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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread spanish phrase? #3941 07/05/2000 2:51 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass can someone tell me what the phrase no pasaran means? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: spanish phrase? #3942 07/05/2000 3:10 PM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2 MA bziel stranger bziel stranger Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2 MA Do you have context for this phrase? I believe it means "Passage not allowed" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: spanish phrase? #3943 07/05/2000 3:34 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. juanmaria member juanmaria member Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. >can someone tell me what the phrase no pasaran means? This phrase was a popular slogan during our civil war. It was coined by the republican forces defending Madrid by the imminent coming of the national forces. "They will not pass through". Loudspeakers, banners and politic speeches employed this motto while defending the city limits but, eventually, they passed. Juan Maria. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: spanish phrase? #3944 07/05/2000 3:47 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass thanks jm! regarding context, that was my problem: I had none. It was a catchphrase used by the protagonist and his posslq during their forays into syncretic mysticism in Umberto Eco's _Foucault's Pendulum_. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: spanish phrase? #3945 07/07/2000 4:12 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta From its use in the Spanish Civil War, no pasaran was taken over by all sorts of left wing revolutionary groups. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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