Posted on 03/21/2003 1:42:33 AM PST by Bella_Bru
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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. 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....
Teacher's note:
I know some of you wonder why I post WFTD just after midnight every night. The reason is simple. I am on the west coast. If I post it when I get up, it would be late morning for many of you, and I do not want any of you to think that I forgot to post it. Also, I know many of you are irked by the fact that you do not always receive a grade and critique, or that the critique is non-existent. Once again, by the time I get up and get around to this thread, it is upwards of 200 posts. My apologies if any of you are annoyed beyond belief.
supposititious\suh-poz-uh-TISH-uhs\, adjective:
1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit.
2. Hypothetical; supposed.
Etymology: Supposititious is from Latin suppositicius, from suppositus, past participle of supponere, "to put under, to substitute," from sub-, "under" + ponere, "to put." It is related to suppose.
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Jersey City?
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Naples?
I agree completely. There's a passage towards the end of Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" that, while it is a work of fiction, describing a suppositious character, is rather apposite to Mr. Hussein's current predicament:
""One evening coming in with a candle I was startled to hear him say a little tremulously, 'I am lying here in the dark waiting for death.' The light was within a foot of his eyes. I forced myself to murmur, 'Oh, nonsense!' and stood over him as if transfixed.
"Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn't touched. I was fascinated. It was as though a veil had been rent. I saw on that ivory face the expression of somber pride, of ruthless power, of craven terror--of an intense and hopeless despair. Did he live his life again in every detail of desire, temptation, and surrender during that supreme moment of complete knowledge? He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision,--he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath--
"'The horror! The horror!'
"I blew the candle out and left the cabin. The pilgrims were dining in the mess-room, and I took my place opposite the manager, who lifted his eyes to give me a questioning glance, which I successfully ignored. He leaned back, serene, with that peculiar smile of his sealing the unexpressed depths of his meanness. A continuous shower of small flies streamed upon the lamp, upon the cloth, upon our hands and faces. Suddenly the manager's boy put his insolent black head in the doorway, and said in a tone of scathing contempt--
"'Mistah Kurtz--he dead.'"
great graphic.
anything is lewd
i tell you a story of Peter Pan
Captain Hook -- there's a dirty old man
I think that this a little more relevant to the day, however...maybe a glimmer of hope...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/870805/posts
The conversation finally ended when she started sputtering about how I'm not being fair. "You hated Clinton so much," she yelped. "Nothing Clinton did was ever right. Why is everything your president does all right by you?!"
I responded that this is an entirely different situation. Clinton, I said, was a crass, amoral, utterly destructive liar who had a gift for doing the worst possible things out of the worst possible motives. While I don't agree with everything Bush ever does, I'm willing to cut him some slack because I believe he's a good guy who sincerely wants to do the right thing. "In short," I said, "I trust him."
She hung up on me.
that is it in a nutshell right there. i have had those same conversations, but only when i have sought out someone of that mindset, and they ALL think the same thing. and they NEVER respond to facts. i actually had one tell me, when i stated that while they are entitled to their own OPINION, they are NOT entitled to their own FACTS, that there was no such thing as OBJECTIVE REALITY, that everything was merely POINT OF VIEW! can you believe it? i was dumfounded at the idiocy!
but condolences on your friend. The only dustup i had with people that i cared about was over Elian. that was a line in the sand for me, and i honestly wondered what i could possibly have in common, other than the air we breathe, with someone who wanted to send him back.
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