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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: male equivalent of 'uxorious' #134185 10/19/04 08:03 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC But not often does one see the wife's name first. My ex-wife, Marti Cline, and I were defrauded in a Truth in Lending Act violation and filed suit against the car dealership. The attorney filed the case as "Martha Cline et ux vs. Springfield Toyota." I told him his Latin wasn't up to snuff and he just smiled and said, "We're here to win this case, not quibble over whether ux. means wife or the spouse of the other person." He was right and we did win the case. They actually changed the interest rate disclosure after we signed the paperwork. And they used a different typewriter! TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: male equivalent of 'uxorious' #134186 10/19/04 10:27 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada They actually changed the interest rate disclosure after we signed the paperwork. And they used a different typewriter! So helpful to have stupid criminals! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: male equivalent of 'uxorious' #134187 10/20/04 10:50 AM Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 67 G gonoldothrond journeyman gonoldothrond journeyman G Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 67 Maritus is the common Latin word for husband. oops! sorry - that's what an incomplete latin course will do to you! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: male equivalent of 'uxorious' #134188 10/20/04 11:27 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California sorry That's not to say that Romans didn't say vir for husband, too, or on occasion. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: male equivalent of 'uxorious' #134189 10/20/04 03:14 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Was this ex-wife a lawyer too TEd. That might explain why the attorney used her name first - it would have been the whole "colleague" thing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: male equivalent of 'uxorious' #134190 10/20/04 10:00 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Actually it was the order in which our names were listed on the bill of sale and Leonard (his name REALLY was Leonard Bernstein) was just having a bit of fun on what he assumed was a borderline frivolous lawsuit. He was gobsmacked when they settled out of court for five times the maximum we could have been awarded had the case proceeded to trial. Of course at the time we were unaware of the forged documents, which we found out about during discovery. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: male equivalent of 'uxorious' #134191 10/20/04 11:53 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA The OTHER Leonard Bernstein once said: "Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter toadies of the tomb #134192 10/21/04 12:49 AM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 34 T tang newbie tang newbie T Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 34 I want to know if there are words that describe 'acting like a wife' ie domestically-inclined -acting like a husband (?) -being submissive to a husband (or would the word 'submissive' by itself cover that base?) When in doubt, let's go back to first principles. It is only since the 1950's that women have enjoyed 'economic freedom', at least, 'economic freedom' of opportunity, in North America [or anywhere else in the world]. It is only since then that the concept of "women's liberation" took root anywhere in the world. So, we should not expect to find a replacement for "uxorious" unless we look for a word which has emerged to describe the new paridigm since then. I would argue that no such word has 'emerged'. What this tells us, of course, is that words evolve in tandem with cultural realities, that our language is dynamic and not static. This is where our 'prescriptionists' fail us. They are tied to what has been, every bit as much as a movie star of the silent screen who has been left behind by the 'talkies'. Our language does not sit still, any more than our culture and our cultural values "sit still". Obviously, we need a new word in our language to describe a woman who is married who is the equal or the superior of her mate. Not a pejorative term like "termagant", but a word which expresses our real-world modern reality. Looking for a latin root, rooted in the past, seems an unlikely place to look for such a word, wouldn't you say? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: toadies of the tomb #134193 10/21/04 01:50 AM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 34 T tang newbie tang newbie T Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 34 Our "prescriptionists" are nothing more than toadies of the tomb. Who are these 'prescriptionists', you say? They are the olicarps, my friends. Show me a "prescriptionist", and I will show you an olicarp. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: toadies of the tomb #134194 10/21/04 02:17 AM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 34 T tang newbie tang newbie T Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 34 Show me a "prescriptionist", and I will show you an olicarp They are nothing more than vivified statuary --- which flatters them, actually. They are more like vivified monuments. 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