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| Do you know what Rara Avis means? |
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Potentated Knight of Ni
Protector of the Realm
Joined: 20 Apr 2002
Posts: 259
Location: Somewhere lost in Canada (I Know Where I am Not) |
Do you know what Rara Avis means?
If yes please Private Message Sauron with the answer.
DO NOT POST ITS MEANING HERE!!
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Thu Jul 18, 2002 5:17 pm |
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Val
Risen From Ashes
Joined: 18 Feb 2002
Posts: 14724
Location: Utah, USA |
I know. 
But why should I PM him the answer? He already knows too. 
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Thu Jul 18, 2002 5:29 pm |
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Provis
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 872
Location: Middle of the Forest |
Yes I know and so does my good friend Webster and my other friend Merriam.  |
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Thu Jul 18, 2002 5:37 pm |
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sauron38
Rara Avis
Joined: 14 Jan 2002
Posts: 4396
Location: Winnipeg's Sanctum Sanctorum |
Ni, the percentage won't be reflective of the world's understanding of the word... the people here are almost all above the 65th percentile. 
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Thu Jul 18, 2002 5:37 pm |
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txiabxyooj
Fox Spirit
Joined: 06 Dec 2001
Posts: 971
Location: here, there & everywhere |
yes. but i have to admit that i don't know the history of the term. it sounds like it might have latin roots...but that is just about every word in english. why do you ask?
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Thu Jul 18, 2002 5:43 pm |
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ButtOfMalmsey
Village Idiot
Joined: 07 May 2002
Posts: 785
Location: Mississippi |
Of course I know. I majored in classical languages. But you don't need much expertise at all to discover the meaning of the phrase. Its origins are far juicier meat to mull over.
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Thu Jul 18, 2002 8:25 pm |
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The Omen
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Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 489
Location: Greenville,SC |
If anyone didn't know what it meant, like me perhaps, then this person would look in the dictionary. Just letting u know. |
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Thu Jul 18, 2002 9:52 pm |
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sauron38
Rara Avis
Joined: 14 Jan 2002
Posts: 4396
Location: Winnipeg's Sanctum Sanctorum |
Where is the "I don't care!" option?
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Fri Jul 19, 2002 12:44 am |
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Lintra
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Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 9448
Location: Bermuda, the triangle place with SANDY BEACHES |
I didn't know that it wasn't common knowledge. Knowledge of classical languages is not required - its a term I've heard used all my life (and use sometimes)
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Fri Jul 19, 2002 2:12 pm |
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txiabxyooj
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Joined: 06 Dec 2001
Posts: 971
Location: here, there & everywhere |
quote:
Originally posted by Lintra
Knowledge of classical languages is not required
no, but it sure is nice! i think it is a shame that people don't spend more time studying classical langues. i think they ought to be required in schools. i was never given the option to take latin or greek in highschool and i feel like i was somehow cheated. that is why this next year for graduate school i will be taking latin.
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Fri Jul 19, 2002 4:24 pm |
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Lintra
Elf Friend
Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 9448
Location: Bermuda, the triangle place with SANDY BEACHES |
quote:
Originally posted by txiabxyooj
quote:
Originally posted by Lintra
Knowledge of classical languages is not required
no, but it sure is nice! i think it is a shame that people don't spend more time studying classical langues. i think they ought to be required in schools. i was never given the option to take latin or greek in highschool and i feel like i was somehow cheated. that is why this next year for graduate school i will be taking latin.
Enjoy Latin. I *still* remember some of my high school Latin. Although I have to admit, I wish I'd taken Spanish ... I could actually use that on an almost daily basis.
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Fri Jul 19, 2002 4:31 pm |
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sauron38
Rara Avis
Joined: 14 Jan 2002
Posts: 4396
Location: Winnipeg's Sanctum Sanctorum |
A couple weeks ago, a guy who was fluent in Latin came to our house... coincidently, he is an Archbishop of Rome (I never knew that Jesus could be Gold-Plated). Really, though, if you want to read the dark secrets of the Church's Records, you must know Latin.
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