am
by Gyrrakavian
Fun fact: the word 'sarsaparilla' comes from the Spanish word zarzaparilla literally meaning 'little vine bush'.
Yes, our pronunciation of it is a bastardized version.
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 2:32 am
by Dave
Castela's in the air, and she's got those crazy eyes!
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 4:21 pm
by Opus the Poet
That wall on her left looks a bit worse for wear.
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 7:47 pm
by Typeminer
Gyrrakavian wrote:Yes, our pronunciation of it is a bastardized version.
English speakers would
do that?
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 7:58 pm
by Just Old Al
Typeminer wrote:Gyrrakavian wrote:Yes, our pronunciation of it is a bastardized version.
English speakers would
do that?
English pursues other languages down dark alleys and mugs them for vocabulary.
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:23 pm
by AnotherFairportfan
Just Old Al wrote:Typeminer wrote:Gyrrakavian wrote:Yes, our pronunciation of it is a bastardized version.
English speakers would
do that?
English pursues other languages down dark alleys and mugs them for vocabulary.
You owe
James Nicoll a nickel.
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:35 pm
by Typeminer
Just Old Al wrote:Typeminer wrote:Gyrrakavian wrote:Yes, our pronunciation of it is a bastardized version.
English speakers would
do that?
English pursues other languages down dark alleys and mugs them for vocabulary.
Indeed. And it takes a better player than me to identify all the stolen words just in that sentence.
That vitality made English the global language of commerce and diplomacy (for the nonce)--and of
research publishing, so I'm all for it. ("Carpe per diem! Seize the check!" --Robin Williams)
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:00 pm
by Sgt. Howard
English is a Bastard born of two bastards- Norman French and Saxon German. Prior to 1066 it did not exist, and only by the fifteenth century did it become something we might vaguely understand. 'Proper English'... yea, right... 'Jumbo Shrimp'... 'military intelligence'... never was nor will be.
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:16 pm
by AnotherFairportfan
The result of Norman men-at-arms (and Norsemen before them) trying to chat up Saxon barmaids.
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:00 am
by FreeFlier
Hybrid vigorapplies to languages too?
--FreeFlier
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 2:09 am
by AnotherFairportfan
Actually, let me rephrase that: "English is the bastard result of Norman men-at-arms trying to chat up Saxon barmaids,"
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 5:10 pm
by illiad
Typeminer wrote:
Indeed. And it takes a better player than me to identify all the stolen words just in that sentence.
That vitality made English the global language of commerce and diplomacy (for the nonce)--and of
research publishing, so I'm all for it. ("Carpe per diem! Seize the check!" --Robin Williams)
er, 'Carpe reprehendo' is ' Seize the check ' .. 'Carpe per diem' is 'Seize the day' ....
the proper quote..
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 7:08 pm
by Sgt. Howard
AnotherFairportfan wrote:Actually, let me rephrase that: "English is the bastard result of Norman men-at-arms trying to chat up Saxon barmaids,"
LEAVE MY FAMILY OUT OF IT!!!