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Page 3 of 9 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 > Topic Options #100711 - 04/13/03 12:13 PM Re: Good to be here!! Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13657 it mixes Greek and Latin Huh? okhlos Greek -onumon Greek Top #100712 - 04/13/03 02:04 PM Re: Good to be here!! RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/23/00 Posts: 2204 I think the plucking of lice-ova was concerned with the "-cracy" bit, Faldage, dear boy. -cracy derives from Latin cratia meaning something like "power" (possibly "strength?") Although I think that the Romans derived the word from the Greek, originally. Top #100713 - 04/13/03 02:08 PM Re: Good to be here!! RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/23/00 Posts: 2204 Dear Bill! many thanks for tracking it down. I know I was impressed by the word at the time, so much so that I wrote it down and stuck it to the side of my computer with a bit of blu-tak! Top #100714 - 04/13/03 03:18 PM keeping a tight schedule wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3790 Loc: Worcester, MA strictly speaking that would be "ochlocracy" And here I thought "ochlochracy" means "where time considerations govern your every action"... Top #100715 - 04/13/03 04:10 PM Re: Good to be here!! Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13657 the Romans derived the word from the Greek Quite right, old chap. Latin -cratia < Greek -kratia from kratos, power. So my original question stands: Huh? Top #100716 - 04/13/03 10:12 PM Re: Good to be here!! of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park Re: with a bit of blu-tak a blue comment in white! commonly called Smurf come-- i presume you are familier with smurfs, blue, elfin cartoon creatures, 99.9 male, with only one Miss Smurf, who was always chaste! which made the blu-tak a common enough _________________________ my other obsession Top #100717 - 04/14/03 07:46 AM Avert your eyes, ye of gentle breeding ... RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/23/00 Posts: 2204 i presume you are familier with smurfs, I am aware of who (or what?) they are, but have never been so familiar with them as to experience,[ahem] "smurf-come" If blu-tak is an analagous substance, I don't wonder that Miss Smurf remains chaste! Top #100718 - 04/14/03 09:54 AM Re: Song for Faldage and WO'N with aloha wow Carpal Tunnel Registered: 11/25/00 Posts: 3439 Loc: New England, USA strictly speaking that would be "ochlocracy", wow. ([Aside to all newcomers:] This is a practical demonstration of "Nit-Picking for Beginners". The Advanced course is run by Faldage and WO'N) Sigh One does the best one can at the time ... Meanwhile Here's a theme song for Faldage and WO'N: (Chaucer, Rabelais and Balzac Forever!!!) From "The Music Man" by Meredith Wilson. Pick A Little, Talk A Little Everyone Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more. Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more. Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more Maud: Professor, her kind of woman doesn't belong on any committee. Of course, I shouldn't tell you this but she advocates dirty books. Harold: Dirty books! Alma:Chaucer! Ethel:Rabelais! Eulalie: Balzac! Maud: And the worst thing Of course, I shouldn't tell you this but- Alma: I'll tell. Ethel: The man lived on my street, let me tell. Eulalie: Stop! I'll tell. She made brazen overtures to a man who never had a friend in this town till she came here. Alma: Oh, yes That woman made brazen overtures With a gild-edge guarantee. She had a golden glint in her eye. And a silver voice with a counterfeit ring. Just melt her down and you'll reveal A lump of lead as cold as steel. Here!, where a woman's heart should be! Eulalie, Alma, Maud, Ethel, and Mrs Squires: He left River City the Library building - But he left all the books to her ! Alma: Chaucer! Ethel: Rabelais! Eulalie: Balzac! Everyone: Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, Cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep Cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep Cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep Pick a little, talk a little, Cheep! P.S.http://www.clipper.net/~nancyw/The_Music_Man.html is a page of slang from early 1900s used in the musical! Very interesting and some definitions have illusrations! Fun way to spend a few minutes!! Enjoy. Top #100719 - 04/14/03 10:08 AM Re: T Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont Captain Billy's Whiz-Bang!! _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #100720 - 04/14/03 12:20 PM That rhymes with P ! wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3790 Loc: Worcester, MA So's your old man! Top Page 3 of 9 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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