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#177315 - 06/11/08 04:09 AM sic transit hubbub
BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 2089 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Today's quote caught my eye as being actual but already outdated. Quote: "Italian footballers were showered with applause and surrounded by flashing cameras, songs, and chants. The hubbub generates a sense of excitemen unique to the sport of football." Do Hung; Champions' Charm; Thanh Nien (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam); Jun 5, 2008. On Jun 8, ,the proud Italian Champions of the world suffered a historical, unprecedented 0-3 defeat against the Orange-11. So the horrendous hubbub in streets and cafes will go on for a while. The horn blowing, the whole orange haberdashery, flags, baloons, wigs and hats will dim the horizon for as long as we stay in the game. The Italian footballers and crowd were not amused. Edited by BranShea (06/11/08 09:06 AM) _________________________ above all shadows rides the sun (JRRT)
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#177353 - 06/12/08 02:37 PM Re: sic transit hubbub [Re: BranShea]
dalehileman dalehileman veteran Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1417 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA	I would have thought it means weary of the commuting scene _________________________ dalehileman
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#177366 - 06/13/08 02:22 AM Re: sic transit hubbub [Re: dalehileman]
BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 2089 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	;~) No Dale, it means that one group's hubbub easily changes to another group's hubbub. Oh , sorry Dale. I'm slow, the point is yours! Edited by BranShea (06/13/08 03:01 AM) _________________________ above all shadows rides the sun (JRRT)
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#177370 - 06/13/08 11:45 AM Re: sic transit hubbub [Re: BranShea]
dalehileman dalehileman veteran Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1417 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA	Thank you Bran, it's a reassuring note in this hotbed of mutual recrimination, the Internet _________________________ dalehileman
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#177373 - 06/13/08 03:26 PM Re: sic transit hubbub [Re: dalehileman]
Aramis Aramis addict Registered: 05/17/05 Posts: 420 Loc: SE US	"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious." -OB1 K. _________________________ ÅΓª╥┐↕§
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#177375 - 06/13/08 04:30 PM Re: sic transit hubbub [Re: Aramis]
zmjezhd zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 1679 Loc: R'lyeh	wretched hive of scum and villainy Yeah, but, can you say it in Huttese?
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#177377 - 06/13/08 05:50 PM Re: sic transit hottentots? [Re: zmjezhd]
BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 2089 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Later the ek geleer that Korannas se language 'n dialek of Hottentots. Op universiteit het ek gehoor dat Afrikaans en Suid-Afrikaanse Engels baie woorde uit Hottentots gekry het, soos vir plante en diere, vir plekke en plase and animals, and vir ground pool. My belangstelling is gewek.’ My interest has ceased. " (ha,automatical translations become Huttese anyway.) Huttese? Or: Wookieepedia Edited by BranShea (06/13/08 06:01 PM) _________________________ above all shadows rides the sun (JRRT)
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#177378 - 06/13/08 06:29 PM Re: sic transit hottentots? [Re: BranShea]
zmjezhd zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 1679 Loc: R'lyeh	Nama is a Khoisan language (link), a famous example in the movies of which was in The Gods Must Be Crazy. These languages are famous for their click consonants. (The term Hottentot is consider offensive these days.) I was referring to the language that Jabba the Hutt spoke in reference to the quotation.
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#177381 - 06/14/08 02:43 AM Re: sic transit hottentots? [Re: zmjezhd]
BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 2089 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	I know you referred to Jabba the Hutt, that's why the Wookieepedia link. Sorry if hottentots is offensive, it stuck in our language as a synonym for stammering and is not considered offensive. It made for the longuest word our language: 'hottentottententententoonstelling.' (yes, crazy) (exhibition of Hottentot tents) Edited by BranShea (06/14/08 02:44 AM) _________________________ above all shadows rides the sun (JRRT)
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#177386 - 06/14/08 06:49 AM Re: sic transit Hotepsekhemwy? [Re: BranShea]
zmjezhd zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 1679 Loc: R'lyeh	Sorry if hottentots is offensive I figured you'd gotten the reference because of the Wookieepedia link. It isn't offensive to me, but was just an informational aside in case you have some !Kung over for tea and cakes in the gazebo. The Dutch Wikipedia article on Hottentottententententoonstelling (link) lists some longer variants.
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