blehfu commented on the word obtest
I would love it if 'obtesty' was a legitimate word.
December 23, 2010
blehfu commented on the word hoi polloi
Our lordly style
You shall not quench
With base canaille!
(That word is French.)
Distinction ebbs
Before a herd
Of vulgar plebs!
(A Latin word.)
’Twould fill with joy,
And madness stark
The oί πoλλoί!
(A Greek remark.)
One Latin word, one Greek remark,
And one that’s French.
- Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan
March 29, 2010
Comments by blehfu
blehfu commented on the word obtest
I would love it if 'obtesty' was a legitimate word.
December 23, 2010
blehfu commented on the word hoi polloi
Our lordly style
You shall not quench
With base canaille!
(That word is French.)
Distinction ebbs
Before a herd
Of vulgar plebs!
(A Latin word.)
’Twould fill with joy,
And madness stark
The oί πoλλoί!
(A Greek remark.)
One Latin word, one Greek remark,
And one that’s French.
- Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan
March 29, 2010