tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post7726030521145906425..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Sunday Snippets - more on full bodied women, prehistory plus a tongue twister for youJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-22577791954169808772016-02-25T18:54:16.200+11:002016-02-25T18:54:16.200+11:00I suppose I should point out my shallowness, in th...I suppose I should point out my shallowness, in thinking that your reference to "new dating techniques" was going to refer to Tinder or Ashley Madison, not carbon.2 tannersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-65715723018537772132016-02-25T04:14:32.456+11:002016-02-25T04:14:32.456+11:00What are fiendishly intellectual lot you all are. ...What are fiendishly intellectual lot you all are. And don’t tempt classical greek speakers. They might outrun us all! Still, in all this, I am being forced to refresh my sadly diminished and not very great store of Latin. <br /><br />The idea that the rake lives or belongs in the shed - while no doubt offensive to some in the context; who wants to be banished in such a way? - certainly appeals!. And, 2t, that’s an apt tag. Sprung indeed, JCW! <br />Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-85798615648123278952016-02-23T17:59:09.059+11:002016-02-23T17:59:09.059+11:00Well, if we understand that a sarculum is a rake, ...Well, if we understand that a sarculum is a rake, logically a sarculophobe is not a lover of rakes - that would be a sarculophile (cf aileurophobe/aileurophille = cat hater, cat lover). As for ut etc? quoting JDB; rakes belong in the shed.<br />Yes, JDB, My secret identity is exposed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-29570167811789081122016-02-23T16:12:44.847+11:002016-02-23T16:12:44.847+11:00Ut Sarcula tugurium habitent: Essentially, the rak...Ut Sarcula tugurium habitent: Essentially, the rake lives in the shed. Can't remember who once said that.<br /><br />Mine was playing on the US motto E pluribus, unum (Out of many, one) to "out of many, disputation" which I think is a fair enough call for this blog. I'm just glad Anonymous didn't use Ancient Greek, the other tagging language. My high school didn't offer that.<br /><br />Whereas I suspect that there are those here who could do Greek and other ancient languages with ease.2 tannersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-58534450844015608232016-02-23T11:14:50.162+11:002016-02-23T11:14:50.162+11:00I fear, sadly, that this comment stream has exhaus...I fear, sadly, that this comment stream has exhausted both my latin and Googles’ capacity to translate! <br /><br />Anonymous (JCW?) wrote at 12:31 on 22 Feb: “So does that make you a sarculophobe, dear JDB? Perhaps you could adopt as your motto; ut sarcula tugurium habitent!” <br /><br />Then 2tjoined in: “Jim, reject the rake based tagging. E pluribus, disceptatio is far more down your alley. :)”<br /><br />Please, pretty please, for the benefit of us all translations required! <br /><br />2t, I have saved that link for later comment.<br />Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-76097186438212485432016-02-23T00:51:12.665+11:002016-02-23T00:51:12.665+11:00Jim, reject the rake based tagging. E pluribus, di...Jim, reject the rake based tagging. E pluribus, disceptatio is far more down your alley. :)2 tannersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-27307362317633605992016-02-22T21:59:45.913+11:002016-02-22T21:59:45.913+11:00Someone tagged me in a post on Facebook the other ...Someone tagged me in a post on Facebook the other day which attached a very difficult poem. Eat your heart out Loughborough:<br /><br />http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2016/02/17/english-pronunciation-poem/<br /><br />LEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-50485017158508710242016-02-22T12:37:00.226+11:002016-02-22T12:37:00.226+11:00On a completely irrelevant note, but to inform and...On a completely irrelevant note, but to inform and cast light on some of our disucssions, this article on <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/susan-pascoe/are-there-too-many-charities-in-australia_b_9247624.html?utm_hp_ref=australia" rel="nofollow">charities</a> in Australia. Of interest, not determinative value.2 tannersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-82019302958589776772016-02-22T12:31:54.686+11:002016-02-22T12:31:54.686+11:00So does that make you a sarculophobe, dear JDB?
Pe...So does that make you a sarculophobe, dear JDB?<br />Perhaps you could adopt as your motto; ut sarcula tugurium habitent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-46831741395185896862016-02-21T20:27:29.762+11:002016-02-21T20:27:29.762+11:00Jim, in honour of your main point about full bodie...Jim, in honour of your main point about full bodied women: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35472490<br /><br />Born in Marrickville, so read the whole thing; don't just ogle the pictures :)<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-57152044230198415822016-02-21T17:42:57.106+11:002016-02-21T17:42:57.106+11:00Well said GL; not sure I could explain the differe...Well said GL; not sure I could explain the difference anyway :)<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-52611999318010977922016-02-21T17:26:32.011+11:002016-02-21T17:26:32.011+11:00I'm not confused by KVD, though I'm not su...I'm not confused by KVD, though I'm not sure/shore I need to be explained personal.<br /> GL<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-92082533426260523812016-02-21T17:19:28.743+11:002016-02-21T17:19:28.743+11:00I fear that you might end in confusing GL, kvd, es...I fear that you might end in confusing GL, kvd, especially if you explained over sandy deserts.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-11825751360178057792016-02-21T16:01:50.078+11:002016-02-21T16:01:50.078+11:00Got no trubble with that GL: read as in bleed, rea...Got no trubble with that GL: read as in bleed, read as in bled. Would you like to meet sometime so's I can 'splain it personal?<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-33540243981512574592016-02-21T15:48:15.424+11:002016-02-21T15:48:15.424+11:00What about just a simple word - to read, have read...What about just a simple word - to read, have read, Exact spelling, different sound. No wonder people have trouble. GL<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-43537255386428467982016-02-21T10:53:40.492+11:002016-02-21T10:53:40.492+11:00English towns are devilishly tricky, GL. There are...English towns are devilishly tricky, GL. There are probably at least three possibilities, so ended up checking! Apparently luff! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoughboroughJim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-60781616907919949762016-02-21T05:40:26.254+11:002016-02-21T05:40:26.254+11:00On the tonguetwister, how is this one? Town in L...On the tonguetwister, how is this one? Town in Leicestershire England, which may well have two different pronunciations of the same letter group in one word: Loughborough. Happy to be corrected. GLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com