Word For The Day, Thursday, April 12, 2012 - macaronic

dictionaries ad nauseam | 12 April 2012 | Thursday's sub

[secret garden]

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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".

macaronic \mak-uh-RON-ik\ , adjective
1. Composed of a mixture of languages.
2. Composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings.
3. Mixed; jumbled.
noun
1. Macaronics, macaronic language.
2. A macaronic verse or other piece of writing.

Example sentences:
The tradition is even more significant in Folengo's Italian works and especially in his macaronic writings.
-- Mikhail Bakhtin, Rabelais and His World

The macaronic mode swivels between different languages. I believe Beckett chose French against English for similar reasons to those of Jean Arp in selecting French against German.
-- W. D. Redfern, French Laughter: Literary Humour from Diderot to Tournier

The journalistic multiplicity of voices found in the Magazine corresponded with the poetic multi-vocality of Fergusson's macaronic compositions, texts that combined elements of neo-classical English and vernacular Scots diction.
-- Ian Brown, The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature

Etymology:
Macaronic is related to the word macaroni. Specifically, the pasta is named after the Southern Italian dialect maccarone, which was also associated with a mixture of Latin and vernacular languages.

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....

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Review Threads:

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!

[secret garden]

Rise and shine!

[left that other site]

The Lyin’ King speaks in a macaronic goulash of Ebonics, Jive, “Legalese”, and avuncular Communist Rhetoric, depending upon his audience

[NicknamedBob]

I’m going to keep digging through this thread. There’s got to be a pony.

[ConorMacNessa]

Ezra Pound, demented Fascist that he was, was a master of macaronic verse. Macaronic verse was also employed to effect by T.S. Eliot in The Waste Land", among other works:

"I sat upon the shore Fishing, with the arid plain behind me
Shall I at least set my lands in order?
London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down
Poi s'ascose nel foco che gli affina
Quando fiam ceu chelidon - O swallow swallow
Le Prince d'Aquitaine a la tour abolie
These fragments I have shored against my ruins
Why then Ile fit you. Hieronymo's mad againe.
Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata.
Shantih
shantih shantih."

No contemporary poet, IMHO, can hold a candle to either one of them.



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[ConorMacNessa]

Excellent, ML! It is appropriate that the Ayatolloh of Mendacity should employ macaronic lingo!



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[AnAmericanMother]

One of the prettiest macaronic carols is “In dulce jubilo”, which is German/Latin. There are several English translations, some of which keep the Latin bits, and some not. Most people know it as “Good Christian Men Rejoice”. The King’s Singers on YouTube sing a great arrangement.

[NicknamedBob]

"No contemporary poet, IMHO, can hold a candle to either one of them."

So that's a good example of a bad example?

Mightn't holding a candle to them cause them to ignite?

[Cowman]

Macaronic: Doing something stupid with pasta.

[xsmommy]

i like your definition best!

[xsmommy]

Hillary Rosen's comment that Ann Romney never worked a day in her life, if delivered in piglatin would have been macaronic, but instead was merely MORONIC. Seriously, Dems, you want to tell Stay at Home moms that they are laggards and ignorant of economic issues? REALLY?

[left that other site]

More moronic than macaronic! hahaha

[secret garden]

A for you!

[secret garden]

I knew someone would mention it but I didn't think it would be this early.

[secret garden]

A+ for you!

[secret garden]

Interesting. A for you!

[secret garden]

A for you!

[LoveUSA]

there's got to be a pony

Funny you should use Ronald Reagan's favorite joke.

Macaronic:Composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings.

Ronaldus Magnus

[secret garden]

I liked iowahawk's take on her:
Who wouldn't be proud to see their daughter grow up to be a paid shill for the record industry, BP & Obama?

A+ for you!

[ConorMacNessa]

I didn't mean to be unclear - it's a figure of speech:

can't hold a candle to someone
Fig. not [to be] equal to someone; unable to measure up to someone. (Also with cannot.) Mary can't hold a candle to Ann when it comes to athletics. As for singing, John can't hold a candle to Jane.





Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)