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Post by crissdee on Oct 23, 2024 11:55:50 GMT
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Post by pdr on Oct 23, 2024 16:32:20 GMT
So I was in a theatrical costumier this afternoon, looking to make general enquiries in relation to a charity event we may or may not be staging next year. Anyway, whilst browsing through their copious supply of prop weapons I came across a large Celtic sword I'm guessing a Claymore) which was an impressive piece with a lot of ornamentation and some copperplate engraving on the blade near the hilt which said "Ea Pars Ad Hostem", with an arrow pointing down the blade.
I will admit I had to look it up, but it had me chortling for a while
PDR
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Post by tetsabb on Oct 23, 2024 18:13:15 GMT
Took me a moment, but without a dictionary!
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Post by jenny on Oct 23, 2024 18:51:25 GMT
I'm guessing it says something like point it at the enemy?
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Post by celebaelin on Oct 23, 2024 19:10:22 GMT
This bit towards the enemy at a guess.
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Post by efros on Oct 23, 2024 20:12:57 GMT
Bit like the Caution Hot on a cup of hot coffee.
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Post by crissdee on Oct 23, 2024 20:21:35 GMT
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Post by celebaelin on Oct 23, 2024 21:49:06 GMT
Are YOU sure?
The linked article doesn't seem very authoritative.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore[1] "claymore". Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. [1] (subscription required) [2] Blair, Claude (1981). The Word Claymore. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers. p. 378. [3] Thomas Pennant, A map of Scotland, the Hebrides, and part of England, cited after OED. See also Alexander Robert Ulysses Lockmore (1778). Annual Register Vol. 23. London.[clarification needed] [4] James Boswell, The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, cited after OED. [5] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Claymore" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 474. |
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Post by eeyoresmum on Oct 23, 2024 21:52:07 GMT
Drinking Habits Of British MPs
A past report on the drinking habits of British MPs concludes with this anecdote:
George Brown, Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Harold Wilson, was famed for his drinking.
Perhaps the most well-known session occurred at an official reception on a visit to Brazil.
Spying an attractive person in a red dress, he asked for a dance.
"There are three reasons, Mr Brown, why I will not dance with you,” the object of his affection reputedly replied.
“The first, I fear, is that you’ve had too much to drink.
The second is that this is not, as you suppose, a waltz that the orchestra is playing but the Brazilian national anthem, for which you should be standing to attention.
And the third reason why we may not dance, Mr. Brown, is that I am the Cardinal of Sao Paulo”
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Post by crissdee on Oct 24, 2024 9:27:49 GMT
@cel. Tbh, I wasn't that sure, but my instinct was the other way from the article I linked. A Google image search gave me big two-handers, but there was a nagging doubt in my mind that I had heard different somewhere. I landed on that article which confirmed my doubts, which you have now reopened. It was only an act of pedantry really, and I have no strong opinion either way. Neither of them is a type I own, I have found only a couple of basket hilts that I can fit my hand in over the years, and they are invariably right-handed anyway. And I don't currently have room (or money!) for another two-hander.
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Post by tetsabb on Oct 24, 2024 9:33:57 GMT
Drinking Habits Of British MPs A past report on the drinking habits of British MPs concludes with this anecdote: George Brown, Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Harold Wilson, was famed for his drinking. Perhaps the most well-known session occurred at an official reception on a visit to Brazil. Spying an attractive person in a red dress, he asked for a dance. "There are three reasons, Mr Brown, why I will not dance with you,” the object of his affection reputedly replied. “The first, I fear, is that you’ve had too much to drink. The second is that this is not, as you suppose, a waltz that the orchestra is playing but the Brazilian national anthem, for which you should be standing to attention. And the third reason why we may not dance, Mr. Brown, is that I am the Cardinal of Sao Paulo” George Brown was the person that the phrase 'tired and emotional' was first used for Grauniad item |
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Post by celebaelin on Oct 24, 2024 9:52:48 GMT
@cel. Tbh, I wasn't that sure, but my instinct was the other way from the article I linked. A Google image search gave me big two-handers, but there was a nagging doubt in my mind that I had heard different somewhere. I landed on that article which confirmed my doubts, which you have now reopened. It was only an act of pedantry really, and I have no strong opinion either way. Neither of them is a type I own, I have found only a couple of basket hilts that I can fit my hand in over the years, and they are invariably right-handed anyway. And I don't currently have room (or money!) for another two-hander. I'm pretty sure the Wiki sources linked to have the correct answer - the etymology agrees anyway and that's reassuring. |
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Post by Bondee on Nov 8, 2024 15:25:19 GMT
Detail from a mural on a railway arch in my illustrious home town... I can't help but think it was deliberate.
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