The logo on Google looks like the logo on Google on every other day but the logo on OneLook Dictionary Search is decorated with what appears to be one Mountie and two people attempting to send semaphore in the Canadian language. This is, I think, because today is a national holiday in Canada. Used to be, when I was a younger lad, that this was "Dominion Day" but that has gone the way of things old and worn out, and been replaced by a newer, fresher, more inclusive, rigorously egalitarian holiday. Happy Holidays, Canadian sistern and brethren!
happy Canada Day! I don't what I would do without the CBC!
sistern? <smile>
On this Canada Day, we do well to remember the many advances and innovations of this great nation. For example, from the Confederation in 1867 until the Second World War, Canadian prime ministers had highly conventional names: e.g. John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, John Abbott, and W.L. Mackenzie King. Then, at the end of WWII, the Canadians adopted a constitutional amendment -- Le Acte de Noms Etranges -- which required all Canadian prime ministers to have funny names, e.g. Louis St. Laurent, John Diefenbaker, Pierre E. Trudeau, Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien. And so it is to this very day.
First - thank you gents for Confederation Day wishes.
It was a great day too. Bright and sunny - perfect pool-party temperature.
Second -
Le Acte de Noms Etranges pffffttt Father Steve
Bel sez: "Second - Le Acte de Noms Etranges pffffttt Father Steve."
The interjection "pfft" normally indicates a disappearance. Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition sez it is a 20th Century coinage which imitates the sound of a light bulb burning out. The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary sez it is US for "phut" which means to cease to function, as in a machine which breaks down. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, sez it expresses a sudden disappearance or ending. The InfoPlease Dictionary sez it describes a dying or fizzling out. It can mean to be gone without a trace, as in Jean Genet's The Screens: "When they’ve gone, nothing left, not a particle, zero, pfft!"
Actually, pfftt is an acronymn composed of the letters which spell out "Por Favor, Father, Tell Truth."
You're missing a few Ts and Fs in that there explanation monsieur.
O.k. d’abord, tu es pardonné, mon chou.
It is better to be forgiven much than never to have ventured the risk of needing forgiveness.
But of course. And it certainly ensures more spice in one's life since playing safe and steady can be a little tedious.