Posted on 10/29/2009 4:25:45 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
stentorian \sten-TOR-ee-uhn\, adjective
Extremely loud.
Example sentences:
Around his family, Sergeant Charles Mingus Sr. was easily angered and often violent and closemouthed the rest of the time, except when he gave orders in a stentorian voice that carried the assumption of command.
-- Gene Santoro, Myself When I Am Real
He broke the tradition of stentorian tenors, whose big voices and melodramatic high notes were needed to fill the concert halls and vaudeville houses.
-- Richard Corliss, "The Book on Bing Crosby", Time, May 17, 2001
Then a stentorian voice blared an all-points bulletin: "Calling the G-men! Calling all Americans to war on the underworld!"
-- Strobe Talbott, "Resisting the Gangbusters Option", Time, October 15, 1990
The bearded, often curmudgeonly Knoller can be found in the press filing center on most every presidential trip, his stentorian voice booming out 35-second takes for radio -- as many as 20 a day -- and shaping the day's news for dozens of journalists who can't help but hear him.
-- Dana Milbank, "Bush by the Numbers, as Told by a Diligent Scorekeeper", Washington Post, September 3, 2002
Etymology:
Stentorian comes from Stentor, a Greek herald in the Trojan War. According to Homer's Iliad, his voice was as loud as that of fifty men combined.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Rise and shine!
Morning.
Shouldn't that be "Twist and Shout"?
On the other hand, stentorian voices are not welcome this early in the morning, unless the house is on fire, and perhaps not even then. Just deal with it.
Good morning Gabz!
A for you! I was awakened by a stentorian alarm. Or at least it sounded that way to my sleeping self.
No buzz allowed.
Beeps. Very loud beeps.
The Roman General Duzcesus once stated that the best asset of a Centurian is that he be stentorian in nature, and silent at guard.
Rock on. A+ for you.
Oops. I meant rock on! A+ for you.
A for you.
Wow! I've never won an award before! I want to thank all who made this possible..... ;0)
"I want to thank all who made this possible..... "That would be Gabz and I.
Does there exist a respected historian
Who can explain, in a voice stentorian
How bullsh!t and lies
Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Do they give it for fake oratorian?
weren’t you married to her once upon a time? ; )
He’s nude, sir! A+ for you!
Redheads. Always so dramatic. A+ for you.
Speaking truth to power and thinking outside the box are like nails on a blackboard to me. A+ for you.
as trite and overdone as that is, it is ridiculous when the most powerful is the one claiming to do it. guess it is a window into their mindset, though.
His entire administration is as superficial as he is.
You thought “ghetto fabulous” was medically relevant?
My tax dollars weren't used for it. It's disgusting the people who think maybe we should behead some people and act more like savages.
Is that a real phrase? You can tell the people I hang around and read. I am clueless about ghetto culture and grateful for it.
Maybe among gays, who can get away with more.
That was not the point being made by your detractors on that thread and it’s hyperbole to act like it was. Catholics ROUTINELY get dumped on, always fair game for any sort of crap that anyone wants to throw. Sure larry david is free to throw up any sort of swill, and it’s his own cash, but Catholics and other right-thinking Christians are perfectly within their rights to be outraged by it and to want to boycott the show, etc.
The point being made by others on the thread is that Hollywood ROUTINELY derides faithful Christians, this is just another hideous example of it. Long live secularism.
Thankfully no. It was a brief fling.
Were you equally supportive of the P*ss Christ, or is it just because you have a soft spot for this particular heathen director?
Crazy fools, the Irish.
Hollywood isn’t going to change because Bill Donahue calls another press conference. I’m sure it helps him raise funds, but he’s like the boy who cried wolf.
People who already don’t watch a show acting outraged because of a third hand account of a scene and threateing to “boycott” something they already don’t purchase is ridiculous.
Sinead O’Connor ripping up a picture of the Pope was an outrage because she was making a comment about the Church. Larry David is not trying to do anything except be funny.
The point was not to offend. Finding offense where it isn’t intended isn’t very good for anyone. And attacking a person personally for having a different point of view is decidely unChristian.
Piss Christ was at a public museum, wasn’t it?
I do enjoy Larry David’s work. He’s not trying to make any statement, like I said. One time his TV self accidentally ate the Baby Jesus cookie his TV wife had made for her family’s Nativity.
It was funny. It wasn’t an attack on Our Savior. I’m sure Bill Donahue had a heart attack when he saw that, and called a press conference.
(Don’t get the wrong idea. The show has been on for 7 seasons. He’s not attacking Christ every week. And he has broached all kinds of “controversial” subjects.)
Well perhaps you should not have gone onto the thread to defend the indefensible if you weren’t wanting to be attacked. You certainly should have known that your viewpoint would be not be one common to FR.
And abortion isn’t going to be outlawed just because there is another prolife vigil in front of an abortion clinic, so we should probably stay home and keep our mouths shut. right?
No, there is a distinct difference between eating a baby jesus cookie and associating body waste with a religious figure. sorry. The statement that Larry David is making is that it’s ok to deride the faithful. ANYONE who would get upset about this TV show must be as ignorant and neanderthal as the poor idiot characters who reacted insipidly on the show. right? we should all be cosmopolitan and adult in our religious thinking and realize this is all harmless fun, right? sorry. it’s offensive.
so were you defending the piss christ? public museum/on tv, what’s the diff?
LOL!
So you agree that I should be called a "lying sack of excrement" for daring to disagree?
And abortion isn’t going to be outlawed just because there is another prolife vigil in front of an abortion clinic, so we should probably stay home and keep our mouths shut. right?
Apples and oranges. Larry David isn't killing babies.
i am saying that if you are going to take a contrarian view on FR, your skin should be thick enough to stand up to whatever comes your way. you have been here long enough to realize that, and whining about it as being unchristian is kind of silly considering what you are attempting to defend.
not apples and oranges. Speaking out against the offensive no matter what/where, on principle, is RIGHT no matter whether you consider it ineffectual or not.
Where do you draw the line? Sounds like you would have been offended even if no body function was involved, but those who follow tortilla icons were still shown as gullible.
For the Piss Christ, I don’t remember all the details. And I was younger then.
no, i drew the line, i said the body function was offensive. that is my personal line. my complaint with shows like this, and the mentality in general is, that it DERIDES FAITH OF CHRISTIANS. makes sport of believers. attempts to make anyone who is OFFENDED by this clear attempt to offend, look SILLY for being offended by it, because we are all so sophisticated and adult and can laugh at ourselves.
let me tell you what i think. you like this show, you have an attachment to this guy Larry David, and you are desperate to try to defend him. you are wrong, and the majority of freepers would say so. yes, you will get some southpark losertarian types to take your side on this. but it’s not the right side.
Expecting Christians to act Christians is too much?
Everyone is going to find something offensive. Yes, speak out if you feel you must. But I think we need to exercise a sense of proportion.
i hope never to be as adult and sophisticated as you that i find cause for mirth in the faith of others.
Crazy, no. Passionate, absolutely. I’m part Mick, my own self.
so this isn’t the same display as the one you “erected” while making coffee in the nude?
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