Parody ZOT of Free Republic

[Baraonda]

If I remember correctly, braccio(singular) = arm

[Darksheare]

Welcome.

Means I have a short skull in profile.

[Darksheare]

Also means I have a pretty flat face.

[NicknamedBob]

"Is that where 'branches' comes from?"

brachiate (brâ´kê-ît, -ât´, bràk´ê-) adjective
Zoology.
Having arms or armlike appendages.

verb, intransitive
brachiated, brachiating, brachiates (-ât´)
To move by swinging with the arms from one hold to another, as certain apes do.
[Latin brâcchiâtus, from brâcchium, arm, V., from New Latin brâchiâre, brâchiât-, from brâcchium. See brachium.]
- bra´chia´tion noun

[Baraonda]

No, not for that little.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

So it does.

[tuliptree76]

Darn student salary...

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

At the time they were written Il Cortegiano was the one that you had sitting in the front parlor so everyone could know how cosmopolitan you were.

The Prince was the book you hastily shoved under a pile of papers if anyone happened to enter your private study unannounced.

Strange how one book has endured as a classic and the other is a curiosity known only to bespecaled scholars and members of the SCA

[King Prout]

"If I remember correctly, braccio(singular) = arm"

that is pretty much what I said
but, if you insist...

Oxford Latin Dictionary entry for "Brac(c)hium"

Brac(c)hium ~(i)i, n, [cf. Gk *braxion*]
1. the forearm, from elbow to hand
2. the arm, from shoulder to hand. b(as used in particular gestures or actions). c(as a standard of measurement). d(in various fig. applications); esp. ~ia dare, praebare (+ dat.), to surrender (to); molli ~io, gently; leui ~io, easily, slackly.
3. (of animals) the forelimb...
4. (of trees, vines, etc...) a branch, shoot

etc...

("buxeirostris"??? having a beak colored like boxwood????? damn, these romans were screwy)

[King Prout]

ah.
well, Madonna had her day in the sun... 500 years hence, only popkult historians will know of her.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

having a beak colored like boxwood?????

Hillary...

[King Prout]

ho ho ho
HO HO HO
OHOHOHOHOHO

I can see some fun in that notion.
thanks

[sionnsar]

Is there a Scots-Gaelic word for "queen" and, if so, how does one pronounce it?

Yes, there is. "Ban-rìgh", and it's pronounced "BAWN-ree" (the first syllable a lot like the vowel sound in "round").

[King Prout]

so it is pronounced like "boundary" without the "-da-"

[NicknamedBob]

Correct, no duh.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

A bit like bean rí in Irish.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Goodnight everyone!!

[NicknamedBob]

Good Night, Irish!

[King Prout]

[King Prout]

if I knew you were heading bedwards, I wouldn't have posted this: