Calling the Canadian (He knows who he is)
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Calling the Canadian (He knows who he is)
PeterD, tell me something about yourself.
I require something to ridicule, after you so rudely abused me in Greek forum.
I require something to ridicule, after you so rudely abused me in Greek forum.
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I dare say, Turpissimus, while ad hominem attacks and agressive rhetorical behaviour are no strangers to discussing opposing points, nonetheless, it was not my intention when I replied to your post to ridicule or embarrass, but rather to inform you. My apologies if you felt otherwise.
While the less that is known about me the better , I shall say this: I am a good person at heart who enjoys very much the company of good people, loves to debate and has one hell of a mischievous side.
~PeterD (a.k.a. ἑκηβόλος)
While the less that is known about me the better , I shall say this: I am a good person at heart who enjoys very much the company of good people, loves to debate and has one hell of a mischievous side.
~PeterD (a.k.a. ἑκηβόλος)
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Fanatical ranting is not just fine because it's eloquent. What if I ranted for the extermination of a people in an eloquent manner, would that make it fine? Rather, ranting, be it fanatical or otherwise, is fine if what is said is true and just. ---PeterD, in reply to IreneY and Annis
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I think several have missed Turpissumus' mischievous side, unless I have very badly misread his intentions.PeterD wrote:While the less that is known about me the better , I shall say this: I am a good person at heart who enjoys very much the company of good people, loves to debate and has one hell of a mischievous side.
So make something bad about yourself up, Mr. D, so he can write some blame poetry. (I don't know about the Romans, but there's reason to believe at least some Greek blame poetry was of this in-group, joking around variety.)
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τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
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OK William of the shining corslet, moderator of the Learning Greek board...here goes:annis wrote: So make something bad about yourself up, Mr. D, so he can write some blame poetry.
Turpissimus,
- I drink my OJ out of the carton;
I have long, wavy hair (καρηκομοῶν);
sometimes I don't shave (still look good, though);
although I don't cry over spilled milk, I do have a (Greek) temper;
I am a rebel with too many causes who is always getting into trouble;
and finally, I have broken too many hearts.
~Mr. D
Fanatical ranting is not just fine because it's eloquent. What if I ranted for the extermination of a people in an eloquent manner, would that make it fine? Rather, ranting, be it fanatical or otherwise, is fine if what is said is true and just. ---PeterD, in reply to IreneY and Annis
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Yes, Will, you're quite right. Catullus called his friends some quite offensive things. Cinaedus and pathicus were certainly used, and he described their activities too - pedicare and irrumare. I'm not sure about Martial but the words moechor and mentula certainly made more than one appearance. Mentula has the rather nice advantage that it forms a dactyl all on its own.(I don't know about the Romans, but there's reason to believe at least some Greek blame poetry was of this in-group, joking around variety.)
I believe, however, that I shall eschew the cruder forms of satire, believing the use of obscene language to be the province of teenagers, and instead restrict myself to ridiculing your hairstyle, Peter, and your need to overcompensate for your lack of success with women by telling us all about your imagined exploits.
And if you persist with this ridiculous false politeness, I shall become very angry indeed. So....Canadian.....
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Turpissimus, you have sullied my fine reputation for the last time.Turpissimus wrote:And if you persist with this ridiculous false politeness, I shall become very angry indeed. So....Canadian.....
Pistols at ten paces?
En garde!
Fanatical ranting is not just fine because it's eloquent. What if I ranted for the extermination of a people in an eloquent manner, would that make it fine? Rather, ranting, be it fanatical or otherwise, is fine if what is said is true and just. ---PeterD, in reply to IreneY and Annis
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Turpissimus ridicule and mischievous behaviour do not belong in textkit. As a veteran here always trying to maintain peace with Eureka I must concur - please take your insults elsewhither. Plus Canadians are the best. I want to live in the mountains and hunt fish even though I vomit if one touches me.
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um, this is all in good natured jest.Episcopus wrote:Turpissimus ridicule and mischievous behaviour do not belong in textkit.
As I understand it, they're trying to work themselves up into a lather in order to write greek verse; they're trying to get motivated to write. To do so, they need topics and have take adversarial postions into order to frame the "battle" of verse.
OTOH, if you're going to add some greek verse, then I'm off base and step aside.
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Well there is always what I call "the pimple on the prairies"--ie, Blackstrap ski hill. It is a manmade hill that apparently people ski on. lol. It sticks out like a sore thumb because it is so little but pokes up above the prairies. Funny thing. You won't find any fish there (though it does descend into the Quapelle valley...).MDS wrote:Just don't move to Saskatchewan then...you'll find no mountains. ;)Plus Canadians are the best. I want to live in the mountains and hunt fish even though I vomit if one touches me.
Battle away guys!
First say to yourself what you would be; then do what you need to do. ~Epictetus
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Alas no. Propter egestatem meae linguae I shall not be versifying in Greek. I don't even understand the language, unfortunate as that is. And I know PeterD doesn't understand Latin, so it is unlikely that either of us will be able to appreciate the verses of the other.As I understand it, they're trying to work themselves up into a lather in order to write greek verse;
In any event, given that several circumstances beyond my control have come to light, viz.
1) lack of dactyls in the Latin language
2) my own unfamiliarity with the rules relating to elision
3) difficulty with that really hard bit to get right at the end of the second half of the pentameter
...it appears that I will be unable to produce any meaningful verses unless given, let's say, a week.
In the meantime, it you want to take a look at my laughable effort so far, that can be found in the Elegy thread. It has not the technical skill of Benissimus' verse but I think there is more artistic unity to the piece, even if it is not something the Romans would compose verse about.
I'm off to read Propertius' Elegies, need some inspiration and I think Assisi's finest is the man to provide it.
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OK, I'm stumped.Turpissimus wrote: Alas no. Propter egestatem meae linguae I shall not be versifying in Greek. I don't even understand the language, unfortunate as that is. And I know PeterD doesn't understand Latin, so it is unlikely that either of us will be able to appreciate the verses of the other.
I have no idea then what you two were up to.
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Huh???Turpissimus wrote:I engaged PeterD in this "contest" simply because he seemed the easiest to ridicule.
What???Turpissimus wrote:An important life lesson that every adult must at some point learn, is that those different from the rest of us must be constantly teased.
Wow. You really lost me here. I mean, way, way lost.
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Sarcasm. Sorry. On the internet it doesn't quite come across. I'm just kidding you. My teasing of PeterD has no important moral lesson behind it.I wrote:An important life lesson that every adult must at some point learn, is that those different from the rest of us must be constantly teased.
PeterD has a high profile on these boards, and is often unfairly attacked for his actually-only-slightly-leftish opinions. I felt his larger-that-life personality would provide adequate substance for a mocking couplet. As to the question "Why mock anyone?", well, most elegiac couplets I've read are either romantic (Propertius) or satirical (Martial). Since I don't have a girlfriend, I suppose I'm stuck with satire. And that means the couplet has to have a target. Why not a man of good humour who can take the joke?I wrote:easiest to ridicule etc.
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Something which I deride and refute and go against completely, on account of my various past references and experiences pertaining to various situations of which there are multiple viewpoints of which a small spectrum are acceptable to me, of which I hold, but other points of reference which are unacceptable to me but of which other people find "correct". Something which seems so dichotomous to me can be often insignificant to others. This, if anyone has noticed, is a direct generalisation of this topic; it applies to such a discussion.Turpissimus wrote:An important life lesson that every adult must at some point learn, is that those different from the rest of us must be constantly teased.
Definitely not me.Turpissimus wrote:Besides, I knew he was man enough to take any japes in good humour.
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