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The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!
- Thread starter Me Myself
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I sometimes find humor in the oddest places. I just read the Shields & Brooks PBS transcript specifically this introduction:
In this week alone, the top U.S. diplomat for Ukraine told Congress that the president withheld military aid for personal political gain; Republican Congress members stormed a secure room at the Capitol, where many already had access, to dispute the impeachment process, but not the substance; and we have learned that the Department of Justice is investigating its own FBI for looking into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
Amidst all this, the White House announced that the president has ordered the cancellation of all federal government subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post.
That makes it a perfect moment to hear the analysis of Shields and Brooks.
(LAUGHTER)
In this week alone, the top U.S. diplomat for Ukraine told Congress that the president withheld military aid for personal political gain; Republican Congress members stormed a secure room at the Capitol, where many already had access, to dispute the impeachment process, but not the substance; and we have learned that the Department of Justice is investigating its own FBI for looking into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
Amidst all this, the White House announced that the president has ordered the cancellation of all federal government subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post.
That makes it a perfect moment to hear the analysis of Shields and Brooks.
(LAUGHTER)
This is a good word: Chthonian: of or relating to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth.
Chthonian ultimately derives from the Greek adjective chthónios “of the earth, the underground, the underworld.” Chthónios is a derivative of the noun chthṓn, deriving from a very, very old Proto-Indo-European word meaning "earth" and surviving in most of the “daughter” languages. The original Proto-Indo-European root was dheghm, dhghem-, dhghom-, (dh)ghm- (with various suffixes). From dheghm- Hittite derives tekan (stem tagn-) “earth,” Tocharian A (spoken in central Asia and now part of Xin Jiang) tkaṃ, Sanskrit kṣam-, and Avestan zəm-. From dh(e)ghom Greek has chthṓn, from earlier chthom (Greek also reversed the order of the consonant cluster from thch- to chth-). The suffixed form (dh)ghom-os yields Latin humus (from homos) “earth,” the adjective humilis “low to the ground” (English humble), and the noun humilitās (stem humilitāt-) “lowness of height or position, low condition (English humility). The suffixed form dhgh(e)mōn “one who is on the earth, human being” becomes hemō (stem hemōn-) in Old Latin, homō (stem homin-) in Latin. Latin also derives, somewhat obscurely, from homin- the adjective humānus “of man, human, humane, gentle” (English human and humane). (Hebrew follows a similar semantic development with ādhām “man, mankind, human being, Adam” and ădhāmāh “earth, soil, ground.”) In Germanic (dh)ghm-ōn yields guma “human being, man” in Gothic and Old English. Old English has the noun brȳdguma “young man about to be married or recently married; bridegroom, husband,” which becomes brīdgome in Middle English, and bridegroom in English. The -groom in bridegroom arose in the 16th century due to the influence of groom “boy, young man.” Chthonian entered English in the mid-19th century
Chthonian ultimately derives from the Greek adjective chthónios “of the earth, the underground, the underworld.” Chthónios is a derivative of the noun chthṓn, deriving from a very, very old Proto-Indo-European word meaning "earth" and surviving in most of the “daughter” languages. The original Proto-Indo-European root was dheghm, dhghem-, dhghom-, (dh)ghm- (with various suffixes). From dheghm- Hittite derives tekan (stem tagn-) “earth,” Tocharian A (spoken in central Asia and now part of Xin Jiang) tkaṃ, Sanskrit kṣam-, and Avestan zəm-. From dh(e)ghom Greek has chthṓn, from earlier chthom (Greek also reversed the order of the consonant cluster from thch- to chth-). The suffixed form (dh)ghom-os yields Latin humus (from homos) “earth,” the adjective humilis “low to the ground” (English humble), and the noun humilitās (stem humilitāt-) “lowness of height or position, low condition (English humility). The suffixed form dhgh(e)mōn “one who is on the earth, human being” becomes hemō (stem hemōn-) in Old Latin, homō (stem homin-) in Latin. Latin also derives, somewhat obscurely, from homin- the adjective humānus “of man, human, humane, gentle” (English human and humane). (Hebrew follows a similar semantic development with ādhām “man, mankind, human being, Adam” and ădhāmāh “earth, soil, ground.”) In Germanic (dh)ghm-ōn yields guma “human being, man” in Gothic and Old English. Old English has the noun brȳdguma “young man about to be married or recently married; bridegroom, husband,” which becomes brīdgome in Middle English, and bridegroom in English. The -groom in bridegroom arose in the 16th century due to the influence of groom “boy, young man.” Chthonian entered English in the mid-19th century
Wow sunrise...the most sophisticated lesson of philology ever
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
My mood has crashed, I feel terrible, I really want nothing more than to go hide away in a cave and never come out.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
I learned about the word from a Taiwanese death metal band.Wow sunrise...the most sophisticated lesson of philology ever
A few times I fantasized about taking a blankie into the closet, wrapping it around me, closing the door and hiding from the world. Not recently, fortunately.
Doesn't work, either the world finds you when it needs feeding or you find the world when you need feeding (or the toilet)
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Until my mood improves, and ends up flying off the rails, the closet thingy sounds good enough for me.
Works for a while if a while is all you need. Is it improving?
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
It will. Ever since I was put on SSRIs about a year and a half ago, I've had bipolar 2 symptoms of hypomania and depression that gets worse than it was before as I go from up to down, high and low, and I am terrified of mood stabilizers because they are more "serious" and come with some nasty side effects.
Apple juice is the tastiest thing ever
“One Wrench to rule them all,
One Wrench to find them,
One Wrench to bring them all
and in the toolbox bind them.”
Its ok but needs a good musician to make it re-usable. By itself it gets boring fast, but if you got, say, Sarah McLaclan to come up with something then you'd have a winner. I think she could do it.
In the most shocking news heard in the world today, tomorrow was declared to be Sunday. Will this chaos and political fighting never end? Pretty soon it could get worse and Monday arrive to torment the working class. Although, the retired, of course, will chuckle meaningfully.
Very interesting rightist personality...