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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on September 28, 2009 at 10:37am

No word has a meaning inseparably attached to it; a word means what the speaker intends by it, and what the hearer understands by it, and that is all. – Lewis Carroll

Permalink Reply by Jaume on September 28, 2009 at 5:32pm

"Sharp words from a clever mind do more harm than a sharp cleaver in a wobbly hand"

Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on September 28, 2009 at 5:56pm

Who said that?

Permalink Reply by Jaume on September 28, 2009 at 6:09pm

You can find its origin here. Let's say it's the collaborative work of Mike and Jaume. Maybe you can find a way to improve it, alliteration-wise.

Permalink Reply by Mike Hein on October 13, 2009 at 9:13am

Wow, I missed this last month. Good times on that thread, Jaume. ;)

Permalink Reply by thedogma on January 2, 2010 at 2:28pm

this on great too!

Permalink Reply by Jaume on September 29, 2009 at 11:03am

"Traduttore, tradittore."

Me remembers using it in another discussion - when you claimed that Sade liberally used dirty words like "cunt" or "fuck" ;-)

Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on September 29, 2009 at 11:16am

He was talking to me, I think. I've brought up de Sade several times.

Jaume, do I write/say "de Sade" or just "Sade?"

Permalink Reply by Jaume on September 29, 2009 at 11:31am

Yes - I was replying to Dallas.

It's either "Sade" or "Marquis de Sade" in common usage. Do you write/say "Lafayette" or "de Lafayette" for that other famous Marquis?

Permalink Reply by Jaume on September 29, 2009 at 11:00am

Jaume's not going top like this one

Quite the opposite.

Michel Rocard, a French politician, speaks excellent English, although with a strong French accent. A recurring joke in the satirical latex puppet show "Les Guignols de l'Info" has him converse in English with American politicians (notably Dubya), using an interpreter who only "translates" his accent. I guess Twain only had a similar experience.

Permalink Reply by sacha on September 29, 2009 at 11:56am

England and America are two countries separated by a common language. -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language. -Oscar Wilde

Permalink Reply by sacha on September 29, 2009 at 11:57am

Speak when you're angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
-Laurence J. Peter

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