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Is there a single English word which defines as neatly the Spanish word "retranca" (which is a Spanish word to describe someone being evasive to commitment)?
Can we really be happy while a buffoon across the pond wants to declare war on anyone who has the same nuclear capacity as him and who doesn't share in his taste for right wing simpleton politics?
Why will my rock cakes insist on being so inadequately risen all the time?
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s there a single English word which defines as neatly the Spanish word "retranca" (which is a Spanish word to describe someone being evasive to commitment)?
Men.ba-da-boom.
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I am very taken aback at such a gender generalisation. I had a male pet gerbil once and I can assure you he was very committed indeed.
Me and my lady wife Agnes have been married for 53 years and counting. I weed the garden,make her hot water bottles and sit through Fifteen To One with her all the time.
Gentlemen are not evasive to commitment. Men/boys might be.
Still no answer on the rock cakes or at the dig at Dubya?
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What's a rock cake, Maurice?
Is it anything like our fruit cake?
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Dear Maurice: Since you ask, I think this is not the place to make fun of the President, even
though many others have done so previously. Unless of course, some realling interesting words
or phrases are involved.
But your inquiry abaout retranca is very much appropriate.As a bit of exaggeration, one may
"crawfish" when confronted with an unwelcome demand for compliance.
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I would contend that a forum of intellectual "sparring" and thought is an ideal place to take apart theories and invidivuals of politics and current affairs. Wordplay is an integral part of politics eg. the non sequiter that is the "axis of evil". Whilst it should not become a place for puerile party politics I think all people in authority should be subject to scrutiny from ALL forums be they electronic or otherwise.
The use of the expression "crawfish" is interesting though. Please expand.
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Dear Maurice: I quite agree that it is appropriate to discuss the use of words by the leaders.
But not for their policies. I previously made a post about 'crawfish", the basis for whi;ch is
the amazing swift retreat of the crawfish when confronted. It used to be used to describe
a cowboy's backing down when challenged by a gunman of superior prowess.
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So the Crawfish suffers from retranca - an inability to see something through.
It's an attribute/vice of many world leaders, don't you think?
Thanks for the new word. I shall share it at the Labour Club next time I'm there.
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A rock cake is like fruitcake but harder. try making some
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