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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2021 14:40:30 GMT
How on earth did Cameron come up with that definition of prasm. I searched so many pages in Google and all I got was "Passenger Revenue per Available Seat Mile." Page after page that's what it stood for. Then I saw Cameron's definition obtained from the urban dictionary. Prasm there has an entirely different meaning. Yes it's not a good word however malapropism is. Here's the play if you'd like to watch Mrs Malaprop's malapropisms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc6edQHwRII Urban dictionary. Yes I put urban dictionary into google when Cameron mentioned it and prasm is there alright. I never tend to used the urban dictionary but now I know about it I'm sure I'll find it very useful. |
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 7, 2021 15:07:30 GMT
I found no reference to an English lady
You're right @sphinccameron there is no reference to an English lady for malaprasm, but there is for malapropism, which Ken said he meant. It's Mrs Malaprop. She is so funny and Maggie said that Ken was being funny. "you've gotten funny." I do think he was trying to help those who are unwell when he wrote out the words to Amazing Grace. It's unfortunate that it's often used in funerals. However it would appear it's all been a big misunderstanding. Both Ken and Maggie have helped so many people, including me, both on here and on the old Lulu. I wish them both all the best.  Lady Elizabeth,
I am also aware both Ken and Maggie have helped many people, and it is my hope they continue to do so because both are talented people.
As I stated earlier I do expect adults to at least try to act like adults though I also understand none of us are perfect. At times what we intend to convey isn't what others hear. It may be due to language, generational, or cultural differences [or some combination thereof], but it is a fact of life that slipping up is easy while dealing with the results often isn't.
Hence my suggestion about Ken going for clarity.
As for "Amazing Grace", my oldest brother played that on the pipes at our father's funeral.
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Post by Ken on Jan 7, 2021 15:13:51 GMT
It was clear enough to me.
I know what I meant, and as stated earlier so did Larika.
So why go looking for something that is not there nor ever intended to be.
I’ve know idea what an Urban dictionary is, probably some Americanism. When needed the Oxford English Dictionary is recognised World wide as the authorative reference.
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Post by Ken on Jan 7, 2021 15:21:06 GMT
It’s about time to close this thread.
When I posted it I had just returned from a Sunday Church Service and it was originally intended to offer comfort to those in pain and suffering Ill health including myself.
Unfortunately Maggie spoilt that with very first response.
I tried to delete the thread at that stage but only able to delete my first post and first response as the system doesn’t allow deletion or to stop commentating.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 7, 2021 15:33:11 GMT
It was clear enough to me. I know what I meant, and as stated earlier so did Larika. So why go looking for something that is not there nor ever intended to be. I’ve know idea what an Urban dictionary is, probably some Americanism. When needed the Oxford English Dictionary is recognised World wide as the authorative reference. Ken,
I could use words or expressions that are clear enough to me or others accustomed to their usage, which you might not find in an authoritative reference like the Oxford English Dictionary.
As for Americanisms, those were inherited from the English.
The reality is what any of us intend is not always how others will perceive our words. |
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Post by Ken on Jan 20, 2021 17:17:38 GMT
No funeral today then?
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 20, 2021 21:58:43 GMT
Global population approximately 7.8 Billion.
Global daily death approximately 150,000.
Global daily deaths per minute roughly 104.
The answer is?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2021 22:19:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2021 5:09:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2021 7:08:09 GMT
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Post by Ken on Jan 21, 2021 8:18:39 GMT
Well done Bizzley, makes me chuckle.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2021 11:57:26 GMT
Unfortunately not. That song was just one of many others that made WW1 seem like a picnic day out to potential British recruits and hid the true depth of the horrors that awaited them. Joe Melia sings it semi-ironically, adding the line "shouting out these pathetic words" to the original. The poppies he hands out to each soldier is a motif Attenborough uses throughout the film, they presage coming death. What we are really watching is a man being sent to die and his family starting to see through the flag waving jingoism to the truth. So in the context of leaving, facing fate, not returning and scales falling from eyes I thought it was quite apropos. |
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Post by Ken on Jan 21, 2021 12:34:34 GMT
She and Cameron missed the point.
Too subtle perhaps.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2021 13:04:25 GMT
So in the context of leaving, facing fate, not returning and scales falling from eyes I thought it was quite apropos.
The very last picture of the girl's sad face and her awareness of the soldier's possible fate, gives it away. World War 1 was one of the deadliest conflicts in history. 
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2021 14:14:11 GMT
She and Cameron missed the point. Too subtle perhaps. "She" doesn't like jabs. Just let it go. On and on you try to cover up that you were inappropriate. It's been weeks. Tiring and uninteresting. Like exhuming a dead body. |
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