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Some etymology I find interesting
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:38 pm
Leopard comes from the combination of Latin leo (lion) and pardus(panther)
If someone was called a lion, they were deemed a heroic individual. If someone was called a panther, they were cowardly skulkers. Hence, when King Edward was called a leopard in his teens, they were insiuiting he was two-faced and duplicitous.
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The word posse comes from a Latin word for district or county. In old English law, every free man in a county had and obligation as "part of the county" to assist in the arrest of criminals.
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And not really etymology but interesting and people would get pissed for starting multiple threads
The politics of the King Arthur legend is very interesting. It was understood for hundreds of years that Arthur was a Briton and therefore Welsh.
When England started fighting the Welsh, they had a big PR issue. The Welsh didn't believe that Arthur was dead so the English made a big show on burying Arthur and implemented a bunch of legend rewrites including having Percival (the guy who gets the Holy Grail) saying "the Welsh are dumber than the beasts in the field."
If someone was called a lion, they were deemed a heroic individual. If someone was called a panther, they were cowardly skulkers. Hence, when King Edward was called a leopard in his teens, they were insiuiting he was two-faced and duplicitous.
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The word posse comes from a Latin word for district or county. In old English law, every free man in a county had and obligation as "part of the county" to assist in the arrest of criminals.
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And not really etymology but interesting and people would get pissed for starting multiple threads
The politics of the King Arthur legend is very interesting. It was understood for hundreds of years that Arthur was a Briton and therefore Welsh.
When England started fighting the Welsh, they had a big PR issue. The Welsh didn't believe that Arthur was dead so the English made a big show on burying Arthur and implemented a bunch of legend rewrites including having Percival (the guy who gets the Holy Grail) saying "the Welsh are dumber than the beasts in the field."
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:42 pm to athenslife101
Etymology is one of my hobbies.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:50 pm to athenslife101
I don't know how anyone could call hundreds of pounds of teeth claws and lightning quick death cowardly
How fricking brave were people back then?
How fricking brave were people back then?
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:55 pm to Mir
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:23 pm to athenslife101
The word decimate comes from the Roman army practice of forcing any legion that lost or showed cowardice to kill a tenth of their men.
And they forced the men of that legion to do the killing. Since a legion was often made up of friends and relatives from an area, it had the doubly effective means of promoting ferocity in battle, since losing would mean you'd be forced to either have a chance of death, or of killing your comrades.
And they forced the men of that legion to do the killing. Since a legion was often made up of friends and relatives from an area, it had the doubly effective means of promoting ferocity in battle, since losing would mean you'd be forced to either have a chance of death, or of killing your comrades.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:54 pm to athenslife101
What does any of this have to do with bugs?
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:00 pm to athenslife101
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The politics of the King Arthur legend is very interesting. It was understood for hundreds of years that Arthur was a Briton and therefore Welsh.
When England started fighting the Welsh, they had a big PR issue. The Welsh didn't believe that Arthur was dead so the English made a big show on burying Arthur and implemented a bunch of legend rewrites including having Percival (the guy who gets the Holy Grail) saying "the Welsh are dumber than the beasts in the field."
That is interesting.
Any links that elaborate on the subject?
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:11 pm to athenslife101
Keep them coming
Way to lazy to look these up on my own
Way to lazy to look these up on my own
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:11 pm to OysterPoBoy
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What does any of this have to do with bugs?
That's entomology.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:14 pm to Mo Jeaux
No those are the big trees in the lord of the rings
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:28 pm to CrimsonTideMD
Not the best link but close enough.
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I heard about it in a book I'm reading (where I also learned that other factoids I listed) called The Great and Terrible King, a biography of Edward I
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I heard about it in a book I'm reading (where I also learned that other factoids I listed) called The Great and Terrible King, a biography of Edward I
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:29 pm to Mo Jeaux
His joke
Your head.
Your head.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:30 pm to Mir
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No those are the big trees in the lord of the rings
No, it's the study of the big trees in the Lord of the Rings.
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