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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: false folksiism #126152 04/01/04 02:38 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky folksiism I thought you said you couldn't spell... reference to today's W.A.D Thanks, Anna--you made me go look: "She (Georgette Heyer) wanted to write more serious historical novels. Unfortunately the books she wrote outside her period have a tendency towards the gadzookery of Baroness Orczy." The Romantic Novels of Georgette Heyer; BBC (London, UK); May 17, 2002. And here I'd assumed she knew what she was talking about. (Actually, in all two books of hers that I've read, she may have; they certainly were not serious novels, just what the library happened to have on the shelf. I was just surprised to see a ref. to her use of obscure words, other than my own.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter so-called sogennant definitions #126153 04/01/04 04:19 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA soi-disant Actually, isn't "soi-disant" more like "self-styled" (said-of-itself) rather than "so-called"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: so-called sogennant definitions #126154 04/01/04 05:38 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Yes, and sogenannt means something more like 'thus-named'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: so-called sogennant definitions #126155 04/01/04 05:45 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Umm… we gonna have to do some massive cleanup if we wanna keep this thread pure for connie to have a chance when she comes back. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: so-called sogennant definitions #126156 04/01/04 05:54 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 someone could PM her not to read past the first screenful until she's replied.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: so-called sogennant definitions #126157 04/01/04 06:08 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Yeahbut®. She might could get in to the thread before reading PMs. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: so-called sogennant definitions #126158 04/01/04 11:06 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Well, I don't know when you use it in English wof but in French it can mean both - everything depends on how it is said. I do know though, that sometimes French words used in English can sometimes vary in definition slightly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: so-called sogennant definitions #126159 04/02/04 01:06 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 French words used in English can sometimes vary in definition slightly Like cul de sac? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: so-called sogennant definitions #126160 04/02/04 02:12 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Dunno, un cul de sac is a dead-end road (well apart from the bottom end of a bag.) Isn't it that in English? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter faux amis #126161 04/02/04 02:36 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA Umm. Well, yes, that's it in English, but it isn't precisely that in French; we've lost the literal meaning in translation. Cul is a medical term, also part of a ribald exercise for French pronunciation*. Tain't a fit word for a G-rated Board like this one. ;-) *("Tu pus du cul nu," if you must know. I'm not sure it's used that much any more.) 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