Gaius Octavius

"...Viggen, who writes in English, which is his second or perhaps his third language." I know that you will find this hard to believe, but even I muck things up on occasion. If, I wasn't a dead man earlier, send flowers now. :sniper:

My Lord: :notworthy: Mayhaps the Pall of Death results from some dead varmints within the walls. Mayhaps those pesky squirrels, who munch on your verdure, have taken up residence in your wig-wam; are doing what comes naturally; and have established a cemetary corporation. The antidote - Jack Russells. They will track down the point at which any corpses are and will go bananas when a live one is snuffed. If you have little 1/16" flying brown bugs, check your grain supply. We have an infestation of these foul creatures. Upon investigation commanded by the Presence, this very day, a bag of flour was found in which they were feasting, festering and procreating. Colonies had been established in a couple of open cracker bags. Said last are members of the recent past. Don Tomasso

"...expensive. Therefor, much of the trade was seaborne." "...for everyday usage."

I promised P.P. that I was out of this thread unless an emergency occurred. One has. I blundered in re Angola. Should have used Congo. The for which I tender octillions of apologies to all. Yet, I could very easily have obfuscated the blunder to my favor. In this vein, I hope that I will be allowed another minor, if not petty, exemption from my promise: Nehru, not Castro, was the leader of the 'non (or as some might hold mis or mal) - aligned nations'. For allowing this inconsequential bit to slip through my lacking mind, I also offer nano sums of apologies to all. Adieu,

Eat some ghoti. Elp your eadac and it'z brain food.

No! Never! We all mite ghet trown out of de country. Leaving a vast waist land. De Espanice ave dere problems to. Tonto stupid; Tonto silly. Tonto need some underware.

Sundry criminals have been at work on the English language for ages. It is high time these miscreants were brought to book. Let us examine the letter "H". Not pronounced in 'eight' where it lives; prounced in Sean where it is on vacation. Not pronounced in 'ghost' (yes, yes, I know, it tells us how to pronounce the 'g'). OK, so, gho ghet ghum. Lets be consistent. The Irish don't bother pronouncing it in 'thanks', but they do in 'Sean'. Koo-koo, no? Thought, bought, caught! Pronounce that last 'h'? No way Jose! I know! What about the likes of how, hero, help and hello? Just drop the 'h'. Would anyone call the spelling cops if we wrote ow, ero, elp and ello? Of course not. No one rats on 'herb'! Saves ink, time and wear and tear on the eyes. Some Brits say it this way anyway. And they invented the confounding confounded language. Mite just as well use ghoti. Nothing but a trouble maker. Tear is another beaut that needs work. Let us proceed to the criminal "K". Knock; two k's - wats de point ere? Ghet rid of dem and you wind up wit 'noc'. Just as ghood! Knight? nite! Knew? new! Kale? cale! Knave? nave! Kind? cind! Keen? ceen! Ghood enuf for the Romans; ghood enuf for me. On to some useless words. Moot. Once debatable now undebatable. Or do I ave it bacwards? Ghet wat I mean? Good. Bad! Wats de point of being ghood anyow? Dere is no suce ding as a ghood proto-neo-con. Dats an oxyignoranus! Foul, fowl? Run de to togeder in speece and you ave no idea of wats ghoing on. Put dis one on your tounge. De bride, nee Neigh, said nay at de altar. So it ghoes in speece: De bride nay nay, said nay at de altar? Lovely! Look, dis confuses little vagabonds and de prezident, so lets elp em. Ghet rid of all dis twaddle and little cids will danc uz. Den we can be proud of gheeorgy-poo. De nicompoop is constantly adding words suce as 'fascistististists' and 'conservatistismist' along wit de required nucUlar. Now, ere is were I need your elp. De following words need plurals and possessives. Ignorattus Illiteratus Ignoranus And so I propose dat we :giljotiini: 'H' & 'K'. Ghet rid of some words and add de above tree too de lexicon. Dey are interesting words and sound nise. Very appropriate wen describing certain proto-neo ominid kriminals.

Have I stifled your comments? I don't understand how I could be accused of such a thing when I have the power to do so but have not. I was attempting to beg off from the conversation because I don't see the value in my own continued personal involvment in a subject which has nothing to do with ancient history. {edit, what I mean is, I think its bad form for me as a representative of the site as a whole} However, I will answer your questions for the sake of courtesy. I read into the extolling of the virtues of communism and repetetive haranguing of our current government that you would prefer one before the other. Forgive me crossing the bridge. You have not stiffled my comments and I am not aware of my saying so. You have the power, right and indeed the obligation to delete, in their entirety, any posts that you wish to. And I feel that you should do this when called for. I would have hoped that you understood that I was NOT writing about 'freedom' on the Forum, but rather ones ability to speak in general. You did not answer my question at all. In any event, now I exit stage left(?).

