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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Animositous #133553 09/30/04 01:52 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Isn't that just a little bit hypocritous ... ? "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self Reliance" in Essays Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Animositous #133554 09/30/04 10:52 AM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country G grapho addict grapho addict G Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" Reminds me that Hallowe'en is just around the corner, Father Steve. BTW did you read the story yesterday about the Hallowe'en mask producer who says he can predict the outcome of a presidential election by the popularity of the masks he is selling? Headline: "Masked revelers prefer Bush Get this one: Halloween mask sales predictor says incumbent will beat Kerry in November." http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/21/news/funny/prez_masks/ Which begs the question [perhaps?]: Which Presidential candidate is wearing the most successful mask? Incidentally, your "hobgoblin" quote reminds me of Sprio Agnew's "nabobs": "Over 30 years ago, Vice President Spiro Agnew famously referred to the press corps as 'nattering nabobs of negativity'." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Nattering Nabobs #133555 09/30/04 12:25 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Spiro Agnew said it, but it was William Safire, who still writes the occasional newspaper column, who wrote it. Speechwriters like that don't come along every day. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: my dinner with Nabob #133556 09/30/04 12:37 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California I've always liked the sound of nabob (or nawab): < Hindi nawāb, nabāb < Arabic nuwāwb (pl. of nā’ib 'deputy' active participle of nāba 'to represent'. And, of course, negus is pretty cool, too: < Amharic nəgus < Classical Ethiopic nəgu 'king, ruler' verbal adjective of nagśa 'to rule, become king'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: William Safire #133557 09/30/04 01:25 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York And his weekly article "On Language" in the Sunday NY Times magazine is not to be missed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 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 View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 608 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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