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To: Falcon4.0

Calvary


Cavalry.

You can remember because "calvaria" = a skull, esp. the top, and "cavallus" = horse (in Late Latin).

That said, women have no place in combat units. I'm a huntin' fishin' shootin' kind of gal, and I got a lot of muscular strength from my dad's line so I can generally do a man's work, even pushing 60. But I know I am not and was never suited for that sort of work. Inadequate upper body strength.

20 posted on 03/15/2014 2:33:38 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Thanks for pointing this out. I’ve even seen a few TV shows where the main actor said Calvary, when talking about a possible rescue from a bad situation. Unbelievable!


24 posted on 03/15/2014 2:36:25 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: AnAmericanMother

Thanks for sharing a great mnemonic!


42 posted on 03/15/2014 2:50:53 PM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Woo-hoo!

That is mis-said soooo often.


45 posted on 03/15/2014 2:56:54 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: AnAmericanMother

In modern mechanized warfare a lady at the controls might have a fair chance. Assuming this was not a lady driver (duck’n & runn’n).

Anyhow, now the squad cannot be addressed as “men.” “Ladies and gentlemen”?


51 posted on 03/15/2014 3:03:32 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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