Sorry but I don't tolerate lectures and moral high ground from Europeans who have enough blood, racism and hypocrisy on their own hands to make any American blush without responding. Did someone on this thread say WWII was a 'dirty war"? Sorry, I must have missed it. To take you back a few days, the Soviets were 'our' comrades during WWII. The guerrelas of all stripes were invaluable to the allies in the march to Germany in WWII.

I'm sorry Gaius, I'm not smart enough to understand all that. Maybe if you used simpleton words I wouldn't make the dreadful mistakes I make (by the by, I personally don't want anyone to kiss my naked butt in front of Macy's) That was an attempt at a cop-out but it doesn't hold water. What words, in particular, trouble you?

By the by, please don't tell me to shut up. Just as you are allowed to freely express yourself here (and in fact encouraged to do so) I also believe strongly in my right speak freely. Ginevra literally translated the idiom and usage of her language. It is not meant to be an insult to anyone. Yet, you don't believe in my right to speak freely. That's for the self annointed ELECT.

You have my permission (if required), to think what you will of yourself. BUT, you do not have permission to get between my ears! If you would be so kind as to supply me with one example - one mind you - (Don't burden yourself with two.), or a valid syllogism that you may validly construct, where I have ever 'wished' for ANY form of government or economic society on anyone, then I will kiss your naked bottom in Macy's window at high-noon on Presidents Day. Just in case you are not aware of it, I AM FREE to 'attack' or criticize MY government when called for and just. The Alien & Sedition Laws have expired! From what you have written, is it fair for me to conclude that you were in the forefront of those who confronted the malignant, malformed, cretinaceous, cowardly liars and propangandists who maligned the very breath, of our last DULY ELECTED president every moment of his eight years and then some??? Hah??? If you cannot fulfill the request contained in the first paragraph, then you owe YOURSELF - not me, mind you - an apology. :wub: Take a peek at my earlier post.

Kosmo, your knowledge of Rome may be encyclopaedic, but your knowledge of the world is only half-baked. Angola? Now, Lumumba was a bad boy. He took BACK Leopold's stealings (and those of others), so he had to go. Ever hear of the American Indian depopulation? Japanese internment camps? None of this was quite as bad as the communist's work - except if you were affected. Cuba, the point now, has always been ruled by despots in one guise or other. The Castro guise did a world of good for the common folk, if you accept it or not. Romania and Serbia were prosperous and liberal nations prior to WWII? How enlightening! Your country was stolen from under your shoes a decade ago and that doesn't seem to perturb you. OK, by me. If you prefer a return to a monarch and nobles, enjoy yourself. Bowing and scraping and the kissing of elbows is not so bad - if you are the noble. Frankly, I am all for that. The nobility have much too long been marginalized and maligned. You are welcome to come to America as far as I am concerned. You may even join ranks with the repugnant party. Yea!, and I say unto you, join the multitudinous armies of the ignoranus'. You will, perforce of course, join the army and see the world - behind a rifle - as gayorgyeus XXXXIII brings freedom to the world (and whatever is next on the menu), and poverty and tyrany to my nation.

Why is it that AN AMERICAN, addressing facts, has to first offer the apologia: "I am not a ____, but...."? AMERICA WAS FOUNDED BY REVOLUTIONISTS, LIBERALS AND DEISTS. Why is it that the moronic, super-patriotic, FECES FOR BRAINS, propaganda vomiting, dis-educated ill-literatti are not required to start each sentence that they flatulate - from either orfice - with the admonition: "I am a moron, but...."? Many of the leaders of our home grown communist experiments are celebrated. The Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches are rife with communist communities. What is wrong with being a liberal, and indeed a communist? Where is it written in the U.S. Constitution that being a liberal or communist is off the menu? ISN'T THAT WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT? Where is it written that the morons have the 'right' to decide what FREE SPEECH IS? And for whom it is applicable to? If only the morons were simply :horse: . _______________ Edit: As all are aware, my vocabulary is quite limited, thus a 'certain party', who shall remain un-named the nonce, Pantagathus, :notworthy: (to whom I am eternally indebted), has rendered assistance. Please insert the new word IGNORANUS' for 'morons' in the very last sentence above. Thank you.

Seems that the 'author' has a very limited vocabulary.